SUP News

Have you and your travel buddy ever had a UNESCO World Heritage site all to yourselves? With the Red Paddle Co Compact board it has never been easier to reach beautiful spots far from the madding, selfie-stick wielding crowd. Join Red Paddle Co paddlers Christina Coulson and Hugo Broodryk as they do just that, jetting […]

A l’occasion de Ze Race et du Karukera Kayak Challenge (ndlr: “KKC”) qui s’enchaîneront sur deux weekends à la fin du mois de janvier, c’est tous les bénévoles du Watermen Karukera Club qui se mobilisent pour offrir gratuitement aux compétiteurs, mais aussi leur famille et leurs amis, une semaine de sorties, de découvertes et de […]

Expect Nothing, be ready for EVERYTHING! The Watermana is fast approaching! 14 athletes were chosen and awarded tickets for the Watermana event in December by TotalSUP, in partnership with Air Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Tourisme. Based around individual endurance and team events including disciplines such as SUP, prone paddleboard, open water swimming (and many other which […]

Très bonne nouvelle. Le prone paddleboard (ndlr: appelé aussi “prone” ou “paddleboard”)  gagne des adeptes en France et dans le monde et Oxbow a décidé de se positionner sur ce segment. On a pu d’ailleurs apercevoir quelques prototypes de la marque française lors de l’édition pilote du Dune Paddle Crossing organisé en juillet dernier dans le bassin d’Arcachon […]

Whilst we are waiting for the Red Bull heavy water to begin, have a look at the Gran Canaria Pro-Am! Registration is now open for the second stop of the 2018 APP World Surfing Tour. The event is to be held on the stunning north shore of Gran Canaria, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, this […]

Nous sommes à un mois du mythique Watermana (ndlr: ex Ironmana), l’un des plus importants événements multi-disciplines au monde qui attirent les watermen du monde entier.  Tous se retrouvent à Huahine en Polynésie Française pour participer à une semaine d’épreuves d’endurance individuelles et en équipe mêlant SUP, Prone, nage en eau libre, et de nombreuses autres épreuves […]

For those who weren’t present at this year’s Pacific Paddle games, the event had some remarkable moments and stories. One of them was that of 20 year old Brazilian rider Guilherme dos Reis. The (relatively) unknown rider announced himself on the world stage by putting in a performance that ranked him 2nd overall of the […]

La waterwoman originaire de Teahupoo vient de frapper encore un coup. Vaimiti Maoni, la championne tahitienne de Va’a remporte pour la 3ème fois le titre du Waterman Tahiti Tour dans la catégorie féminine. Rencontre avec cette athlète de haut niveau qui invite le maximum de monde et notamment les vahinés à se lancer dans l’aventure […]

The London Crossing organised by Active 360 was held in some pretty tough conditions, with torrential rain throughout the 16 KM distance race. 27 paddlers set off from Putney and paddled through the centre of London, a world city. Race organiser Paul Hyman from Active 360 commented that “although conditions were tough with driving rain […]

Everyone is anticipating this year’s swell at the Red Bull Heavy Water contest.  This year’s Red Bull Heavy Water will take place between October 15th – 30th, 2018 at legendary Ocean Beach, San Francisco. It is currently in the holding pattern this mean the event is watching the developing winter swells, as they approach the Pacific Coast […]

Ils sont dans le SUP depuis des années mais au cours des 12 derniers mois ont ajouté à leur quiver, une, voire, plusieurs, pirogues. De Saint-Malo à la Vendée en passant par le Morbihan, rencontre avec Jean-Michel Clorarec, Pascal Pouget et Jean-Pierre Letourneur, quatre stand-up paddlers de la première heure, convertis aux joies de l’OC1 […]

Starboard SUP  the brand with 25 years of innovative board building and design has just reached Sustainable Surf’s Gold Level status for their Blue Carbon technology board range.  Starboard ‘s Ollie O’Reilly takes TotalSUP through the new range made from balsa the natural sandwich material, and has a carbon footprint that is climate positive.  “Achieving this has […]

Last weekends Pacific Paddle Games (PPG) was one not to forget. It was the season finale for the Paddle League and the Pro athletes were out in force to stake a claim in the Dana Point sand. However not only were the Pro athletes out in force but the Junior Pro and Grom paddlers were well […]

Day 2 of the Pacific Paddle Games kicked off with all the technical races. Paddlers entered the water and paddled in around a series of buoys before running up the steep beach and entering the finish chicane. In windless conditions with a solid 1 m swell, the men’s open and women’s open paddlers were unleashed […]