SUP News

. This week sees the first edition of the European Championships happening in Lacanau. Starting with the Opening Ceremony yesterday, today was dedicated to the Men’s and Women’s Technical Race. The race took place on Lacanau Central Beach in tough racing conditions with a “moderate-to-strong” onshore wind and some small waves breaking on a shorebreak. . Hosting […]

Le Waxx Summer Sup Challenge revient cet été à Bandol en France, le weekend du 2 et 3 Juillet ! L’un des points fort du Waxx Summer Sup Challenge sera l’organisation d’une course de 12’6 qualificative pour les championnats de France.  Pour anticiper l’arrivée de cet événement majeur, Matthieu Garnier nous donne une présentation complète […]

Written by Martin Letourneur: . . The EURO TOUR, the circuit that unifies the big european races for 14 weeks of competition on 14′ SUP race boards stopped in Porec, Croatia this week-end for its 7th stop on the beautiful Adriatic Sea. . Saturday was the big day of competition with the 14′ Elite Distance […]

Voilà l’ultime étape du tour de la Guadeloupe: Résumé en images du parcours de 28 kilomètres entre Mervillon et Le Moule par Emilie Dauch. Voici une liste des étapes déjà publiées: Etape 1 Etape 2 Etape 3 Etape 4 Etape 5 Etape 6 Etape 7 Etape 8 Etape 9 : Last but not least…Mervillon/Le Moule (Passage de la […]

Last weekend the Gopro Mountain Games took place in Vail, Colorado. The event hosted 25 competitions, 3 of which were Stand Up Paddle river races. Here is our recap of 2 days of whitewater races. More than a hundred Stand Up Paddlers were competing this weekend at the Gopro Mountain Games. They faced off in […]

Huitième étape du tour de la Guadeloupe: Résumé du parcours de 34 kilomètres entre Plage de Babin et Deshaies par Emilie Dauch. Pour rappel nous publierons au cours des jours suivants, une par une, les étapes de son aventure. Voici une liste des étapes déjà publiées: Etape 1 Etape 2 Etape 3 Etape 4 Etape […]

Danny Ching & Shae Foudy take Overall wins at the Tommy Bahama Pier Paddle in Santa Monica this past Saturday In his first race back since the birth of his daughter and the Carolina Cup, Danny Ching took first overall in the 6-mile distance race, followed by a second place in the PaddleCross (surf race), […]

Belle nouveauté dans le paysage paddle avec le Morgat Waterman Challenge: 1KM de nage/5km de Prone Paddle/5km de SUP Race/6Km de Trail. Depuis 2 ans ce format de course connait un grand succès à Tahiti et va sûrement se développer à l’international. C’est Amaury DORMET du club Presqu’île Sports Côtier et responsable de Océan Pirogue […]

We spent an entire day watching SUP surf video clips, searching for the best ones to make our TOP 10 SUP surfing videos. We selected for you the following 10 stand up paddle wave surfing videos on our own – and obviously very much biased – criteria. Have a seat, relax and enjoy some amazing SUP […]

The fin is one of the most important elements of a SUP board, affecting directly its speed and its trajectory. These days we see a lot of different types of fins with different shapes, materials, size and weight… We thought it was high time to address this crucial question we are so frequently asked for : […]

For it’s 6th consecutive week of racing, the EURO TOUR made a stop in the beautiful city of San Sebastian, Spain for another exciting week-end of racing. By Martin Letourneur, in partnership with VMG Blades, Hobie Cat Europe, Howzit, CT+ and Swell Addiction. Following the EURO TOUR’s biggest stop in Bilbao the week before, lots […]

Septième étape du tour de la Guadeloupe: Résumé du parcours de 24 kilomètres entre Deshaies et Malendure par Emilie Dauch. Pour rappel nous publierons au cours des jours suivants, une par une, les étapes de son aventure. Voici une liste des étapes déjà publiées: Etape 1 Etape 2 Etape 3 Etape 4 Etape 5 Etape […]

On Wednesday, the World Oceans Day saw the official launch of SUPKids, an educational program for 5-12 year olds designed to teach kids SUP, water safety & environmental education. The SUPKids story starts in 2014, in Far North Queensland, Australia where the team ran their very first program. They worked alongside the Royal Flying Doctor […]

In a pioneering first for a global SUP and windsurf board company, all 2017 Starboard models will be eligible to carry the ECOBOARD Project label, as a result of shifting 100% of their global production to now use approved plant-based, low/zero VOCs, epoxy resin systems. Along with a host of other shifts towards more sustainable […]