SUP News

Every year Idaho River Sports organize the Fall Paddle Classic at the now world-famous Whitewater Park in Boise, Idaho which hosted the Payette River Games in June earlier this year. The Fall Paddle Classic is a Stand Up Paddle, Kayak and Canoe friends and family-friendly get-together mixing racing, barbecuing and plenty of fun. One particular event […]

2ème partie de notre focus sur le wagon de champions français en partance pour la BOP 2014. Nos frenchies détendus de la pagaie en profitent pour s'envoyer quelques vannes à la tronche… Des lunettes d'Eric Terrien au boardshort léopard d'Arthur Daniel, quelle que soit la réussite sportive, ça sent la bonne virée entre potes!  Si vous avez […]

Regards croisés de 5 riders français sur 5 marques de boards différentes en route pour la Battle of The Paddle 2014 : Greg Closier (Hobie SUP), Titouan Puyo (Starboard), Éric Terrien (BIC SUP), Arthur Daniel (F-One) et Vincent Verhoeven (NSP) témoignent de la place de choix – et parfois de coeur – qu'occupe la BOP dans leur […]

For the 3rd year in a row Starboard descends on the Spanish Costa Brava for a work-hard/play-hard week around their 2015 collection involving their staff, world dealers, shop owners, athletes and journalists. TotalSUP is having the honour to take an active part in it, interviewing guests and key people for the Starboard official videos… Here's […]

With only two events to wrap up the Portuguese Long Distance SUP Race Championship (Tejo Crossing in Lisbon/Alcochete, and Douro Race in Oporto/Gaia), veteran racer Rui Meira (RRD) is currently leading the ratings with 4040 points, in front of José Cirilo (SIC Maui) and Ricardo Rodrigues (Naish), both tied in 2nd place with 3860 points. […]

Hardly a week after winning the 11-City Tour, Bart de Swart, the extreme race rider from Starboard, had another endurance race lined up, in Canada this time… and won it. Here is his account of the Muskoka River X Expedition Race… The Muskoka River X race by Bart de Swart The Muskoka river X in Canada is […]

Le 21 Septembre aura lieu la Journée Internationale de la Paix. L'association Surfer Pour La Paix organise un rassemblement de paddlers sur la plage du Prado à Marseille qui inaugurera le Surfing 4 Peace Summit 2014. Samuel Jacquesson, fondateur de l'association nous en parle.  TotalSUP : Bonjour Samuel, qu'est ce que le Surfing 4 Peace […]

UK Endurance Stand-Up Paddler Mark Slater chose to paddle the 220 kilometers of water canals through the Netherlands in one non-stop journey instead of the usual 5 days. A little less than 30 hours later and finishing 4th, he describes his experience of his SUP11 City Non-Stop challenge for TotalSUP.  TotalSUP: Congratulations Mark on completing […]

Fred Istin nous fait découvrir le patrimoine naturel du Finistère sud qu'il connait bien. En ballade dans l'archipel des Glénan avec Gaétan Séné, nos deux paddlers naviguent d'îles en îlots sur des eaux aux couleurs de Polynésie. L’archipel des Glénan (sans le s, exigeront les locaux), Gaétan connaissait mais n’y avait jamais posé son sup. […]

She's a first year SUP competitor and already a SUP Champion. SUP11-City Tour 2014 female winner, Janneke Smits is just amazed on how fast things have been going since she decided to start competing this year. If you wonder who she is, here is part of the answer… (SUP11-City pictures – courtesy of Mayola Dijksman) TotalSUP […]

As Stand Up Paddle becomes extremely popular around the world, people are looking for ways to improve the sport, with the intention to make either more competitive or more diverse. One of these new ways is to mix paddleboarding with Pilates, as it has been performed with yoga. To introduce you to this new trend, […]

Day 5 – Video Summary / Day 5 – Results / Day 5 – Good Bye From Bart / Day 5 – Live Tracking / Day 4 – Video Summary / Day 4 – Results / Day 4 – Bart and Janneke Smits Selfie of the day / Day 3 – Video Summary / Day 3 – Results / Day 3 […]

Entre el 24 y el 28 de septiembre, se organizara la Vuelta a Ibiza SUP Magic Xtreme 2014. Un evento de la SUPinIbiza que trata de remar 125 km recorriendo la costa de Ibiza en la que Ane Zulaika va a participar. TotalSUP : ¿Qué es la Vuelta a Ibiza SUP Magic XTREME? Ane ZULAIKA […]

With 220 kilometers around the Netherlands over five days, they call it the “Tour de France of SUP”. Organizing committee member Ritske Jan Merkus gives us backstage details about this amazing event, the 2014 edition of which is about to start! TotalSUP: How many participants are taking part in the SUP11-City Tour this year? Ritske Jan […]