SUP News

That's it ! It took a few days to sort out the thousands of names put forward by hundreds of entrants but Caren Forbes, Mathieu Rauzier and Svein Rasmussen have made their choice. Bow-Down for some incredible, amazing, inspiring, creative, witty – but also sometimes sketchy, cheesy, dodgy and VERY FUNNY – names.  We personnally enjoyed: – […]

We met Dashama at the Starboard World Dealers Meeting on the Costa Brava in Spain. Dashama is a published Yoga and SUP Yoga author, athlete and multi-media producer. She will be

Mathieu Rauzier, R&D Manager at Starboard talks to TotalSUP about the 2015 line of Starboard Astro boards. Interview realized at the Starboard World Dealer Meeting 2015 on the Costa Brava in Spain  This year, the Astro Fun range disappeared and a new technology was introduced with a new range, the Astro Zen. With a thickness of 12 cm / […]

Este fin de semana se decidía en Murcia el Circuito Nacional de SUP. Una prueba que puntuaba más por tratarse de la final y en la que aún no había nada decidido. El Mar Menor, una laguna litoral de 22 km de largo resultó ser el lugar perfecto para desarrollar la última prueba del circuito, […]

La historia que une Surf y SUP con Belharra, la ola gigante ubicada a 3 kilometros de la costa vasca francesa es muy reciente. Peyo Lizarazu sirvió como pionero. El Museo Vasco y de la Historia de Bayona estudia los 12 años de relaciones entre surfistas y stand-up paddler y el Titan con una exposición […]

L’histoire qui lie le Surf et le SUP à Belharra, la vague géante située à 3 kilomètres au large de la Côte Basque française est toute récente. Peyo Lizarazu en est le pionnier. Le Musée Basque et de l’histoire de Bayonne revient sur 12 ans de relations entre Surfers et Stand-Up Paddlers et ce Titan […]

Spain's SUP surfing champion Tino Aja stunned the surfing crowd on Mar Bella Beach in Barcelona, Spain on Monday night. On his way to Murcia for the last leg of the Spanish SUP Race Circuit, Tino, from Suances in beautiful Cantabria, North of Spain, took advantage of an unexpected swell in the catalan capital to get a bit of action. […]

It's Battle of the Paddle Week ! Starboard, SUPRacer.com and TotalSUP are organizing a pretty cooooool contest: the Name Battle. Name the 2015 huge 8-paddler board designed by Mathieu Rauzier and which has just come out of the Starboard factory without a name…yet!  Starboard will pick the best name and the winner gets a brand new […]

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 […]