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Nearly 200 participants competed in the 2023 Gran Carrera del Mediterráneo SUP (The Great Mediterranean Race) event brought by the 5-time ICF World Champion Daniel Parres (also a former international windsurfer athlete) and the Club Deportivo Parres (Parres WaterSports). The 5th edition of the ocean race will be without doubt remembered by tough conditions with […]

The 2023 ICF SUP World Championships (15-19 November) in Pattaya, Thailand has officially kicked off! TotalSUP caught up with the Starboard SUP Dream Team Riders to ask about their SUP racing season to date, board set up and the ICF Worlds expectations. Fiona Wylde: SUP season to date: I’m coming from a bit of a […]

Watch the 2023 ICF SUP World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand with TotalSUP! You’ll find below every single webcast player set for the huge event for your to enjoy 5 days of SUP racing action covering 3 disciplines: 200m Sprints on Wednesday and Thursday, Long Distance on Friday and Technical Race on Saturday and Sunday! Schedules […]

As the 2023 ICF SUP World Championship is about to kick-off, I want to take a moment to publicly send my deep thanks to Starboard for sponsoring our TotalSUP trip to Thailand which has taken my family and I to magical places like Khao Lak, Khao Sok and Kho Pha Ngan over the past two […]

Nature, adventure and freedom: that’s what awaits you if you decide to go on a stand-up paddle expedition. But you can’t improvise such an expedition! Even more so if you’re planning to spend several days bivouacking along the waterside. Food, hydration, clothing and equipment… you need to think of everything, without forgetting safety! To find […]

When it comes to stand-up paddleboarding, there’s never a dull moment! Our sport offers incredible versatility and allows riders to tailor their SUP experience to suit their interests, skills and places they’d like to explore on a stand-up paddleboard. Whether you’re looking for the adrenaline of the open sea,  the intensity of training sessions, the […]

What do you do when you’re a former multi-medallist and Wildwater Canoeing World Champion (C1, C2) moving onto the next chapter? You go rip the rapids on carbon SUP race boards! On the eve of the 39th edition of the legendary paddle race – Marathon international des Gorges de l’Ardèche and the last stop of […]

Riccardo Rossi has been in the Infinity Speedfreak squad since he was racing as a junior SUP racer in Italy. At the end of a busy 2023 season, on and off the water, he took some time out of his schedule to talk to Chris at TotalSUP  Hi Riccardo, welcome back to TotalSUP, it’s been a […]

Yster SUP, the premium Swedish SUP brand based in Malmö, will be powering SUPdriven Expeditions, a new outdoor company offering guided SUP tours through wilderness areas in Sweden. “Touring is in the DNA of Yster SUP, so it is with great pleasure that we are launching SUPdriven. Our expeditions take you off the beaten track […]

There’s something gripping about those lone riders of our sport, paddling impossible distances under the media radar.  They bring back something intrinsic to our collective SUP experience –  elements of curiosity, self-challenge and deep care for ‘blue space’. Discovering what drives them to just set off one day and embark on SUP adventures that may […]

C’est l’étape essentielle, c’est dans son nom : pour pratiquer le stand-up paddle, il faut se mettre debout ! Pour les débutants, monter sur sa planche et “stand-up” peut sembler un défi. Mais, en fait, ce n’est pas si compliqué ! Avec les bonnes techniques et un peu de pratique, vous serez en mesure de […]

Avec le stand-up paddle, on ne s’ennuie jamais ! C’est un sport qui offre une polyvalence incroyable et qui permet aux riders de personnaliser leur expérience en fonction de leurs intérêts, de leurs compétences et de leurs spots. Que vous cherchiez l’adrénaline des vagues, la sérénité d’une balade en eau calme, partir en explo-rando plusieurs […]

Holly Pye is one of the top female SUP racers in the UK and an ambassador for Paddle Logger, after a break from paddling due to injury she’s back on the start line. Fresh from a successful European championships she sat down with one of her old club mates to talk SUP and her road […]

Nature, aventure et liberté : voilà ce qui vous attend si vous décider de partir en expédition en stand-up paddle. Mais une expédition, ça ne s’improvise pas ! D’autant plus si vous comptez partir sur plusieurs jours et bivouaquer au fil de l’eau. Alimentation, hydratation, vêtements et équipements… il faut penser à tout, sans oublier […]