SUP News

The first-ever SUP Longboard World Champion was crowned today at the 2022 Gran Canaria Pro Am. After a day of many upsets, huge performances and incredible longboarding at La Cicer, Brazilian SUP surf veteran Leco Salazar claimed the first-ever SUP longboard World Title, while French and Starboard Dream Team rider Benoit Carpentier took home the […]

‘What’s YOUR next step into discomfort?’ In a world saturated with slick lifestyle and travelling Instagram reels and TikToks, a question like this disrupts the polished social media hyper-reality, bringing the risk and grit back to the whole experience culture. TotalSUP caught up with Christo Foerster, Adventurer and bestselling Author, to chat about the concept of […]

Japan made a clean sweep on Day 1 of the Gran Canaria Pro Am Kaede Inoue and Kapono Fakuda claim the junior World Titles whilst the longboard division sees both SUP veterans and fresh faces advance into the quarter-finals. When 16-year-old Kapono Fukuda scored a 9.07 in round one of the junior competition the fate […]

The below Q&A session is between Aussie SUPerstar and Starboard dream team rider Michael Booth and Chris Jones, administrator of the SUP My Race group on Facebook which was created a few years ago to challenge SUP racers to paddle a little further each month and entice them to post their paddling sessions and mileages. Michael […]

With SUP still taking hold around the globe, it is wonderful to see families using it as an opportunity to get on the water together. Even greater is the good it does for children to see their parents leading them in a healthy activity, teaching them habits and skills which they will carry forward and […]

Oh oh oh ! C’est bientôt Noël et vous souhaitez faire un cadeau à un paddleur ? Avec Attitude Outdoor on a pensé à vous, et on vous a préparé un petit Top 10 des cadeaux sur le thème du Stand-Up Paddle, pour tous les budgets et de différents styles ! Et en plus, à […]

They’re young, hungry and unapologetically confident about their SUP goals and dreams… On the eve of the APP World Gran Canaria Pro-Am in Las Palmas, TotalSUP caught up with some of the most exciting riders of the young generation ready to shred! Buckle up for some serious SUP surf action that will be unfolding from […]

The 4th edition of the Gran Carrera del Mediterrano (ie the Great Mediterranean Race) will undoubtedly be remembered for its high participation with more than 200 SUP Racers on the starting line, highlighting once again that Spain is currently at the forefront of the development of the sport in Europe. Santa Pola and the province […]

On ne présente plus Clément Colmas : aussi à l’aise avec une pagaie qu’avec une wing dans les mains, sa saison 2022 aura été riche en évènements de wingfoil et de SUP Race, et avec des rebondissements ! Entre blessure, remplacement, EuroSUP, APP, Championnats de France et du Monde ICF… et de belles médailles et […]

The 2023 International Canoe Federation Stand Up Paddling World Championships will be held in Pattaya, Thailand. The ICF and the Rowing and Canoe Association of Thailand reached agreement following this month’s Congress to host next year’s world titles on the scenic beaches of Pattaya. The championships are likely to be held in November. The decision to host […]

28 kilometers awaited 110 happy SUP racers at the 2022 Marathon International des Gorges de l’Ardèche last weekend in Vallon Pont d’Arc, a renowned and historic long-distance kayak river event in the South of France opened to Stand Up Paddlers since 2016. Following last year’s event status as a Euro Tour regional event for the […]

Wojtek and Stasiu Tadla, the Polish brother SUP duo, have been (literally!) shredding apart nearly every SUP competition in the country bringing fresh energy, style and bold ambition to the table. The 2022 ICF World SUP Championships held in Gdynia this year were both a big test for the budding pro SUP scene in Poland […]

Fanatic nous gâte de nouveautés du coté des planches de foil pour la saison 2023 ! Si coté wing, la Sky TE se décline désormais sous trois nouvelles planches (Sky Surf TE, Sky Style TE et Sky Free TE), le SUP foil n’est pas en reste avec la nouvelle Sky SUP 2023 et la Downwinder […]

‘Injuries can become your greatest teacher,’ Laird Hamilton’s quote has become a mantra for Infinity SUP Rider Kane Degrauw, who returned to the SUP racing circuit after a long recovery caused by his knee surgery. TotalSUP caught up with this talented SUP athlete always on the lookout ‘for the biggest physical and mental challenge’ to go […]