SUP News

The countdown is on to Yukon 1000, “the world’s toughest endurance and survival race” taking its paddling contestants through 1000 miles of “untouched wilderness” with zero support available. In the run up to this equally unforgiving and epic challenge, TotalSUP caught up with Scott ‘Skip’ Innes of Team SHAC Yukon 1000,  the first all UK SUP Team […]

En septembre 2021 avait lieu la première édition à succès du Loire Paddle Trophy, week-end de compétitions de stand-up paddle par la même équipe d’organisation du Corsica Paddle Trophy. Cette année, le rendez-vous est donné les 25 et 26 juin 2022 dans le canyon de la Loire, de Saint-Victor-sur-Loire à Saint-Étienne. Deux jours de courses […]

When TotalSUP team was testing the Wanderer Inflatable SUP 13’2″ x 29.5” from Uone, a premium Polish stand-up paddleboarding and watersport brand specialising exclusively in inflatable boards, another squad was seriously putting Uone boards through its paces as they paddled (or rather powered through some tough weather conditions and river stretches) from Czestochowa to Szczecin, […]

Après les récents exploits de Casper Steinfath, c’est une autre aventure en stand-up paddle que nous mettons en lumière aujourd’hui sur TotalSUP : le Veehaldjas Project, une expédition en Estonie en solo et en autonomie, menée par Hervé Barrière, président de l’association Paddle For Earth. Nous avions rencontré Hervé Barrière il y a quelques semaines, […]

The 2022 Port Adriano SUP Race in Mallorca delivered an exciting and very challenging race last weekend in Mallorca. The Mediterranean Sea pushed everyone in their own corners as the conditions were washing machine-like in El Toro and around the Malgrat islands. (Photos by Georgia Schofield) REPLAY ( w/ SUP Racer Chris Parker’s commentaries)  […]

Un événement historique a eu lieu cette semaine à Gruissan, le tout premier Défi Wing, course de Wing Foil ouverte à plus de 150 participants. C’est un podium 100% français qui conclut l’épreuve au bout de trois jours de compétition, avec trois stand up paddlers de haut niveau, Olivia Piana 3è, Tom Auber 2è et […]

Following tree years at Starboard International HQ in Bangkok, Thailand where she learnt all the ropes, young Spanish communication and marketing enthusiast Rocio Tarodo, is climbing up the ladder and has just come back to her home country to embrace a bigger role, Southern Europe Marketing Manager for Starboard and all its sister brands. Like […]

The new Infinity SUP Whiplash has been one of the most anticipated SUP racing boards of the year.  TotalSUP caught up with Infinity’s boss and a major influence on the SUP and surf scene, Dave Boehne, to find out more about his latest race design, the process behind it and challenges to make “big jumps” […]

Les 21 et 22 mai derniers, la plage de la Nartelle à Sainte Maxime accueillait plus de 100 participants français et suisses, réunis pour deux jours de compétition de stand up paddle race. La SUP Race CUP, 12ème du nom et doyenne des courses de stand up paddle toujours en existence, a été un vrai […]

After 54 days and 1,450 kilometres around Denmark, the Danish SUP World Champion, Casper Steinfath, finally set his feet on the beach in his hometown Klitmøller aka Cold Hawaii Wednesday night. The 28-year-old is the first ever person to circumnavigate Denmark on a SUP board. He started on April 2nd in picture-perfect conditions with sun […]

Following two successful and well-run SUP Race world championships organized in 2019 in China and in 2021 in Hungary, the International Canoe Federation (also know as ICF or Planet Canoe on the web), launched their Stand Up Paddle Race 2022 season with an extra load of ambition. Two XL-sized international events are already proof of […]

At only thirteen, SIC Maui Rider Soryn Preston, has already competed in over hundred races taking some of the most acclaimed podiums on the SUP scene from Pacific Paddle Games to the iconic Gorge Paddle Challenge. But her ambitious plans don’t stop here. As part of the SIC Maui Youth Development Team she not only […]

There is a memorable exchange in “Everest” (2015) film where a journalist has to ask ‘the Why question’, “Why do people climb Mount Everest?” and the crew replies, “Because it’s there”. “Why the extreme?” has been a recurring theme in TotalSUP conversations with riders embarking on and completing extraordinary watersport challenges and we had to […]

Après deux annulations consécutives du fait de la crise sanitaire, l’Ultra Paddle Race, la course ULD en relais binôme qui se juxtapose au Paddle Raid, pour une traversée Corse – Continent encore plus intense, a enfin pu avoir lieu ! Loran Nicolardot nous raconte l’aventure extraordinaire de 190 kilomètres entre Calvi et St Raphaël qu’il […]