SUP News

Juliette Duhaime, the first SUP World Champion from Argentina? Not yet, but with her passion and drive, this may change in the next few years! Placed in the top 10 at the APP tour race in New York, followed by a 4th place finish in a rather “technical” Carolina CUP. Infinity paddler Juliette Duhaime has been […]

La sortie cette semaine du magnifique film de 26 minutes sur la 37ème édition du Marathon International de l’Ardèche réalisé avec l’appui de la Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, est l’occasion de revenir sur l’un des événements les plus populaires dans le monde du Canoë-Kayak ouvert au Stand Up Paddle depuis 2016. En dépit des 3 annulations qui […]

The International Canoe Federation is reinforcing its reputation as one of the major SUP race event organizers with confirmation it will host three World Cup races in addition to its world championships in 2022. The ICF provided two world-class competitions for SUP race athletes in 2020 and 2021, including the impressively-run world championships in Balatonfured, […]

A former windsurf teacher, Martin Jandke moved to Thailand from Germany when he was fresh out of university. Fast forward 21 years, he now lives in Khaolak where he has founded a beautiful family, a successful board factory, a popular surf shop, and a watersport board brand SUNOVA which has gained world status as one […]

Waterman Bernd Roediger, a paddler famous for his smooth downwind style at the Columbia Gorge Race, and for his dominating SUP surfing. More recently we witnessed some serious shredding on a radical new twin fin SUP surfboard. An idea developed purely by an experiment and the drive to push the boundaries of the sport, exactly […]

Mr 3 Bay, Patrice Remoiville, a prominent figure on the French SUP racing circuit Race. 6 years ago Patrice gave up a top position at BIC Sports, at the ripe old age of 50 in order to devote himself to his business, 3 Bay Paddle.  Most 50 years olds would not take the risk but […]

For the second year in a row, Swedish Paddler and ASI SUP Instructor, Göran Gustavsson has completed the SUP 11 City Tour, the ultimate 220km challenge through Friesland, a northern province of Holland, not once but twice! Competing in both the non-stop race and the five-day event, coming in second place in a time of […]

Clément Roseyro, 22 ans, né à Paris mais arrivé au pays basque à l’âge de un an, a fait ses armes de jeune Padawan très tôt dans l’eau du côté de Biarritz. Dès l’âge de 6 ans il préfère l’océan aux parcs de jeux pour enfants. Sa première vague il va la prendre en bodyboard […]

Son of 42-time windsurfing world champion Björn Dunkerbeck, rising star Liam Dunkerbeck achieved a top speed of 31 knots according to his GPS data and set an average speed of 26.92 knots over a 500-meter distance according to the official speeds measured by the Luderitz Speed Challenge team which system is approved by the WSSRC. […]

It is fair to say that Tamás (Tommy) Buday Jr was born to be on the water. As a three-time Olympian and ICF World Championship silver medallist in Sprint Canoe, Tommy has done it all from a seated position. Standing up on a paddleboard seemed to be a natural progression. The Hungarian-born Canadian now boasts […]

Installé à Tarifa au sud de l’Espagne depuis plus de 20 ans, le waterman Fred Bonnef connait son terrain de jeux par coeur, véritable paradis du vent, des vagues et du soleil. Après avoir accueilli et coaché des dizaines de stand up paddlers qui sont venus testés les conditions de downwind andalouses ces dernières, années, […]

Italian waterwoman Caterina Stenta is a force to be reckoned with on the SUP stage. Her dominance at the Italian Championships in Rome this autumn proves it. Becoming a Starboard Dream Team rider this year feels like the tip of the iceberg for this all-round athlete, who is versed in paddling, windsurfing, skiing, surfing, and […]

The past year has caused countless disruptions and challenged every person & every business around the world, including Starboard who have had to endure many production and shipping delays as they navigated their way through the pandemic, slowly returning to a ‘new normal’. “Despite these challenges, we have worked incredibly hard to overcome them and […]

The 3rd edition of the Mediterraneo SUP Race that was held last weekend in Alicante proved to be one of the most important SUP events in Spain and is bound to grow internationally as soon as next year. As a Long Distance Spanish Cup event, the race scored points within the official circuit of the […]