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Bart De Zwart

Bart de Zwart AKA Mr.Endurance is Dutch but has been living in Hawaii for 17 years. He started as a windsurfer and had several windsurf centers in Greece and Venezuela before settling in Maui. After he sailed around the world he became a Starboard Dream team rider and has been on that team for 8 years. He has won the 11-city tour, 4 times and is well know for his Ultra long distance races, expeditions and open ocean crossing in all continents of the world. 24hr SUP distance record holder and 2 time winner of world’s longest race the Yukon River Quest. Bart is running a windsurf / SUP store in Maui where he trains and surfs big waves in the winter.

2024 Starboard Dream Team: Star-Studded Line Up and Breakthrough Talent

23 Feb 2024

2024 Starboard Dream Team: Star-Studded Line Up and Breakthrough Talent

Presenting the formidable lineup of the Starboard Dream Team for the 2024 SUP season, where champions collide and new talents emerge. Anchored by seasoned SUP Race and SUP Surf World Champions Esperanza Barreras, Fiona Wylde, Connor Baxter, Michael Booth, Noic Garioud, Benoit Carpentier, and Zane Schweitzer this powerhouse ensemble promises thrilling competition and unparalleled skill […]

Into the Wild: Bart de Zwart’s Epic Stand Up Paddle Quest in Lofoten

12 Feb 2024

Into the Wild: Bart de Zwart’s Epic Stand Up Paddle Quest in Lofoten

Embark on a thrilling journey to the untouched wilderness of Norway’s Lofoten islands with renowned ultra-long-distance paddleboarder and adventurer Bart de Zwart. Last year in May, Bart left his sailboat in French Polynesia and traveled all the way to the North of Europe to paddle through the dramatic landscapes of the Lofoten archipelago on his […]

Meet the 2023 Starboard Dream Team

19 Jan 2023

Meet the 2023 Starboard Dream Team

Over the past month, Starboard has been working hard behind the curtains to present a very competitive line-up of international athletes for 2023. With future recruitment announcements by the Tiki brand still on hold (drums…), 3 athletes and 1 adventurer have already been announced to make their entrance in the Dream Team: SUP racers Alba […]

Noïc Garioud : une saison 2022 pour montrer à Starboard qu’ils n’ont pas fait un mauvais choix !

11 Jan 2022

Noïc Garioud : une saison 2022 pour montrer à Starboard qu’ils n’ont pas fait un mauvais choix !

C’est le gros coup du mercato hivernal 2021 / 2022 en SUP race. Le double champion du monde néo-calédonien, Noïc Garioud vient de rejoindre la Dream Team de la marque Starboard après cinq années passées chez Sunova. Dès la Carolina Cup, qui devrait être sa première compétition internationale de l’année à la fin avril, “Chicken” […]

Tomo Murabayashi: the day SUP Tomo became FOIL Tomo

13 Feb 2021

Tomo Murabayashi: the day SUP Tomo became FOIL Tomo

In the past 24 years, Japanese waterman Tomo Murabayashi aka SUP Tomo, FOIL Tomo or just Tomo, hasn’t spent many days away from the ocean. After years of windsurfing, kiting and stand up paddling, he was in 2016 one of the earliest takers and subsequently pioneers in the Foil revolution the watersport world has been […]

The Unstoppable: Bart de Zwart conquers 3 non-stop ultra-endurance SUP races in a month

27 Sep 2019

The Unstoppable: Bart de Zwart conquers 3 non-stop ultra-endurance SUP races in a month

Starboard Dream Team Rider Bart de Zwart conquered Loch Ness this past weekend and won The Great Glen Challenge non-stop SUP race in an impressive 12hrs and 18mins. This was his 3rd September non-stop ultra-endurance SUP race after the gruelling 220km non-stop tour of the SUP 11-City Challenge and the 223km Muskoka River X Coureur […]

The Great Glen Challenge 2019 Results: The Battle of Loch Ness

26 Sep 2019

The Great Glen Challenge 2019 Results: The Battle of Loch Ness

The Great Glen Challenge, a 92km race that runs from the West Coast to the East Coast of Scotland, took an unexpected turn this past weekend, when gusty headwinds challenged paddlers to a radical 36km long Loch Ness battle. 92 paddlers signed up for the event with 24 paddlers braving the non-stop format. TotalSUP recaps […]

Bart de Zwart: The Only SUP Rider Who Survived Muskoka River X

19 Sep 2019

Bart de Zwart: The Only SUP Rider Who Survived Muskoka River X

Imagine a race challenge so extreme that only 20 teams out of 68 finished it this year due to radical weather conditions. Imagine only one stand up paddler among those teams who completed the race in 32 hours. Welcome to The Muskoka River X Coureur des Bois challenge: 223km. 39 portages. No resupplies. No support. […]

Race to the Midnight Sun: Bart de Zwart takes 4th Yukon River Win

8 Jul 2019

Race to the Midnight Sun: Bart de Zwart takes 4th Yukon River Win

Starboard SUP team rider and endurance paddler Bart de Zwart has taken the fourth consecutive win in the 2019 Yukon River Quest, completing the 715km (444 miles) paddle expedition race from in Whitehorse to Dawson City, Canada in a winning time of 56 hours 47 minutes and 47 seconds. Race to the Midnight Sun Known […]

10 Skills Needed for Ultra Endurance Paddling!

13 Jun 2019

10 Skills Needed for Ultra Endurance Paddling!

Starboard Rider Bart De Zwart and partner Ike Frans completed the Yukon 1000 (1600 kms) in 8 days 1 hour and 42 minutes in 2018, only 3 other SUP teams registered and completed the race. This event, a multicraft one and the longest SUP race in the world, emphasizes the skill set that endurance paddlers […]

Starboard Duo Bart de Zwart and Trevor Tunnington Reconnect with Nature in Vanuatu!

9 Apr 2019

Starboard Duo Bart de Zwart and Trevor Tunnington Reconnect with Nature in Vanuatu!

Starboard paddler Bart De Zwart has just landed back from his expedition in Vanuatu. The expedition evolved from found memories of sailing through the islands in 2007 with his family. A journey that made Bart fall in love with the people, nature and culture of the islands. The Dutch expedition paddler gives TotalSUP an account […]

The Vanuatu Expedition – Bart de Zwart reveals 10 facts about Vanuatu before his new SUP adventure

15 Mar 2019

The Vanuatu Expedition – Bart de Zwart reveals 10 facts about Vanuatu before his new SUP adventure

By Bart de Zwart Once or twice a year I am lucky enough to go on one of those special trips. I call them expeditions because it is an exploration into the unknown.  A stand up paddle board my preferred way to travel.  I honestly don’t know where I going to sleep tomorrow. I know […]

UK SUP Endurance Series 2018: The Monster that was Loch Ness

28 Sep 2018

UK SUP Endurance Series 2018: The Monster that was Loch Ness

The monster race that was the Great Glen Challenge (GGR) took place two weeks ago, and it was a race that delivered all conditions. From flat conditions on day 1 to 50 KM winds on Loch Ness on day 2.  The Great Glen Challenge is a distance of 95 KM from one end of Scotland […]

Starboard Rider Bart De Zwart Wraps Up His 715km Yukon River Quest

10 Jul 2018

Starboard Rider Bart De Zwart Wraps Up His 715km Yukon River Quest

Starboard long distance paddler and adventurer Bart De Zwart is fresh off the Yukon River Quest. Bart gives TotalSUP a breakdown of his 715 km race through the Yukon where he paddled using the Carbon Sandwich All Star 14 x 24.5, a board that performed exceptionally throughout with its brilliant combination of a good race shape […]

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