Candice Appleby, born in San Clemente, California, USA, is a renowned waterwoman celebrated for her achievements in surfing and standup paddleboarding (SUP). Her favorite surf breaks include her local spot, San Onofre, and Makaha. Sponsored by Infinity Surfboards, Quickblade Paddles, Now Foods, Virus Performance, and Pualani Hawaii Bikinis, Candice has an impressive list of accomplishments. She won a silver medal at the 2019 Pan-American Games, was the 2009 Women’s Pipeline Pro Longboard Champion, a six-time Battle of the Paddle Champion, a three-time Pacific Paddle Games Champion, and the 2015 APP World Tour Racing Champion. In 2008, she made history by winning both the women’s and Open Pro divisions at Duke’s Ocean Festival.
Candice began surfing at age nine and competing at ten, eventually leading San Clemente High to four national titles as the surf team captain. She earned her degree at the University of Hawaii and fully embraced surfing and SUP. Candice has beaten men in many SUP competitions and has been a three-time #1 Female SUP Athlete of the Year. Beyond her athletic prowess, she is a dedicated coach and founder Ocean Academy stems helping to train the next generation of SUP athletes and sharing her knowledge. Known as a pioneer and champion of SUP, Candice Appleby is highly respected in the sport.
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24 Jun 2025
Csillag Kocsis’ (Triple World Champion, 1x ISA, 2x ICF, and 8x Hungarian SUP Titleholder) breakout victory at the ISA SUP World Championships didn’t just turn heads – it signalled a shift in women’s SUP racing. From that moment on, one thing has been certain: when Csillag lines up, she’s racing to empty the tank. In […]
18 Nov 2024
When we last spoke with the SIC Maui‘s Team Rider, Soryn Preston, she was a 13-year-old grom full of promise and with over 100 races already under her belt! Now, she’s become one of those rare sports phenoms who never slowed down, pushing harder than ever to chase her dreams, claiming most recently the Bronze […]
17 Oct 2024
The Infinity Blackfish is undeniably one of the most renowned race boards in the SUP world. The all water design sparked up unmatched levels of buzz in 2018 when Kai Lenny returned to competition and dominated the APP World Tour Sprints in London. We were there to witness it first-hand! The eagerly awaited 2025 Blackfish […]
15 Sep 2024
Infinity Speed Freak Candice Appleby, the undisputed queen of SUP racing, continues to shape the sport both on and off the water. After her major victory at the Pan American Games in Chile last year which followed a new Gold medal at the 2022 ISA World Championships in Puerto Rico, she’s been focusing on recovery […]
24 Jan 2024
Dave Boehne and his Speedfreak squad at Infinity SUP are always ready to race and they now have a new board that, from the name alone, is ready to go. Soon to be seen on a start line near you here is the TotalSUP guide to the brand new EVERREADY race SUP Hi Dave, welcome […]
29 Jun 2023
Do you remember how you were using your SUP ten years ago? This was a little before SUP hit the mainstream, SUP surfers were still riding big boards and this relatively new sport was finding its way. And then Dave Boehne and the crew at what was the Infinity Paddlesurf Co released SUP Pirates, issued on […]
24 Mar 2023
The Carolina Pro-Am is the longest-running Pro Am Stand Up Paddle Surf event in the world and for the ninth edition of the contest event organisers, Haywood and Rob along with event sponsors Infinity SUP will be welcoming some of the top names in the SUP surfing world to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, USA from April […]
24 Mar 2023
Infinity SUP Welcomes French Champion Arthur Arutkin to the Team Infinity SUP Co. known for premium manufactured – performance driven race and surf SUP’s, is proud to announce that French waterman and veteran SUP star Arthur Arutkin has officially joined the #infinityspeedfreaks. Already a seasoned pro in the sport of SUP and one of […]
31 Oct 2022
Between October 28 and November 6 you could follow the action of the 2022 Puerto Rico ISA World SUP & Paddleboard Championships here with TotalSUP! As Official Media Partner of the #ISAWSUPP, TotalSUP broadcasted all the livestreams both on our website and on the TotalSUP Facebook page with daily results, video highlights and Instagram stories. If […]
29 Jun 2022
Here are the official standing results of the US Open of SUP at Santa Monica Pier 2022, stop #1 of the 2022 APP WORLD TOUR. Congratulations to April Zilg (Team 404) for her two commanding victories in the Sprints and in the Long Distance race, to Maui’s SUP racing legend Connor Baxter (Starboard) who managed […]
22 Jun 2022
Some of the top American Athletes competed in Oceanside, California last weekend for a spot in the USA team for ISA World Champs in Puerto Rico in November. The US Surf Federation known as USA Surfing hosted three days of competition on June 16-18 which included 3 disciplines: Distance Race, SUP Surfing and Technical Racing, […]
11 Jun 2022
Tristan Boxford, CEO of the Waterman League and founder of the APP World Tour answers my questions as stop #1 of the 2022 AWT is fast approaching with the US SUP OPEN AT SANTA MONICA PIER on June 24-27. In this interview we learn that Maui/Brazilian Mo Freitas is coming back to the competition and […]
24 May 2022
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 […]
23 Feb 2022
On the eve of the release of the highly anticipated 2022 Infinity Whiplash, TotalSUP caught up with June Mizoguchi aka “June the Machine” (a term coined by the Infinity boss himself Dave Boehne) to take a look at his custom Whiplash. June, who has been for years heavily involved in the USA Cycling circuit, is […]
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