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.
19 Jun 2018
The APP World Tour has launched a series of City SUP events. Located in 3 iconic capital cities on both sides of the Atlantic, London, Paris and New York City, this is a trio of SUP events not to be missed! The 1st stop will be at The London SUP Open on July 7th and 8th 2018. […]
7 May 2018
The Association of Paddlesurf Professionals (APP) has announced the launch of City Paddle Festivals! a participatory three-stop Standup Paddleboard experience and celebration that connects some of the World’s most high profile Cities (London, New York, Paris). City Paddle Festivals pulls into New York for the New York SUP Open on Saturday, 15th September 2018. The […]
24 Apr 2018
Last weekend saw 500 paddlers hit the water for the 2018 Carolina Cup, racers ranged between beginners, weekend warriors and the elite, and impressively on Sunday the numbers hit 700 with a number of surfskiers, and OC paddlers out to do the Graveyard race. The weekend was crammed full of racing, paddling clinics run by the […]
27 Mar 2018
2018 marked the 32nd annual edition of the iconic Santa Cruz Paddlefest, an event that started as a waveski contest in the late 80s. This year in the long distance the young Californians were on show to raise the bar for distance racing. The Paddle League sends this report to TotalSUP of this hotly contested […]
1 Feb 2018
The APP has announced its racing schedule for the APP World Tour 2018 (stay tuned for official release on Surfing schedule for 2018). With a clear focus on major markets in 2018, the APP World Tour will feature stops in London, Paris, New York and San Francisco. It also provides a more defined season for the athletes to […]
16 Jan 2018
Infinity SUP Co. (a division of Shred & Speed MFG) is proud to announce that Women’s SUP Surf World Champ Izzi Gomez has joined the #infinityspeedfreaks. Izzi holds 5 World SUP Surfing Titles and is the current APP World Champion. Izzi burst on to the scene when she was 14 years old and has become […]
19 Sep 2017
Infinity SUP Co. (a division of Shred & Speed MFG) is proud to announce that Women’s SUP star Shae Foudy has joined the #infinityspeedfreaks. Already one of the top athletes in the sport of SUP and previously ranked among the top 5 racers in the world, Shae is one of the sports youngest and brightest […]
22 Aug 2017
Team USA Team Members Giogio Gomez- 12/16/1995- Technical Race- SUP Surf Ryan Funk- 07/14/ 2001- Technical Race Jade Howson- 08/19/2000- Technical Race- Long Distance Sean Poynter- 07/05/1989- SUP Surf Izzi Gomez- 09/12/1999- SUP Surf- Emmy Merrill- 10/23/1993- SUP Surf- Noa Hopper- 04/10/1999- Long Distance Slater Trout- 26/12/1994- Long Distance Fiona Wylde- 02/18/ 1997- Long Distance […]
29 May 2017
Day 1: Sprint Men’s results: 1. Boris Jinvresse 2. Slater Trout 3. Vinnicius Martins Women’s results: 1. Seychelle Hattingh 2. Candice Appleby 3. Genna Flinckman Day 2: Long Distance Men’s results: 1. Connor Baxter 2. Titouan Puyo 3. Michael Booth Women’s results: 1. Sonni Hönscheid 2. Olivia Piana 3. Candice Appelby Day 3: Technical Race Men’s […]
22 May 2017
Day 2: Long Distance Men’s results: 1- Michael Booth 2- Connor Baxter 3- Titouan Puyo 4- Leonard Nika 5- Slater Trout 6- Giorgio Gomez 7- Paolo Marconi 8- Trevor Tunnington 9- Georges Cronsteadt 10- Boris Jinvresse Women’s results: 1- Sonni Hönscheid 2- Olivia Piana 3- Amandine Chazot 4- Candice Appleby 5- Susak Molinero 6- Laura […]
20 May 2017
Men’s Results: 1- Titouan Puyo – 53:43 2- Connor Baxter – 53:47 3- Michael Booth – 53:59 4- Bruno Hasulyo – 54:36 5- Slater Trout – 55:09 6- Arthur Arutkin – 55:15 7- Martin Vitry – 55:21 8- Leonard Nika – 56:07 9- Paolo Marconi – 56:08 10- Tom Auber – 56:10 Women’s Results: 1- Sonni […]
17 Nov 2016
ISA WORLD SUP CHAMPIONSHIP Women’s Long Distance Top results: 1. Candice Appleby (USA) 2. Olivia Piana (FRA) 3. Laura Quetglas (ESP) 4. Manca Notar (SVN) 5. Terrene Black (AUS) 6. Penelope Armstrong (NZL) 7. Takayo Yokoyama (JPN) 8. Lina Augaitis (CAN) 9. Marie Buchannan (GBR) 10. Juliana Gonzalez (ARG) 11. Jackie de Billot (RSA) 12. […]
