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.
16 Nov 2016
What a crazy year it has been for the new ISA Technical Race World Champion Penelope Armstrong – a.k.a. Penelope Strickland under her maiden name ! From a 7-kilo tumor taken out of her stomach in April to beating Olivia Piana and Candice Appleby in Fiji yesterday, here is our first-hand interview with a true fighter. Penelope, you […]
15 Nov 2016
2016 ISA World SUP Championship in Fiji Women’s Technical Race Results >> (re)Watch the entire race at 2:41:00 1st Penelope Strickland Armstrong (NZL) 2nd Olivia Piana (FRA) 3rd Candice Appleby (USA) 4th Karla Gilbert (AUS) 5th Lina Augaitis (CAN) 6th Laura Quetglas (ESP) 7th Tarryn King (RSA) 8th Takayo Yokoyama (JPN) 9th Manca Notar (SVN) […]
29 Sep 2016
Less than 24 hours to go before the start of the 2016 Pacific Paddle Games and Candice Appleby shares with TotalSUP her insights on the most competitive SUP race of the year. Candice, you were the 1st ever Pacific Paddle Games winner last year, following a long series of consecutive victories at the late BOP. Do you […]
16 Jun 2016
Danny Ching & Shae Foudy take Overall wins at the Tommy Bahama Pier Paddle in Santa Monica this past Saturday In his first race back since the birth of his daughter and the Carolina Cup, Danny Ching took first overall in the 6-mile distance race, followed by a second place in the PaddleCross (surf race), […]
12 May 2016
This is the official Press Realease of the 4th Annual Quickblade Jr Pro & Youth SupFiesta Event, by Anthony Vela : This weekend 72 youth SUP competitors, from 6 different countries, gathered in orange county for the 4th Annual Quickblade Jr Pro & Youth SupFiesta presented by Infinity SUP. The SupFiesta Grand Prix racing was about as exciting […]
5 May 2016
By Anthony Vela | The 4th Annual Quickblade Jr Pro & Youth SupFiesta presented by Infinity SUP announces the list of invitees for the Junior Pro division. Top sup athletes from around the world will battle through highly competitive heats until a champion is awarded the coveted, “El Sombrero.” Girls Annie Reickert (Maui/USA) Skylar Lickle […]
26 Apr 2016
By Anthony Vela, Newport Beach, California – Get ready for the 4th Annual Quickblade Jr Pro & Youth SupFiesta presented by Infinity SUP. In it’s fourth year, #SupFiesta16 has outgrown a one-day event. The new format will allow competitors to focus on one discipline each day. On Saturday we will hold the SupFiesta Grand Prix. The Grand […]
26 Apr 2016
In case you missed the starting line of the Carolina Cup 2016, here is one of the rare footage of the carnage. Go directly to the 4:09 mark to see the start of the race. The video was shot by Paul Camarena. Zane Schweitzer on the mike! Pressure is mounting. 0:18 – Larry Cain – black […]
25 Apr 2016
By Martin Letourneur, in partnership with VMG Blades, Hobie Cat Europe, Howzit, CT+ and Swell Addiction. Last Saturday, Wrightsville Beach was the theater of the first big international SUP Racing event of the year : The 2016 West Marine Carolina Cup presented by Surftech. The race didn’t disappoint with more than 600 paddlers enjoying the different […]
23 Apr 2016
By Martin Letourneur, in partnership with VMG Blades, Hobie Cat Europe, Howzit, CT+ and Swell Addiction. Today is the day of the West Marine Carolina Cup presented by Surftech, the most popular race on the East Coast of the USA and the very first big event of the 2016 International SUP Racing season! Here are […]
21 Mar 2016
A quick report on the events that took place while you were unplugged. Today we'll look at the result of The Ultimate Waterman, the Santa Cruz Paddle Fest, the Dana Ocean Challenge and The Saucy Jack Classic SUP TRANSATLANTIQUE – Nicolas Jarossay Yesterday, Nicolas Jarossay took a plane to CAPE VERDE where he will begin […]
16 Oct 2015
With just 1 day to go until the Final Stop of the 2015 Stand Up World Series Season, it comes down to the World Series Finals at Turtle Bay Resort in Hawaii for a Men’s World Champion to be crowned and the Final Podium Positions established for the Women’s World Rankings. The conditions are looking pretty epic […]
11 Oct 2015
PACIFIC PADDLE GAMES – LIVE WEBCAST – Day 2 Rewatch all the action of Day 2 from the technical race Men’s semi-finals to the finals and the podiums! LIVE RESULTS MEN’s Technical Race Final 1st Mo Freitas 2nd Casper Steinfath 3rd Kody Kerbox 4th Connor Baxter 5th Travis Grant 6th Zane Schweitzer 7th Chuck Glynn 8th […]
