Chiara Nordio

Last weekend the Florence Paddle Games came to town, set in the beautiful location of the Canottieri Firenze with the iconic Ponte Vecchio the setting added great atmosphere to the paddlers, with crowds gathered alongside the course and some real battles taking place it was a truly exciting race! The paddle games kicked of on Saturday morning […]

The Uffizi SUP Race is back! After a 2 year pause, the race has been relaunched, with a collaboration between Toscanasup, Martino Rogai and Riccardo Tonini this race has been made a fixed stop for the Italian circuit, and the race has been recognized as “regional event” of the Paddle League and will be valid for the world […]

The iconic bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera hosted during the 24th and 25th of March the inaugural Villefranche Paddle / French Cup of racing in amazing weather and surf conditions as some of France and Europe finest paddlers battled hard for the coveted first place of this Paddle League Regional Event. The in-form […]

A true team paddle event has emerged in Tuscany, Italy, organised by Italian paddlers Martino Rogai and Susak Molinero, The event Battle of the Team (B.O.T) has been developed to share the paddle passion, it consists of 6 teams organising 6 different races over the winter period, a chance for Italy’s finest and passionate paddlers to join in battle to […]

The Gla Gla race attracts paddlers from all over Europe, it is a chance for paddlers, spectators and connaisseurs of the sport to spot talent for the next season and also to meet paddlers who are addicted to paddling. TotalSUP speaks to Paddler Chiara Nordio following her great result in a very large field. Chiara Nordio, […]

Belar Diaz: The 11th stop of the EuroTour presented by Starboard brought us to beautiful Noli in Italy.  The Noli SUP Race was quite a change of scenery from the far lands of Finland the prior week. With breaking cliffs that come straight out of the sea and the town of Noli literally on the […]