Connor Baxter

Last weekend was the Kerama Blue Cup, it was the 4th stop of the Paddle League held on the the tropical islands of Zamami, Okinawa, Japan.  A dozen of the world’s best stood on the start line alongside Japan’s finest, with grey skies and light rain greeting competitors this morning after a week of blue skies. The long course […]

Frenchman and Takuma Concept rider Greg Closier is blazing a trail for prone and SUP foiling, currently with one foot in the USA and one in France he has sought out some of the finest spots in both countries to foil. Greg gives TotalSUP the lowdown on the best foiling spot in the USA, the […]

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 […]

Avec pour la première fois de son histoire un énorme plateau international et des rebondissements à la douzaine, la course Elite de la 5ème édition du Air France Paddle Festival a regroupé  tous les ingrédients pour lancer de belle manière la très attendue Paddle League, nouveau circuit mondial à l’initiative de Chris Parker, Kelly Margetts […]

The 2018 race season kicked off last weekend with the Air France Paddle Festival. Over 300 paddlers were in the water for the 8 KM Lagoon Race, 4 KM Fun Race and 24 KM Elite Race. The elite race was as predicted long and hot, with Marcus Hansen arriving 1st for the men and Sonni Honscheid finishing […]

In 24 hours the island of Tahiti will be waking up and preparing itself for the 5th Air France Paddle Festival, up to 300 paddlers will be hitting the beautiful shores of Maeva Beach in the 4km, 8km and 24km event. As well as all the local amateurs who are paddling for the stoke, there will […]

The Air France Paddle Festival in Tahiti is less than a month away! This is the 1st stop of the newly formed  Paddle League with 100 Paddle League points on offer for the 1st placed paddler (mens and women), plus  over 300 amateur paddlers involved it is going to be an exciting event! TotalSUP talks to Chris […]

Par Grégory Closier, ambassadeur de la marque de foil / SUP foil Takuma Concept Le foil est clairement la tendance 2017. Après le kite et le wind, c’est tout naturellement au tour du SUP et du surf de succomber au charme du foil. Depuis la fameuse vidéo de Kai Lenny (voir en bas de la page) […]

No introduction needed! Having amassed an impressive and seemingly endless list of accolades over the last year at some of the most prestigious competitive events in the SUP discipline, and having treated us to some truly inspired moments of stand up paddle superiority, we thought it an opportune time to gather Starboard rider Connor Baxter’s […]

Originally from Piombino, Tuscany, Paolo Marconi has been making a name for himself as something of a quiet force on the international SUP circuit over the last couple of years. In 2017, he’s managed to pick up a number of accolades and has secured some very respectable results, notably placing 3rd at the Oxene Fuerteventura […]

Martin Vitry est en train de dompter année après année les Pacific Paddle Games. Vainqueur en junior devant les meilleurs jeunes de la planète lors de sa toute première participation l’année dernière, le rider d’Oxbow SUP revient de la plus grosse SUP race du calendrier mondial avec deux top 10 en Pro Men sur la […]

After years of tireless efforts, Mo Freitas finally achieved his goal of becoming Technical Race world champion at the 2017 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Denmark. Fending off stiff competition from Casper Steinfath on home ground, as well as teammate Connor Baxter, Team Hawaii champ Freitas gave us an explosive finish in the Technical Race […]

Video recap of the Long Distance Race at the ISA World SUP Championship in Copenhagen, Denmark, where defending men’s champion Michael Booth was unable to fend off stiff competition which left Bruno Hasulyo, Connor Baxter and Titouan Puyo in the top spots. On the women’s side, the impressive strides made by Annabel Anderson, Sonni Hönscheid […]

Team Hawaii Team Members Zane Schweitzer- 09/15/1993- SUP Surfing Connor Baxter – 09/15/1990- Technical Race- Distance Mo Freitas- 07/21/1997-SUP Surfing- Distance Annie Reickert- 07/17/2001- Technical Race Lara Claydon- 11/09/1999-SUP Surf- Technical Race Mariko Strickland- SUP Surf Kurt Lager- 01/30/1980-Prone Paddleboard Leane Darling- 08/07/1985- Prone Paddleboard Team Manager: Matty Schweitzer- 08/25/1988 Long Distance: Connor Baxter – Mo Freitas […]