Daniel Parres

Daniel Parres is a key figure in the Spanish SUP scene, renowned for his work as both a coach and athlete at Parres Watersports. He’s also the mastermind behind the World SUP Festival Costa Blanca, which returns in 2025 after a year’s hiatus. Parres is also one of the driving forces behind the newly launched […]

To grow a sport discipline on a global scale, it takes the collaboration of nations, shared initiatives, sustainable funding, and a commitment to learning from one another. The Czech Federation SURF and SUP (Česká Federace SURF a SUP) has been tirelessly working alongside its fellow European partners to accelerate this growth and drive progress. Having […]

The 6th Gran Carrera del Mediterráneo SUP Race will be held on 10 November in Santa Pola, Spain. Organized by Daniel Parres from the Club Deportivo Parres in Spain, he is a water sports expert, this event is a key stop in the Spanish SUP racing circuit, offering a thrilling 13 km coastal route near […]

Nearly 200 participants competed in the 2023 Gran Carrera del Mediterráneo SUP (The Great Mediterranean Race) event brought by the 5-time ICF World Champion Daniel Parres (also a former international windsurfer athlete) and the Club Deportivo Parres (Parres WaterSports). The 5th edition of the ocean race will be without doubt remembered by tough conditions with […]

Ahead of Alicante SUP Open, the 5th stop of the APP World Tour and the final battle of the 2022 SUP racing season, TotalSUP caught up with Daniel Parres, World Champion, NSP National Team Rider and the Founder of one of the biggest, most thriving SUP clubs in the world and also the organiser of the […]

The 4th edition of the Gran Carrera del Mediterrano (ie the Great Mediterranean Race) will undoubtedly be remembered for its high participation with more than 200 SUP Racers on the starting line, highlighting once again that Spain is currently at the forefront of the development of the sport in Europe. Santa Pola and the province […]

Last weekend the Euro Tour circuit returned to the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira for the second edition of the Madeira Island SUP Challenge. The race was a 12-kilometer course that took place in the bay of Funchal, passing through the headquarters of the Clube Naval do Funchal, in Quinta Calaça, and the Barreirinha bathing […]

The 3rd edition of the Mediterraneo SUP Race that was held last weekend in Alicante proved to be one of the most important SUP events in Spain and is bound to grow internationally as soon as next year. As a Long Distance Spanish Cup event, the race scored points within the official circuit of the […]

What a great weekend it was in Santa Pola, Alicante at the 1st edition of the World SUP Festival Costa Blanca, an international SUP racing event organized by SUP Club Parres Watersports founded by Daniel Parres, and part of the Eurotour 2018. With more than 300 participants it was a real success with a great […]