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Tomo Murabayashi: the day SUP Tomo became FOIL Tomo

13 Feb 2021

Tomo Murabayashi: the day SUP Tomo became FOIL Tomo

In the past 24 years, Japanese waterman Tomo Murabayashi aka SUP Tomo, FOIL Tomo or just Tomo, hasn’t spent many days away from the ocean. After years of windsurfing, kiting and stand up paddling, he was in 2016 one of the earliest takers and subsequently pioneers in the Foil revolution the watersport world has been […]

Downwind Foil: a Step-by-Step Guide by Greg Closier

13 Mar 2020

Downwind Foil: a Step-by-Step Guide by Greg Closier

Former international SUP Racer and now owner of the California/French Brittany brand 52FoilCo  Greg Closier, runs through a series of precious Downwind Foil tips that will help you to get started on Downwind SUP Foiling. Downwind SUP foil – Why do we do it? In April 2016, Kai Lenny showed the world what he was doing […]

M2M Crossing: Starboard Rider Zane Schweitzer SUP Foils to Victory!

20 Jul 2018

M2M Crossing: Starboard Rider Zane Schweitzer SUP Foils to Victory!

Hawaiian Zane Schweitzer has just won the inaugural SUP Foil category race in the 26 mile (42 km) Pailolo Channel crossing from Maui to Moloka’i as part of the 2018 M2M Crossing, in doing so he set a new channel crossing record time, and won the overall classification, beating all other crafts including traditional outriggers, surf skis […]

Takuma Concept Rider Greg Closier talks about being Loyal to the Foil!

9 May 2018

Takuma Concept Rider Greg Closier talks about being Loyal to the Foil!

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 […]

Dave Kalama, Laird Hamilton and the Origin of SUP As We Know It

26 Oct 2017

Dave Kalama, Laird Hamilton and the Origin of SUP As We Know It

“If you want to know how we got here, you need to see where we came from”. Check out this awesome promotional video with SUP legend Dave Kalama, founder of Imagine Surf, where we can retrace the history of the venerable SUP rider in the discipline. Born and raised in Newport Beach, California, Kalama first took […]

SUP Foil- A Growing Trend Among Riders

30 May 2017

SUP Foil- A Growing Trend Among Riders

By James Casey- The past 12 months have seen a rapid evolution of hydrofoil surfing. It all became popular this time last year, when Kai Lenny posted footage of himself hydrofoiling his stand up paddle raceboard downwind. Since then, things have progressed and from its debut on stand up paddle surfboards, it is now attached primarily to regular […]

Dave Kalama and his friends try the Invader Board

14 Mar 2016

Dave Kalama and his friends try the Invader Board

Earlier this year Dave and Imagine Surf launched the “Invader” big SUP, an inflatable SUP board able to carry up to 10 riders! This disproportionate board is 17 feet long, 58 inches wide and 1,213 litres in volume according to the Imagine Surf website. In this video we finally get to see Dave Kalama and […]

Movie Trailer: The Story Of Stand Up Paddle

21 Aug 2014

Movie Trailer: The Story Of Stand Up Paddle

The Story of Standup Paddle, filmed and directed by Mike Waltze, takes us on an informative and thrilling ride into the world of SUP.  This documentary covers the little known origins of the sport and follows its evolution all the way up to today’s massive wave of global interest that has made standup paddling the […]

If you have missed the 2014 Carolina Cup…

2 May 2014

If you have missed the 2014 Carolina Cup…

One of the biggest SUP Race events in the US and in the world, the Carolina Cup took place last week-end in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. A few international athletes who had been pretty discreet since the kick-off the season, took the opportunity to show they were just training hard ! 1. The Podiums  Women's Graveyard Race […]

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