Doheny State Beach

Mike Eisert, seasoned paddler with more than 30 years’ experience, created his own paddle academy a few years ago. Mike’s initiative may not be the first of its kind, but it is an exceptional one. Based in Dana Point, California’s very own SUP Mecca, Mike explains the goals and benefits of his paddle school and how it all works. […]

By Rob Griffin, US team rider for JP Australia — And just like that the 2016 PPG is done. After all the training, all the excitement, after all the worrying it’s over just as fast as it came. This year’s PPG did not disappoint though, it was filled with excitement and drama. We saw dramatic […]

By James Casey, JP Australia SUP Racer and new contributing writer at TotalSUP.com — What an experience. I’ve never been to California for a stand up paddle event and for my first to be at PPG2016, I am totally blown away. The Battle of the Paddle and more recently Pacific Paddle Games have always been […]

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 […]

With the deadline of September 16 already reached for the PRO registration, amateur paddlers have only 4 days left to register for the Open Division at the Pacific Paddle games! Course maps for the second annual Pacific Paddle Games presented by Salt Life have been set and include some exciting new updates from last year’s […]

Vincent Verhoeven, Céline Guesdon, Titouan Puyo, Martin Letourneur, Eric Terrien, Grégory Closier,  Cyril Burguiere et Jérémie Mandin ont participé le week-end dernier à la 1ère édition des Pacific Paddle Games à Dana Point en Californie. Félicitations à Martin et Arthur Arutkin pour rentrer dans le top 10! Malgré un show de haut vol offert au […]

WOMEN’s Overall Results – Pacific Paddle Games 2015 (Name, age, team, points)    1 Appleby, Candice                 30 INFI            2000   2 Anderson, Annabel                34 ATX             1650   3 Wylde, […]

Slow-mo Men’s Start Second semifinal pro technical race just finished. Field of 30 finalists is now set! Go to www.pacificpafdlegames.com to see it all unfold! �� || #PPG2015 Une vidéo publiée par Brian Meyer (@brian_s_meyer) le 11 Oct. 2015 à 13h56 PDT Pacific or Chaos Paddle Games? This epic shot from photog extraordinaire @andrewwwwelker pretty […]

The pressure is mounting as the Pacific Paddle Games are fast approaching. We asked six international racers what they expect of this 1st edition of the PPG. Josh Riccio, Titouan Puyo, Shelby Taylor, Martin Letourneur, Chase Kosterlitz and Shae Foudy give their gut feeling 24 hours ahead of the biggest SUP race event of the […]

Only a few hours to go before what everyone is already calling the biggest SUP event of the year: the Pacific Paddle Games at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point California. Who better than Will Taylor, editor-in-chief of SUP Magazine and co-organizer of the #PPG2015 to present the event to our readers. Hello Will, can you […]