Fiona Wylde

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

2018 marked the 32nd annual edition of the iconic Santa Cruz Paddlefest, an event that started as a waveski contest in the late 80s. This year in the long distance the young Californians were on show to raise the bar for distance racing. The Paddle League sends this report to TotalSUP of this hotly contested […]

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 […]

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 USA Team Members Giogio Gomez- 12/16/1995- Technical Race- SUP Surf Ryan Funk- 07/14/ 2001- Technical Race Jade Howson- 08/19/2000- Technical Race- Long Distance  Sean Poynter- 07/05/1989- SUP Surf Izzi Gomez- 09/12/1999- SUP Surf-  Emmy Merrill- 10/23/1993- SUP Surf-  Noa Hopper- 04/10/1999- Long Distance Slater Trout- 26/12/1994- Long Distance Fiona Wylde- 02/18/ 1997- Long Distance […]

In a week’s time, the Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge will take place in Hood River, Oregon. Fiona Wylde, who is currently ranked second in the world and is herself a native, will be competing. She knows the river like the back of her hand and the race will be taking place on home turf. Who […]

It was another great Stand Up Paddle weekend. Between the APP World Tour’s Japan Pro Am, the French Cup 12’6 on the île de Ré, the Paddle Imua race in Hawaii, the Air Tahiti Nui Paddle Royal Race, French SUP Surf Cup and the Battle of the Thames in London, there was certainly no chance of getting […]