Florian Gander

The countdown is on to the biggest edition of The Big Paddle Festival yet, as the popular Swiss event prepares to make history as an official stop of the European SUP League (ESL). Organised by Florian Gander – Founder of SUPkultur Wassersport Center and Co-founder of the Swiss Stand-Up Paddle Association – the festival will […]

Lake Zürich has developed into a vibrant centre for watersports – a true hub framed by breathtaking alpine scenery and a rising stage for high-performance paddling. It has also emerged as a foiling and pump-foiling hotspot, where Jérôme Baudoux completed the full 22 km crossing non-stop in an extraordinary 1 hour and 44 minutes. This […]

Patrick Federi has spent most of his life around water. From rowing as a kid to windsurfing, stand-up paddling, and more recently, pumpfoiling, he’s always been drawn to sports that keep him close to nature. Based in Switzerland, he’s also one of the co-founders of the national pumpfoiling community and an Indiana ambassador, always looking […]

Florian Gander, founder of SUPkultur and co-founder of the Swiss Stand-Up Paddle Association, is a key figure in Switzerland’s SUP scene. On June 28, he will host the second edition of the annual Big Paddle Challenge on Lake Zürich, a 22 km non-competitive paddle event designed primarily for leisure paddlers. Unlike traditional SUP races that […]