France

The end of the 2018 racing season is in sight, and as the season draws to a close the APP World Tour Racing Champion will be crowned amidst the biggest single race in the sport. 800 avid paddlers will take to the water on Sunday morning to paddle through the heart of Paris, down the stunning […]

There is just under a week to go until the Paris SUP open, that is the final stop of the APP Tour. Tension is mounting between the athletes, as they build up to a dramatic close to the 2018 season. The Paris SUP Open will also be a place of record setting in SUP history. Building […]

2018 has been a great year for French SUP surfer Benoit Carpentier.  The Starboard rider claimed the Coupe de France, then was crowned the French champion.  At the end of November he is set to star in the upcoming ISA’s in Hainan, China. Breton native Benoit talks to TotalSUP about his amazing year, his favourite […]

Les BORD’OCEAN SUPdays, rassemblement de Stand Up Paddle co-organisé par les Marins de la Lune à Bordeaux et le Lacanau Surf Club ont accueilli cette année pour leur 3ème édition les championnats de France de Stand Up Paddle 12’6. Mélanie Lafenêtre et Martin Vitry confirment leur excellente forme avant les championnats du monde ISA en […]

Chez TotalSUP on a eu une idée ! Et si on aidait les shops à mieux se faire connaître et à promouvoir leur matos en fonction de la saisonnalité et des stocks disponibles tout en faisant bénéficier nos visiteurs de leurs connaissances pointues sur les produits du moment ? Et voilà, la sélection du mois […]

It is always important to mix up SUP training with other sports. With this in mind three paddlers from France, Jean-Michel Clorarec, Pascal Pouget and Jean-Pierre Letourneur, three keen SUP paddlers who have been Stand Up Paddling for years have changed it up in the last 12 months, by finding their way to outrigger canoe (OC) […]

This summer 425 Pro released its inflatable Stand Up Paddleboard (iSUP) range, with a variety of designs and purpose the range is extensive.  There is certainly a board for everyone. Frenchman Bertrand Cléach, owner of Glazsea surfshop, who was one of the first 425Pro distributors in France gives TotalSUP a review of the full iSUP range that have […]

A 47 ans, Bertrand Cléach, surfer, windsurfer, kite-surfer et stand-up paddler s’est lancé un gros défi, vivre de sa passion pour les sports de glisse et a ouvert il y a quelques mois l’excellent surfshop Glazsea à St Martin des Champs, à côté de Morlaix dans le Finistère. Il est par la même occasion l’un […]

Downwind aficionado’s look no further! January 2019 brings you the opportunity to learn or improve your down-wind paddling skills with Woo Outrigger in the tropical seas of Guadeloupe.  Woo founder Guy Ringrave, discusses the camp that will take place from the 5th January 2019 in Saint Francois. Situated just 300m from the beach it is […]

Foiling is here. As the technology improves and the cost of foils decrease we will start to see more and more people take to the water on their foils. So how do you get started? Takuma man Greg Closier gives TotalSUP how to guide to start this new sport. I started surf foiling in 2016, […]

APP World Tour Announced Paris as the final stop on 2018 World Tour. Held over the 8th and 9th December 2018, the APP World Tour finishes its racing season with the World’s Largest Participatory Race in the heart of Paris. This third and final stop on the 2018 World Tour will be where the 2018 APP World […]