Jade Howson

International SUP, FOIL & Wing Foil brand SIC has revealed its SUP Race Team for 2023. While two young SUP racers, Rai Taguchi (he is currently assessing offers from various brands) and Bodie Von Allmen (recruited by team NSP), are no longer part of SIC’s Global Team after years of being nurtured by the historic […]

PRESS RELEASE / SAN CLEMENTE, California – SIC is proud to announce the official SIC Maui Global Team for 2020! Our global team is comprised of familiar and new faces, and we are so stoked to be along the journey with them as we gear up for the 2020 race season. Without further ado, we […]

It’s a wrap! 161 athletes from 27 countries  took part in the 2019 Surf City El Salvador ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship at El Sunzal. Taking SUP Surfing Gold Medals on the final day of the competition, Justine Dupont and Benoit Carpentier  led team France to their first-ever Team Gold Medal in the event and […]

And that’s a wrap the Osaka SUP Open weekend ended in spectacular style with Michael Booth and Seychelle taking victory on the final day of action! The Mens Distance Race In a thrilling distance race that threaded its way through the beautiful waterways of this bustling City. The Osaka SUP Open presented by Remax Japan […]

Last week, TotalSUP had the privilege to settle down in Hood River, Oregon for a full week, courtesy of the World Paddle Association and SUP brand SIC Maui, partner of the 2019 Gorge Paddle Challenge. Here are the embedded players an links to all the live actions, interviews, social media posts and publications produced by […]

Starboard Dream team riders Michael Booth and Sonni Hönscheid successfully defended their Carolina Cup SUP race titles. Paddlers were faced with ever changing wind directions and flat water conditions in the race located in North Carolina, USA.  Photo Credit: Peter Newman Aerial Images ILM  Athletes had to paddle 21 KM starting on the beach, before […]

Team Brazil’s Arthur Santacreu and South Africa’s Tarryn King respectively charged to victory earning the Men’s and Women’s SUP Sprint Gold Medals at the ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Wanning, China. The USA only won 2 bronze medals  and Australia only 1 in the Sprint Races,  the USA built upon their lead with […]

Hungary’s Daniel Hasulyo and USA’s Candice Appleby claimed the SUP Technical Race Gold Medals in exciting fashion on the sixth day of competition at the 2018 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Wanning, China. Photo Credit: Pablo Jimenez The powerful Hungarian brother duo, Daniel and Bruno Hasulyo, made their presence known at their first […]

The Paddle League moved to San Francisco for the regional event Battle of the Bay.The 8th annual Battle of the Bay, saw elite paddlers race 12 KM around the golden gate bridge in a race that is renown for strong currents and epic scenery. This year the iconic race had a new home after moving […]

Congratulations Michael Booth and Seychelle for winning the Battle Of The Bay in San Francisco today. Michael Booth a.k.a. Boothy (Starboard SUP) was simply too strong in the men’s race, powering away from the field before finishing a minute clear of the highly under-rated Aussie Ty Judson. The Tahitian boys Enzo Bennett and Georges Cronsteadt (Team 425Pro) won a sprint […]

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 […]

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 […]

He heads up The Paddle Academy, a veritable stand up paddle institution in Dana Point, California, and no one is more invested in his kids’ performance than he is. Mike Eisert is at the very heart of fostering and developing young and promising new SUP talent, and his Paddle Academy waits practically all year for […]