James Van Drunen

What a great weekend it was in Santa Pola, Alicante at the 1st edition of the World SUP Festival Costa Blanca, an international SUP racing event organized by SUP Club Parres Watersports founded by Daniel Parres, and part of the Eurotour 2018. With more than 300 participants it was a real success with a great […]

Dutch rider James Van Drunen started SUP four years ago. At the time James was no sportsman, but he decided to make SUP a priority in his life and sought to become a SUP champion. Having made many sacrifices and invested in a lot of training, James makes the exclusive announcement to TotalSUP that he […]

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 […]

Last year, we introduced James Van Drunen to the TotalSUP readers after spotting that he had just been one of the youngest riders to ever complete the SUP 11 City Tour in the Netherlands at only 16. Since then, James Van Drunen has become an unvoidable athlete on the Spanish racing scene – he lives in Spain – […]

Meet James Van Drunen, the youngest paddler to ever complete the mythical SUP 11 City Tour, a tough 220 kilometer race that spreads over 5 days in the not always welcoming weather conditions of the Netherlands. Interview… Hello James, you have an english first name, a dutch last name and an U-17 Spanish national title… Can you help […]