Japan

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 […]

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 […]

A quiet force in the world of SUP, Japanese rider Yuka Sato has recently come into the limelight, having performed well at a number of international events, and even taking the 4th place copper medal at the recent ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship 2017 in Denmark. Like a duck to water, having only taken […]

Team Japan Team Members Kenny Kaneko- 01/21/1988- Long Distance- Technical Race- Sprint “This will be my 3rd time at the ISA World Championships. We have a full roster this year so looking forward to great competition and exploring Denmark!” Ryouhei Yoshida- 12/11/1981- Long Distance- Technical Race Yuka Sato- 08/17/1986- Long Distance- Technical Race- Sprint Takayo […]

The APP World Tour has kicked off in Hawaii over the last month and the first two events have run smoothly with an overall more professional feel. The surfing competition took place from 11th to 24th of February in Oahu, and the racing one from 10th to 12th of March in Maui. James Casey was […]

With the dust only just settling on last weekend’s historic Stand Up World Series Opener in Japan, TotalSUP’s journalist Stuart Howells caught up with Men’s winner Casper Steinfath (Naish). As you can imagine the youngster was stoked but is now even more focused on his dream…..   Stuart Howells: Casper after winning in Japan – […]

By Martin Letourneur, in partnership with VMG Blades, Hobie Cat Europe, Howzit, CT+ and Swell Addiction. The SUP Race season has definitely started with some big events already happening everywhere in the world. Earlier this week, we made a special “Week-end SUP Recap” about 10 events that happened last week-end. This next one doesn’t seem calmer, indeed, we selected for […]