Jim Terrell

It’s been just over two years since the launch of the Stingray Paddle by Quickblade. When this paddle first hit the market, it definitely turned heads. Many paddlers thought “what the heck is that thing?” as the paddle looked extremely different than anything else that has been on the market. With a blade is only […]

Quickblade was founded by Jim Terrell, a four-time Olympic paddler and multiple national and international award winner. He began creating the world’s finest competition paddles at the young age of 11 in his father’s garage in Milford, Ohio. Jim is profoundly passionate about hydrodynamics, a passion that has been supported by decades of experience in […]

Robert Norman, the new (and first) Men’s 24 hour SUP Guinness World record holder received a little surprise from QuickBlade’s very own founder Jim Terrell yesterday: a superb commemorative paddle, with the SUPerman sign (SUPerman being Robert’s nickname). Also on it, the inscription “Robert Norman, World Record, 24 hours, 111,8 miles”. Here is what Robert said on his […]

The Celtic Cup, a new SUP race event part of the Euro Tour, is the brain child of Glenn Eldridge, owner of the Ocean Sports Centre in Carbis Bay, St’Ives. We interviewed Glenn only a few hours ahead of the event… Hello Glenn, could you introduce yourself to the TotalSUP community? Glenn Eldridge: My background is […]