Leonard Nika is an Italian-Albanian rider born in 1987 and currently living in Portugal. He began surfing at age of 10 when his family moved from Torino to Rome near the coast in Italy. After many surfing competitions around Italy, in the summer of 2008 Leonard was introduced to SUP and a few months after taking the first wave with a Stand up paddle board, he had already climbed the rankings in the Italian and European competitions both Wave and Race. Currently runs the world competing for the leading brand Starboard. Italian champion 4 time consecutive from 2012 to 2015, European champion Race 2012 and 2013, is one of the top 5 riders in the world.
26 May 2016
Le Week-end dernier avait lieu la SUP Race Cup à Sainte-Maxime, troisième étape de l’EURO TOUR 2016 et plus grosse course de SUP Race en France en terme de niveau. J’y étais présent en tant que compétiteur et pour TotalSUP, voici donc mon report de l’événement : Par Martin Letourneur, en partenariat avec VMG Blades, […]
11 May 2016
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 […]
21 Sep 2015
Depuis dimanche, les réseaux sociaux ne tarissent pas d’éloges et de remerciements envers Fred Bonnef, Guillaume Astruc, Pascal Maka et tous les volontaires qui ont participé à la 1ère Edition de la Sud de France Arena Race. La fine équipe a transformé le village historique de Collioure en une véritable arène du SUP le temps d’un […]
5 Sep 2015
Candice Appleby and Kai Lenny win the sprints on Day 2 of the Victoria Cup Hayama Pro Japan 2015, part of the Stand Up World Series. Here are the video hightlights and the full results! Victoria Cup Hayama Pro Japan 2015 – Day 2 – Sprints Video highlights by the Waterman League / Stand Up […]
26 Jul 2015
Italy Surf Expo – Stand Up World Series – Day 2 – Sprints: Women’s Results: > Ane Zulaika wins the sprints in Rome and takes the EU CUP title! 1st: Ane Zulaika (Spain) 2nd: Manca Notar (Slovenia) 3rd: Susak Molinero (Spain) 4th: Susan Lier (Germany) 5th: Margerita Boschetti (Italy) Men’s results: 1st: Dylan Frick (South Africa) 2nd: Zane Schweitzer […]
26 Jul 2015
Here are the full results and comments on Day 1 of the 2015 Italy Surf Expo SUP Race.
25 Jul 2015
Italy Surf Expo – Day 1 – Long Distance: Women's Results: > Manca Notar wins the Long Distance and lands more than 9 minutes ahead of her next opponent! > Huge performance by Ane Zulaika from Spain who finishes 2nd > Noticeable under-performance by Céline Guesdon who has been very strong so far this season and who […]
4 Jul 2015
Live updates, photos, videos and results on www.facebook.com/totalsupofficial Day 1 results and recap, click here: Sieravuori SUP Masters III – Stand Up World Series – Day 1 Stand Up World Series – Stop 2 – Finland – Day 2 Sieravuori SUP Masters III – Day 2 – Sprint Top Results: Mens’s 1. Casper Steinfath 2. Leonard […]
2 Jul 2015
And we are moving on to round 2 of the Stand Up World Series which is also the 2nd round of the Euro Cup, the european competition within the global one. This time, the competition is the Sieravuori SUP Masters III held in beautiful Finland. The organizer of the event, Jari Laakso kindly took some […]
27 Jun 2015
Live photos, videos, results and updates all week-end on www.facebook.com/totalsupofficial Connor Baxter wins the Long Distance on Day 1 of the Barcelona Stand Up World Series Men's TotalSUP photo album on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.366561803553249.1073741849.157764271099671&type=3 Full results: Men's Long Distance – Barcelona Stand Up World Series. 1. Connor Baxter 0:57:41 2. Vinnisius Martins 0:59:25 3 Leonard Nika 0:59:43 4 Arthur […]
24 Jun 2015
It's starting in a few hours and it's already huge. The Iberdrola Barcelona Stand Up World Series offer an amazing urban beach setting, beautiful sunny conditions, a large SUP aficionado community and a huge crowd to watch. All of this plus some of the best paddlers on the planet, should make for a perfect show, […]
19 Jun 2015
The Bilbao World SUP Challenge was just an incredible event that many will not forget. The 4th leg of the Euro Tour offered hype, tension, excitement on the water and plenty of entertainment on dry land thanks to a professionnally mounted show with live music, merchandising and food allowing for pro-racers, amateurs and spectators to mingle […]
2 Jun 2015
Another great week-end of international SUP racing. While Connor Baxter and Fiona Wylde were celebrating their victories at the cold but beautiful St Ives Bay Celtic Cup in Cornwall, more than 120 riders were in sunny Sainte-Maxime, in the south of France, for the 6th edition of the SUP Race CUP organized by La Cigale Surf Club, which […]
10 Dec 2014
Intrigués de trouver un nom peu connu sinon inconnu au bataillon en 7ème position à l'issue de la longue distance du Nautic SUP Paris Crossing, entre les deux pointures que sont Martin Letourneur et Peter Bartl et devant des riders de classe internationale comme Kai Lenny ou Roman Frejo, nous avons voulu connaître le nouveau venu, Joseph […]
