Michael Booth is an Australian paddle athlete who competes not only in SUP but various other disciples. He grew up in a small town called Caves Beach which is 2 hours north of Sydney on the East Coast of Australian and now resides on the other side of the country in Perth. Michael started paddling prone boards at age 6 and started ski paddling at age 15, he didn’t jump on a SUP until he was 23 for the first time. After competing in Ocean Ski, Sprint Kayaking and SLS at the highest levels he turned professional in SUP in 2016. He is best know for winning the ISA World Championship Marathon race in Fiji and winning many other distance races on the Euro Tour and PPG last year. His Major Sponsors are Starboard SUP, Shaw and Partners Wealth Management, Inamo, Zazik and VMG Blades.
11 Jan 2022
C’est le gros coup du mercato hivernal 2021 / 2022 en SUP race. Le double champion du monde néo-calédonien, Noïc Garioud vient de rejoindre la Dream Team de la marque Starboard après cinq années passées chez Sunova. Dès la Carolina Cup, qui devrait être sa première compétition internationale de l’année à la fin avril, “Chicken” […]
16 Aug 2021
The excitement is building up as we are less than one month away from the 2021 ICF SUP Worlds that will take place on Lake Balaton in Hungary from September 9th to September 12th which I will have the pleasure to co-announce. Like in 2019 in Qingdao, all the events are open to everyone and […]
3 Aug 2021
Reigning world champions and Starboard SUP stars Connor Baxter and Michael Booth are among the first international athletes to sign on for this year’s International Canoe Federation Stand Up Paddling world championships in Hungary. The final deadline for registration (August 30) for the September world championships is fast approaching, and with it the excitement levels […]
27 May 2021
The 10th Anniversary edition of the 12 Towers Race, the Official Australasian Qualifier for the 2021 APP World Tour did not disappoint, as stand-out performances were the order of the weekend from both APP legends and rising young talent alike. With an epic Surf Race that provided all the thrills and spills we have come […]
23 May 2021
Day 1 – Terrene Black and James Casey take the win on the Technical Surf Battle Women’s Technical Race 1. Terrene Black 2. Ke’ale Dorries 3. Chloe Walkerdene 4. Savannah Fitzsimmons Men’s Technical Race 1. James Casey 2. Michael Booth 3. Lincoln Dews 4. Kaelan […]
21 Dec 2020
Watch this superb 5-minute report of the 2020 King of the Cut, known as the Ultimate Downwinder Down under. This year the West Australia downwind event welcomes SUPs, Surfskis, Outrigger Canoes, SUP foils and for the very first time Wing Foils!
7 Oct 2020
Here is the replay of a live talk with Australian World SUP race champion Michael Booth on the 2021 Starboard Sprint The Starboard Sprint 2021 The main new features of the Starboard Sprint as developed by Boothy are the following A THICKER AND SHARPER NOSE The Starboard Sprint 2021 boasts a squarer nose which allows […]
29 May 2020
This BOOTHCAST is with SUP World Champion Shae Foudy and is brought to you by Vaikobi x BOOTH Training & TotalSUP! Shae Foudy has her break out year in SUP in 2018 becoming APP World Tour Champion and winning the course race at the Gorge. She talks about her story of growing up on […]
27 May 2020
This BOOTHCAST is with Starboard Production Manager Ollie O’Reilly and is brought to you by Starboard SUP & broadcast partners TotalSUP Ollie has been working for Starboard for the past 6 years with his focus on making sure those new boards you all paddle come out looking great, paddling well and on time. […]
26 May 2020
This BOOTHCAST is with Pro SUP Paddler Josh Riccio and is brought to you by BOOTH Training in partnership with TotalSUP Josh is originally from Florida but found a love for paddling when he moved to Maui in 2010. In 2012 he picked up a race board to complement his OC6 workouts with his […]
9 Dec 2019
The action inside the Nautic Salon Nautique in Paris and on the River Seine was red hot this past weekend at the 2019 Nautic Paddle. The APP World Tour was in town for the Paris SUP Open, its final, climactic stop of the 2019 Season and the competition did not disappoint! >> Rewatch the action […]
8 Dec 2019
What an incredible ending to the 2019 APP WORLD TOUR SUP Race competition. The 2019 Nautic Paddle in Paris, was the perfect setting to crown two new APP World champions Seychelle and Casper Steinfath. If you missed the action here are the main results and the LIVE STREAM replays! The TOP 5 NEWS OF THE […]
6 Dec 2019
The scene is set in Paris for the 2019 APP World Tour Racing Finals! Paris SUP Open is one final showdown for the year showcasing the leading SUP pro contenders, with the backdrop of some of the world’s most famous landmarks (Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame) for the distance, and the unique and fast paced sprint […]
25 Oct 2019
Boothy and Sonni make history as ICF’s First SUP World Champions Australia’s Michael Booth and Germany’s Sonni Honscheid had to call on all their experience in tough racing conditions to become the first ever ICF stand up paddling world champions on Friday. Here are the full Results, Live Streams, Video Interviews and Video Summary of […]
