New Zealand

Voted “Paddler of the Decade” by SUP Racer in December 2019, Annabel Anderson did dominate SUP racing during an 8 year span the way no other woman athlete did. Since entering the world of SUP racing in 2010, the New Zealander never stopped to fascinate the onlookers winning the most competitive international races year after […]

Although little known in Europe, paddleboarding aka “prone paddleboarding” aka “prone” is gaining in popularity and experiencing an increase in interest amongst the SUP community. This is in contrast to Australia, California, New Zealand, South Africa or Tahiti where it has a massive following. TotalSUP talks to Fanatic France SUP Surfer and top French prone […]

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 […]

After announcing the 9 major stops of The Paddle League World Tour in January, which includes big international events such as the forthcoming Air France Paddle Festival in Tahiti, the Carolina Cup and Gorge Paddle Challenge. The Paddle League has released a schedule of the confirmed regionals, bringing together 41 regional events across 24 nations, with […]

Daniel and Bruno Hasulyo from Starboard also known as SUPBROz are 2 brothers and out of the ordinary stand up athletes. They were born in Hungary, grew up in Italy and since then never stopped moving around the globe. These two are both incredible Stand Up Paddlers and truly have their own special way to […]

A quick report on the events that took place while you were unplugged. Today we'll look at the result of The Ultimate Waterman, the Santa Cruz Paddle Fest, the Dana Ocean Challenge and The Saucy Jack Classic SUP TRANSATLANTIQUE – Nicolas Jarossay Yesterday, Nicolas Jarossay took a plane to CAPE VERDE where he will begin […]

22 year old Zane Schweitzer has been crowned the 2016 Ultimate Waterman. Zane, a late call up for 2016, was the most consistent surfer of the multi discipline event winning three of the seven disciplines contested. Today Schweitzer placed third in the 16km Stand Up Paddleboard Race which was enough to clinch the title over runner […]

American Danny Ching called on his high school sprint swimming experience to help him win tonight’s Underwater Strength Run and Swim discipline of The Ultimate Waterman at the National Aquatic Centre, Auckland. The win puts him in second place overall behind Zane Schweitzer of Hawaii and means tomorrow’s final Stand Up Paddle Endurance race could […]

Hawaiian athlete Zane Schweitzer has claimed his third discipline of the 2016 Ultimate Waterman in a thrilling head-to-head duel with defending champion Daniel Kereopa of New Zealand. The longboard discipline was held at Piha Beach, Auckland today in clean waves of less than 1.0m. The win has catapulted Schweitzer well out in to the overall […]

Hawaiian surfer Zane Schweitzer has stung his Ultimate Waterman opponents with back-to-back wins, this time in the Standup Paddleboard Surfing discipline held in Southland today (Wednesday 16th March). Schweitzer remains in fourth place overall but still has his all-important double whammy discipline of Longboard to go. Californian Danny Ching retains his lead in the overall points […]

A quick report on the events that took place while you were unplugged. Today we'll look at the result of The Ultimate Waterman, introduce the Adler Paddler Free Race taking place in Long Beach and give you the results of the Cocoa Beach Race located in Florida. The Ultimate Waterman The Ultimate Waterman started this […]

The second Edition of The Ultimate Waterman started this week-end in New Zealand. Greg Townsend, Chief Executive of The Ultimate Waterman and agreed to answer a couple of our questions about the origin and the organisation of the event. 1) Who / what organization is behind the Ultimate Waterman and when was the concept born?  I […]