Born in Marseille in 1991, Olivia Piana grew up in the French Alps. Influenced by her mother, who was a sailboarding enthusiast, Piana started to sailboard herself at the age of 10. Living in the mountains, sailboarding wasn’t exactly practical for Piana, who instead focused her efforts on taking part in triathlons. She won several titles in this field before taking up Stand-Up Paddle in 2011. Following an injury in 2015 while she was sponsored by Fanatic SUP, Olivia came back stronger than ever with her new sponsor, Starboard, in 2016, before joining the 425pro in 2018 and Rogue SUP in 2019. Olivia Piana has won 3 world sup race titles in 3 different disciplines in 2018 and 2019: Long Distance, Technical Race and 200m sprints.
3 May 2018
Presentation d’Olivier Darrieumerlou, de Seignosse, adepte de tous les sports de glisse et amoureux de la nature. Olivier participe régulièrement au circuit des courses SUP longue distance et à récemment rejoint la team 425 Pro. Il parle a TotalSUP de son nouvel équipement et des ses projets futurs. Bonjour Oliver, peux-tu te présenter et nous […]
24 Apr 2018
Last weekend saw 500 paddlers hit the water for the 2018 Carolina Cup, racers ranged between beginners, weekend warriors and the elite, and impressively on Sunday the numbers hit 700 with a number of surfskiers, and OC paddlers out to do the Graveyard race. The weekend was crammed full of racing, paddling clinics run by the […]
12 Apr 2018
Avec pour la première fois de son histoire un énorme plateau international et des rebondissements à la douzaine, la course Elite de la 5ème édition du Air France Paddle Festival a regroupé tous les ingrédients pour lancer de belle manière la très attendue Paddle League, nouveau circuit mondial à l’initiative de Chris Parker, Kelly Margetts […]
10 Apr 2018
The 2018 race season kicked off last weekend with the Air France Paddle Festival. Over 300 paddlers were in the water for the 8 KM Lagoon Race, 4 KM Fun Race and 24 KM Elite Race. The elite race was as predicted long and hot, with Marcus Hansen arriving 1st for the men and Sonni Honscheid finishing […]
6 Apr 2018
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 […]
21 Mar 2018
2018 has started on a high for 425pro, new factory locations, improved boards, new riders, a move to carbon neutrality and launching into the global market, plus with several big name riders on the roster including Olivia Piana, George Cronsteadt Olivier Darrieumerlou and Noic Garioud everything is on track for 2018 to be a big […]
20 Mar 2018
The Air France Paddle Festival in Tahiti is less than a month away! This is the 1st stop of the newly formed Paddle League with 100 Paddle League points on offer for the 1st placed paddler (mens and women), plus over 300 amateur paddlers involved it is going to be an exciting event! TotalSUP talks to Chris […]
16 Mar 2018
The 2018 season of Waterman Tahiti Tour (WTT) is about to kickoff, with the 1st stop on 17th March at Punaauia, Tahiti, followed by 4 more stops in French Polynesia. The Waterman Tahiti Tour is made up of 3 disciplines all based around water, disciplines that remain a secret right until the event! The brainchild of organiser Stephen Lambert […]
12 Mar 2018
The past year has been huge for Tahitian brand 425pro with big name riders Olivier Piana, The Cronsteadt brothers, Enzo Bennett and Noic Garioud all in the the family, just to name a few. There are plenty of good strong riders behind the brand indeed. The 425pro brand is shaping up to be a name synonymous with […]
7 Mar 2018
425Pro a le vent en poupe. La marque créée par le tahitien Jerry Mihimana, installé à Bali, qui fait parler d’elle depuis environ un an, a mis un gros coup d’accélérateur ces derniers mois. S’il n’aura échappé à personne qu’Olivia Piana a rejoint 425Pro et les têtes d’affiche que sont les riders internationaux Georges Cronsteadt, […]
31 Jan 2018
Il y a beaucoup à écrire sur Yoann Le Ven: il a récemment rejoint la famille 425 Pro, a terminé premier de sa catégorie en 12’6 à la Gla Gla, c’est donc un rameur à surveiller avec quelques podiums. Yoann Le Ven a 22 ans, et étant le fils de deux planchistes expérimentés il est très vite tombé amoureux des […]
11 Jan 2018
After a thundering 2017 season where she is now ranked 3rd in the world, Olivia Piana announced her departure from Starboard to join the 425pro team. TotalSUP exclusively reveals the decision with, equally exclusive, the first photos of Olivia Piana on the boards 425Pro, taken in Tahiti during her participation in the Ironmana 2017 (credits: […]
11 Dec 2017
And that’s a wrap! Going from strength to strength, year on year, Ironmana 2017 has come to a close for another edition. And our man on the ground, the one and only Starboard SUP racer Bart de Zwart, gives us his parting words as he says goodbye to Huahine, where the event was held for […]
7 Dec 2017
Bart de Zwart has been in Huahine, French Polynesia, since last weekend, waiting for Ironmana 2017 to kick off. Now that it has, the Dutch king of endurance is keen to share with us his thoughts and impressions of how things are advancing thus far. Letting us in on the ins and out of each […]
