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Esposende is THE place to Stand Up Paddle in Portugal … and a buzzing NSP hub too!

10 Mar 2022

Esposende is THE place to Stand Up Paddle in Portugal … and a buzzing NSP hub too!

Esposende, situated alongside Cávado River that pours right into the Atlantic Ocean, is most likely and at least up until now, the Northern Portugal’s best kept SUP secret. From sandy beaches backed by dunes to a maze of tidal marshes and with 20km of uninterrupted river paddling, the area seems like a perfect watersport and […]

Ricardo Rodrigues: let’s put Madeira on the world map of SUP Racing

22 Sep 2021

Ricardo Rodrigues: let’s put Madeira on the world map of SUP Racing

This coming weekend, the last Grand Slam event of the EuroTour is taking place on the mesmerizing Portuguese island of Madeira. Ricardo Rodrigues, a prominent figure of the Portuguese and Madeira SUP Race and Watersports life, is coordinating the Madeira Island SUP Challenge as SUP race director for the organizing Clube Naval de Fuchal. The […]

Angie et Benoit Le Roux décodent le Madeira Ocean Challenge

28 Apr 2021

Angie et Benoit Le Roux décodent le Madeira Ocean Challenge

Bien plus qu’un sport, le surfski est devenu notre mode de vie, un prétexte pour parcourir le monde à la découverte de nouveaux spots. Depuis un an les reports de courses et les annulations se succèdent, en attendant de pouvoir vous faire découvrir ces spots et leurs évènements en live nous vous proposons un flashback […]

Justine Dupont surfs the biggest wave of her life (to date) in Nazaré

9 Nov 2020

Justine Dupont surfs the biggest wave of her life (to date) in Nazaré

It was a “bomb”, this is how Justine describes the wave she surfed yesterday on November 8 2020 on the legendary monster wave of Nazaré in Portugal. French SUP and big waves surfer Justine Dupont has just surfed the biggest wave of her life, setting perhaps a new record in women’s big wave surfing. The […]

Foiling Nazaré – Laird Hamilton, Luca Padua, Terry Chung and Benny Ferris

10 Mar 2020

Foiling Nazaré – Laird Hamilton, Luca Padua, Terry Chung and Benny Ferris

What is it that Laird Hamilton doesn’t do? Lift Foils have just released this incredible video by Patrick Wieland of an epic Surf Foil session on the giant waves of Nazaré, Portugal one of the most infamous and dangerous XXL wave surfing on the planet. After extensive experimentation with set-ups and technique, Laird Hamilton, Terry […]

Introducing the ICF SUP 2018 World Championships by Andre Santos

30 Jul 2018

Introducing the ICF SUP 2018 World Championships by Andre Santos

The ICF SUP world championships will be hosted in Portugal this year, with 4 days of racing that includes 4 different SUP race formats it will be an event that will suit everyone. The action will take place on the 30th August until the 2nd September in the town of Esposende situated on the Portuguese […]

Epic battle on the Portuguese Race Tour

18 May 2018

Epic battle on the Portuguese Race Tour

Last weekend the Portuguese cities of Porto and Matosinhos in the North of Portugal organised another spectacular SUP event. The Portuguese Technical Race Tour and National SUP Wave Tour which also runs in collaboration with surf school Onda Pura saw some epic sea conditions, reminiscent of the epic Battle of the Paddle days in Dana Point, […]

Olivia Piana: “La pirogue m’a permis d’améliorer ma technique, mes entrainements et mes performances en SUP”

17 May 2018

Olivia Piana: “La pirogue m’a permis d’améliorer ma technique, mes entrainements et mes performances en SUP”

Bienvenue dans le monde de l’OC (outrigger canoe ou pirogue hawaienne),  qui émerge comme une nouvelle façon de glisser et une méthode d’entraînement complémentaire au SUP. Beaucoup des meilleurs SUP Racers dans le monde viennent du monde de la pirogue. Pour la numéro 1 du SUP français et ambassadrice de la marque WOO, fabriquant français […]

Cascais

Stand Up Paddle Guide to Cascais by Leonard Nika

Cascais is a wonderful Atlantic coastal town just 30km west of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, and is one of the wealthiest communities within the entire country. Traditionally a fishing community, Cascais has developed in recent decades into a popular tourist destination for Portuguese and foreign visitors alike. As such, it has become well connected to […]
EUROSUP 2017: Presentation

6 Jun 2017

EUROSUP 2017: Presentation

The EUROSUP 2017 is taking place in Peniche (Portugal) from June 6th to 11th. The best Europeans paddlers will be brought together to fight it out for medals, each one looking to win as many as possible for their team and their country. Find out the schedule of the competition and the different races here. […]

More than 100 Paddlers Expected for the Guadiana Challenge in Portugal

20 Mar 2017

More than 100 Paddlers Expected for the Guadiana Challenge in Portugal

By Nuno Pereira from SUP Norte In 2014, Nick Robinson, from South Africa, paddled 32km in the Guadiana River, from the town of Mertola (Alentejo, Portugal) to Alcoutim (Algarve, Portugal). The experience was exhilarating for him. He told new paddleboard friends about his adventure and they clamoured to go down again with him. Six months […]

SUP(er) Family

3 Aug 2016

SUP(er) Family

We are in August, children are out of school. Are you in holidays? Take a rest and just chill out with your family ! Stand Up Paddle is a good way to do that. In this video, filmed by Tis Nickske (Vimeo), a family just enjoy good time in the water caves of the Algarve […]