Ricardo Rodrigues

The Naval Club of Funchal, in collaboration with the Madeira Promotion Bureau, will bring the world champion of Wing Foil, Australian SUNOVA rider James Casey, to the island in the first half of September 2024 to perform the first SUP & WING foil crossing between Porto Santo and Madeira Island. This event comes as Madeira […]

“Stacked field of pro SUP athletes”, “gnarly ocean conditions”, “incredible experience” and “an excellent event organisation” are some of the recurring themes summing up the Madeira Island Sup Challenge (MISC) 2023, the EuroTour Grand Slam event, held on the Madeira Island this past weekend, a stunning archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean and located about […]

This past SUP Race weekend in Madeira, Portugal at the Madeira Island SUP Challenge had all the ingredients for a perfect international event to finish off the 2021 Eurotour. With amazing views all along the cliffs of the town of Funchal, the course had to be one of the most picturesque of the entire European […]

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 […]

On the 11th March 2018 Madeira SUP Challenge 2018 was held in Funchal, Madeira. The race saw choppy sea conditions but it didn’t stop the racers notching up some impressive results. The Madeira SUP Challenge 2018 integrated the first stage of the Portuguese SUP Junior and Open Marathon Championships into the event, the event was organized by […]

Clube Naval Funchal hosts its 2nd SUP Challenge from the 8th till the 12th March 2018. Madeira glistens like a jewel in the Atlantic Ocean, 978km south of Portugal. Madeira is an exciting and topical destination to race in and possibly the best way to start the SUP racing season. The Madeira SUP challenge is […]

The Porto & Matosinhos Wave Series 2017 is organized by Onda Pura with the support of the city councils of Porto and Matosinhos. It’s a series of boardsport events which take place from May 3th to September 3rd, which include a National Surfing Tour event, a National Longboarding Tour event, a National Technical SUP Race Tour […]

By Nuno Pereira, owner at www.SUPNorte.com The beautiful Madeira island was the first stop for both the Portuguese Long Distance and the Technical Race National Tours, and local rider and reigning champion Ruben Afonso absolutely dominated the weekend, with current female champion Ângela Fernandes doing the same on the women’s side. Day 1. Long Distance. The […]

Realizou-se no dia 22 de maio, a primeira etapa do Circuito Nacional de SUP Race Técnico na Praia Internacional do Porto e na Praia de Matosinhos, inserida no Log Surf Fest, um evento da Porto & Matosinhos Wave Series 2016. Porto & Matosinhos Wave Series 2016 – LOG Surf Fest (Resumo 1) from Licence to […]

With only two events to wrap up the Portuguese Long Distance SUP Race Championship (Tejo Crossing in Lisbon/Alcochete, and Douro Race in Oporto/Gaia), veteran racer Rui Meira (RRD) is currently leading the ratings with 4040 points, in front of José Cirilo (SIC Maui) and Ricardo Rodrigues (Naish), both tied in 2nd place with 3860 points. […]