Starboard SUP

The SUP, surf and paddling communities in the UK have been hit hard by current lockdown but also showed remarkable solidarity by stopping all water based activity to reduce the risk to the lifesaving crews and other emergency services being exposed to COVID-19, and the pressure on their time. TotalSUP caught up with Ben Pye, […]

Paddling further, hiking higher seem like natural drivers and motivation behind the SUP and fitness challenges the Starboard Ambassador, Stacey Smithson-Grey, embarks on. Amidst the global COVID-19 crisis and SUP and surf life under lockdown, TotalSUP caught up with this inspirational endurance paddler, community builder and wellbeing advocate for land-based SUP exercise tips and to instil […]

Pascal Pouget fait partie de ceux, de plus en plus nombreux, qui ont goûté aux joies du foil et qui sont complètement et irrémédiablement piqués ! Ce pur waterman vendéen (et ex-triathlète !) a accumulé en plus de 40 ans de glisse tous les jouets qu’il faut pour s’éclater en kite, windsurf, surf, SUP race […]

On an unparalleled scale, the 2020 saw the world as we know it on fire. Brands and organisations across the globe are pledging to dedicate their efforts to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly. There has also been an amazing response from the SUP and surf communities. TotalSUP has been celebrating stories of brands channeling […]

Who says you can’t have the best of the SUP worlds in one board? Starboard has introduced the 12’6″ x 28″ Generation 2020, a user-friendly, high-performance all round paddle board bringing the worlds of surfing, racing and touring together. Starboard Generation 2020: A paddle board for everybody and anybody Starboard Generation 2020: Key features New […]

Founded with the vision of bringing innovation, quality and inspiration to the world of wind, water and waves, Starboard is now encouraging SUP enthusiasts across the globe to join them on a mission to a more sustainable future. Watch the Starboard SUP 2020 Brand Mission video by the SUPer talented Georgia Schofield to learn why […]

Champion stand up paddleboarder (SUP) Annabel Anderson is the latest sports star to join Air Tahiti Nui’s ambassador ranks with the New Zealander looking forward to further finessing her sport in one of the world’s leading paddling destinations, the Islands of Tahiti.  In line with the airline’s other sporting ambassadors, Annabel is a champion and […]

No introduction needed! Having amassed an impressive and seemingly endless list of accolades over the last year at some of the most prestigious competitive events in the SUP discipline, and having treated us to some truly inspired moments of stand up paddle superiority, we thought it an opportune time to gather Starboard rider Connor Baxter’s […]

When it comes to his homeland of Australia, Starboard SUP rider and former long-distance world champion Michael Booth has certainly been around. Having grown up in New South Wales, lived on Australia’s world-renowned Gold Coast and recently set up shop in Perth, in Western Australia, you’d be forgiven for thinking that many of the Land […]

He’s one half of the notorious SUPBROz duo you’ve been hearing so much about and he recently took the men’s title at the SUP 11 City Tour in The Netherlands. But when you and your own sibling are an almost inseparable pair in a competitive sport like stand up paddle, can rivalry ever seep in […]

A quiet force in the world of SUP, Japanese rider Yuka Sato has recently come into the limelight, having performed well at a number of international events, and even taking the 4th place copper medal at the recent ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship 2017 in Denmark. Like a duck to water, having only taken […]