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Hawaiian Zane Schweitzer has just won the inaugural SUP Foil category race in the 26 mile (42 km) Pailolo Channel crossing from Maui to Moloka’i as part of the 2018 M2M Crossing, in doing so he set a new channel crossing record time, and won the overall classification, beating all other crafts including traditional outriggers, surf skis […]

Last weekend saw the 2018 Mercedes-Benz SUP World Cup held a Scharbeutz, Germany. It was the 7th stop of The Paddle League World Tour and week 9 of the EuroTour. The event was first held in Hamburg back in 2009 making it one of the world’s oldest races, with paddlers from 26 nations had perfect […]

Last weekend  (23rd and 24th June) Hossegor hosted the annual Hossegor Paddle Games in France. This was the 9th stop of the Euro Tour and 6th major of  The Paddle League Tour. The focus was on Saturdays elite race which was a long distance 7 KM challenge that included paddling in flat water, open ocean, wind and […]

Last weekend Starboard rider Sean Poynter won his 2nd consecutive US championship and booked his place for ISA in Brazil held later on in the year. Sean was super stoked about his victory telling totalsup “This past Monday was a great day. I was able to take out my consecutive USA Championship win, making it […]

Last weekend saw the 6th annual Iberdrola Bilbao World SUP Challenge held in the beautiful Basque city of Bilboa; North Spain, it was also the fifth stop of The Paddle League World Tour and week 7 of the 2018 EuroTour presented by Rogue. The event had a record field of 272 athletes spread across all […]

Starboard is taking its role in protecting the environment seriously this year. This time it is in the form of The Whale Company charity, which was set up by Brazilian and British couple Carlos de Sousa and Carolyn Newton, with the aim to paddle the length of the Thames. The couple are no strangers to adventure and promoting environmental […]

Australian World Champion SUP athlete and Starboard paddler Michael Booth has ticked off some serious goals this year. He moved into SUP from other paddle sports at the end of 2014 and in this short time he has climbed to the top of the international professional field. Michael Booth has learned patience and persistence as key […]

British paddler Cat (Catherine) Friend and Mallorcan paddler Valerie Bisbal set off today to be the 1st people to be the first people to circumnavigate the Spanish Island of Mallorca (Majorca). The Soller to Soller expedition set off from Port Soller and they will paddle 555km (345 miles)  in 21 days. The goal of the trip […]

On Friday the 4th May 2018 Welsh paddler Sian Sykes became the first person to complete a solo-unsupported 1000 KM circumnavigation of Wales, completed on her Starboard Touring Board. Starting in March at the Welsh community of Connahs Quay, Wales, Sian’s route took her down the River Dee into Chester, along the Shropshire Union Canal, […]

Last weekend was the Kerama Blue Cup, it was the 4th stop of the Paddle League held on the the tropical islands of Zamami, Okinawa, Japan.  A dozen of the world’s best stood on the start line alongside Japan’s finest, with grey skies and light rain greeting competitors this morning after a week of blue skies. The long course […]

Follow Starboard SUP adventurer Bart de Zwart as he explores the Marquesas Islands for the next 12 days tracing the footsteps of the famous Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl powered by WindSUP. Here is the latest diary update from Bart as he arrives on the island of Hakahau. Yesterday I did 70 nautical miles (130km) this […]

Follow Starboard SUP adventurer Bart de Zwart as he explores the Marquesas Islands for the next 12 days tracing the footsteps of the famous Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, powered by WindSUP. The Starboard WindSUP design  is based on a popular Starboard paddleboard shape, to which they added a mast track and centre-fin box to plug in […]

On the 3rd March 2018, SUP company SeaYou Dubai partnered up with the Dubai international boat show to host the DXB Paddling, with over 75 participants it was the biggest paddle event in the Middle East. This year’s event invited all forms of paddle sports to compete from SUP,surfski and outriggers to participate.  It was a great […]