Sunova

There is a memorable exchange in “Everest” (2015) film where a journalist has to ask ‘the Why question’, “Why do people climb Mount Everest?” and the crew replies, “Because it’s there”. “Why the extreme?” has been a recurring theme in TotalSUP conversations with riders embarking on and completing extraordinary watersport challenges and we had to […]

SUP pioneer and promoter, pro athlete, World Champion, Coach, entrepreneur and now a mom… This list is by no means exhaustive and only illustrates some of the activity and projects Susanne Lier, a remarkable SUNOVA Team rider, is involved in. Nearly two hours spent talking with Susanne were a perceptive, razor-sharp insight into the SUP […]

When a team of talented young SUP athletes paddles this hard (“to the last breath”) and with this much heart, the world takes notice as it did at the 2021 ICF World Championships in Balatonfured, Hungary, when the Spanish Junior Team swept the world titles in the long distance and technical races. The newly crowned […]

James Casey has been pushing the limits of what is possible on the foil in waves and in downwind conditions for a while now, embracing the #fullpower mindset behind  SUNOVA, one of the most innovative and disruptive SUP, foil and surf board brands. Right on the eve of his biggest adventure to date (!), TotalSUP caught […]

On ne présente plus Amandine Chazot et Boris Jinvresse : ils sont au SUP ce que Rose et Jack sont au Titanic, sauf que, eux, ne risquent pas de couler ! Jeunes parents, ils ont réussi à compiler vie de famille, vie professionnelle bien remplie et une très belle saison de SUP Race avec toujours […]

A former windsurf teacher, Martin Jandke moved to Thailand from Germany when he was fresh out of university. Fast forward 21 years, he now lives in Khaolak where he has founded a beautiful family, a successful board factory, a popular surf shop, and a watersport board brand SUNOVA which has gained world status as one […]

With two gold medals and one silver, French athlete Noïc Garioud delivered the best and most-amazing performance of the ICF SUP Race World championships in the Open Men’s category. There was a lot of uncertainty surrounding the young pro SUP racer from New Caledonia prior to the event, as this was his first competition in […]

The 8th Annual edition Naish Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge was unleashed last weekend, and it proved to be a weekend of serious action and fun! The Gorge is one of 10 “major” stops on The Paddle League World Tour (Tahiti, Carolina, OluKai, Zamami, Bilbao, Hossegor, Scharbeutz, Molokai-2-Oahu, The Gorge and next month’s 11 City Tour)The event […]

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 […]

Easter weekend saw the 6th edition of the epic Irish SUP surf classic, which took place in Trá Bhuí, Co Sligo, Ireland, hosted by Paul Byrne from IrishSUP. This cold water classic has become an highlight of the SUP Surf calendar not only in Ireland but also in the UK. This year there were 43 […]

The longboard SUP revolution is underway, A closer look at the line out and we see more people turning towards this traditional form of surfing. Largely driven by demand from the longboard SUP Revolution fraternity  (and sorority)  manufacturers such as Fanatic, Naish, Gong, NSP and Sunova are now all offering high performance board shapes with narrower widths […]

Sometimes you turn up at the beach and the waves are too slow for your SUP gun. Sometimes you want a day where you can just chill on the longest wave possible. This is when you can turn to your LongSUP. Check out Aussie Andrew Cassidy doing exactly that, he is having some serious fun on […]

Noic Garioud, le nouveau champion de France de SUP 14′ – on pourrait même dire de Downwind – a encore frappé fort et en plus maintenant il a un surnom. A 15 ans, le désormais dénommé “Chicken” sur le circuit international vient de se classer 1er dans la catégorie SUP 14 de la course appelée […]

Kelly Margetts, who just signed with Sunova, tells us more about this partnership and his trip in the USA where he will participate in several races throughout the month. He also come back on his first race on the American continent, the Coconut Cup SUP Festival, where he won the 12K flatwater and placed second […]