Susanne Lier

As the European SUP League (ESL) circuit heads to southern Italy, Lido Gandoli in Marina di Leporano will host three days of top-level stand-up paddle racing from 1-3 May. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Ionian Sea, the event will feature over €7,000 in prize money and bring together some of Europe’s best athletes. […]

There are SUP conversations that stick with you – those that intuitively reveal the direction the sport is headed. Catching up with Susanne Lier, 4x World SUP Champion, elite athlete, Coach, and SUNOVA Team Rider, has always offered nothing short of philosophical depth and insider insight into our sport – and the timing couldn’t be […]

Dedicated to sharing her expertise and passion for the sport with paddlers of all levels, Susanne Lier, 4x World SUP Champion, elite athlete, Coach and SUNOVA Team Rider, kicks off the third consecutive year of her successful “Susanne Lier on Tour 2024 Europe Clinics & Workshops” encapsulating the training programme she’s been meticulously building that […]

Anni Ridsdill Smith is a well-known name on the UK SUP Racing circuit, she seems to be at every race and she is now spreading her wings to compete in Europe and further afield. This season she has joined the ranks of paddlers moving to SUNOVA for their FAAST race craft after what seems like […]

SUP and SUP Racing is a sport that increasingly is attracting athletes from varied backgrounds. Many competitive paddlers have a background in watersports but an increasing number of SUP Racers have been competitive at a high level in other, completely unrelated sports. SUNOVA fan Polona Pusljar is one of those athletes who has already had […]

Last weekend the Euro Tour circuit returned to the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira for the second edition of the Madeira Island SUP Challenge. The race was a 12-kilometer course that took place in the bay of Funchal, passing through the headquarters of the Clube Naval do Funchal, in Quinta Calaça, and the Barreirinha bathing […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fool Moon shaper Jaran Rodríguez has been working on board designs since 2014. Jaran based in Fueteventura talks to TotalSUP about his SUP life and passion for designing SUP boards for brand Fool Moon, introducing the manoeuvrable and fast ocean race SUP Moonbow. Hi Jaran, Can you introduce yourself? I was born on Fuerteventura 35 years […]

Il n’était pas sur l’eau mais il était pourtant de tous les podiums ce week-end de Toussaint aux Championnats de France de SUP Race 2016 avec 15 médailles (on a compté mais il en manque peut-être!). De  Titouan Puyo et Martin Letourneur à Amandine Chazot en passant par les Espoirs Yanis Maire, Martin Vitry ou le vétéran Grégoire Vitry, le nom […]