The Paddle League

Just under 10 days to go until Tahiti’s largest stand up paddle event, and the first major stop of The Paddle World Tour. The Air France Paddle Festival kicks off the 2019 with all the world’s elite racers lining up to what is expected to be an epic battle international athletes and local Tahitian paddlers […]

Last weekends Pacific Paddle Games (PPG) was one not to forget. It was the season finale for the Paddle League and the Pro athletes were out in force to stake a claim in the Dana Point sand. However not only were the Pro athletes out in force but the Junior Pro and Grom paddlers were well […]

The grande finale of the Paddle League arrived on the beaches of Dana Point. Over 300 paddlers were registered for the long distance race in categories that ranged from Pro, Open, Prone and Junior. The day kicked off with the Pro long distance race, a 9.6 KM circuit that included a water start, 3 buoy […]

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 […]

Michael Booth has dominated the 2018 European SUP Tour, finishing second in the Mercedes Benz SUP World Cup held in Scharbeutz  last weekend cementing his Euro Tour championship title and extending his lead to 390 points in the Paddle League rankings, 50 points ahead of fellow aussie Lincoln Dews. In so doing his sponsors proud […]

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 […]

Waterman médiatique, beach-entrepreneur, précurseur du SUP en France, recordman de la discipline de surf tandem avec de multiples titres mondiaux et nationaux entre autres accolades, Rico Leroy endosse depuis 5 ans le rôle de Directeur de Course pour les événements SUP du Hossegor Surf Club. On le retrouvera ce week-end à Hossegor pour la très […]

The Air France Paddle Festival in Tahiti is less than a month away! This is the 1st stop of the newly formed  Paddle League with 100 Paddle League points on offer for the 1st placed paddler (mens and women), plus  over 300 amateur paddlers involved it is going to be an exciting event! TotalSUP talks to Chris […]

Michael Booth and Yuka Sato picked up a bag full of pre-season Paddle League points on the Gold Coast this weekend, with the Starboard duo overcoming a hot field and even hotter conditions at the 7th Annual 12 Towers Ocean Race. The 7th Annual edition of the 12 Towers attracted 236 competitors in its biggest year […]

The Paddle League, a group of SUP veterans aiming to help unify the sport and create a more stable platform for the future has announced “stage two – The Regionals” of its plan, with the aim to give back to the community and help drive stand up paddling forward in a more sustainable way.  Photo Credit: @paddleleague After […]

Season 2018 has started off with a bang with the formation of The Paddle League,  the brainchild of  highly-respected Australian athlete Kelly Margetts, Christopher Parker and Brian Meyer from Capital SUP (CEO), and in collaboration with The Paddlers Collective. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeYw63NhUhi/ A move which The Paddle League highlighted is to promote an all inclusive approach to SUP competition […]