Tomoyasu Murabayashi

In the past 24 years, Japanese waterman Tomo Murabayashi aka SUP Tomo, FOIL Tomo or just Tomo, hasn’t spent many days away from the ocean. After years of windsurfing, kiting and stand up paddling, he was in 2016 one of the earliest takers and subsequently pioneers in the Foil revolution the watersport world has been […]

By James Casey, team JP Australia   While the northern hemisphere descends into winter with the surf or snow season kicking off, down under the paddling season is just beginning. Each year paddlers from across the country flock to Western Australia for Warden Marr or Downwind Week, as the fabled southwesterly winds turn the Indian […]

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 […]

En pleine organisation de l’édition 2017 de Ze Caribbean Race sur sa mer natale de Guadeloupe, Romuald Mamadou a pris le temps de revenir pour nous sur son incroyable voyage à Hawaii en juillet dernier. Un rêve de gosse enfin réalisé avec en ligne de mire plusieurs courses mythiques où le nouveau downwinder du Team Starboard […]

Another week-end of intense SUP racing worldwide, here are the results we could get: Michael Booth and Annabel Anderson win the Japan Cup’s Long Distance on Day 1 Men’s  1. Michael Booth (1:43:55) 2. James Casey (1:46:10) 3. Kenny Kaneko (1:46:17) 4. Matt Nottage (1:46:31) 5. Timothy Cyprien (1:47:30) 6. Toby Cracknell (1:49:29) 7. Tomoyasu […]

The start list for the 2016 Molokai 2 Oahu has just been unveiled and many riders worldwide have just found out in their mail box if they have received the precious sesame to the 2016 M2O also known as the Channel of Bones crossing. This year’s edition is going to be really competitive… This year, […]

Meet Japanese SUP rider Tomoyashi Murabayashi aka SUP Tomo, one the most active Stand-Up Paddle ambassadors in his country. The rider from Starboard tells us about his recent SUP achievements and how big SUP is growing in Japan! TotalSUP: Hi Tomoyasu, could you please introduce yourself ? Tomoyasu Murabayashi: Hi, I come from Japan, I am […]