Zane Schweitzer

A quick report on the events that took place while you were unplugged. Today we'll look at the result of The Ultimate Waterman, the Santa Cruz Paddle Fest, the Dana Ocean Challenge and The Saucy Jack Classic SUP TRANSATLANTIQUE – Nicolas Jarossay Yesterday, Nicolas Jarossay took a plane to CAPE VERDE where he will begin […]

22 year old Zane Schweitzer has been crowned the 2016 Ultimate Waterman. Zane, a late call up for 2016, was the most consistent surfer of the multi discipline event winning three of the seven disciplines contested. Today Schweitzer placed third in the 16km Stand Up Paddleboard Race which was enough to clinch the title over runner […]

American Danny Ching called on his high school sprint swimming experience to help him win tonight’s Underwater Strength Run and Swim discipline of The Ultimate Waterman at the National Aquatic Centre, Auckland. The win puts him in second place overall behind Zane Schweitzer of Hawaii and means tomorrow’s final Stand Up Paddle Endurance race could […]

Hawaiian athlete Zane Schweitzer has claimed his third discipline of the 2016 Ultimate Waterman in a thrilling head-to-head duel with defending champion Daniel Kereopa of New Zealand. The longboard discipline was held at Piha Beach, Auckland today in clean waves of less than 1.0m. The win has catapulted Schweitzer well out in to the overall […]

Defending Ultimate Waterman Champion Daniel Kereopa (NZL) has stormed back in to title contention with a win in the shortboard discipline held in Fiordland on Thursday (17th March). The clean 1.5m lefthand river bar in the Fiordland area provided the perfect platform for high performance surfing throughout the day. After a slow start to the […]

Hawaiian surfer Zane Schweitzer has stung his Ultimate Waterman opponents with back-to-back wins, this time in the Standup Paddleboard Surfing discipline held in Southland today (Wednesday 16th March). Schweitzer remains in fourth place overall but still has his all-important double whammy discipline of Longboard to go. Californian Danny Ching retains his lead in the overall points […]

Hawaiian athlete Zane Schweitzer paddled his way to a significant win in the Prone Paddleboard race held at Piha Beach, Auckland, New Zealand today. The 6km Prone Paddleboard Race was the second of eight disciplines being held in the 2016 Ultimate Waterman event which runs from the 12 – 20 Marchin New Zealand. The 22-year old from […]

Once again, Starboard demonstrate they have the largest range of Stand Up Paddle boards on the market … and all the promotional videos that go with it. Here we go! SUP Race The 2016 Starboard All Star This video featuring Connor Baxter proves that this year one board does it all in the SUP racing segment.  The […]

After Connor Baxter put all the pressure on by winning the Long Distance on Day 1, Kai needed to be on top of his form in the Sprints to secure his 7th World Title (3 times Stand Up World Series & 4 times Stand Up World Tour). Final standings: With 2-3 foot waves making for some interesting Sprint Racing, the 23 year old […]

Congratulations to Caio Vaz & Izzi Gomez who both won their second Stand Up World Tour titles at the US Sup Open in Huntington Beach! Check out our quick summary and the video highlights of Day 6 of the US Sup Open. Caio Vaz – 2015 Stand Up World Tour Champion Caio Vaz beat Sean […]