20 September – Last weekend saw Asia’s biggest race take over Chigasaki in Japan: The 4th annual Mynavi SUP Japan Cup was a great event, with over 300+ amateurs and a dozen international stars combining with a solid typhoon swell to create an entertaining spectacle. There were some really interesting stories, from the sheer number of…
New York, New York, USA – Connor Baxter announces he is back and in fine form by winning this weekend’s Wins APP’s 2018 NY SUP Open Overall Title in what was surely one of the most stacked fields of elite racers that we have witnessed this year. Connor placed 4th in the ‘bucket list’ Freedom Tower…
Dream Team rider Micheal Booth heads to the Big Apple to take on the World’s best SUP Racers at the 2018 APP New York SUP Open. The Men’s Pro Race was stacked with the greatest field of talent the sport of SUP has seen in quite some time. The Men’s Pro race quickly developed into a…
The 2018 Japan Cup was amazing! Starboard Japan went above and beyond. Shige and Gama San are so kind and took such good care of all of us athletes. The racing was really fun! We had an 18km, which was actually shortened to 10km on Saturday. It as a perfect distance, especially for being back…
The 2018 SUP 11 City Tour was once again one of the most well organized and improved SUP competitions on the calendar. The 10th Anniversary year of this prestigious event was bigger and better than ever before with increased spectators, increased participants and an ever increasing level of competition. Athletes from 28 different countries came…
“What an amazing weekend it was! We were fortunate to be greeted with a hefty breeze all weekend for the 8th Annual Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge, creating epic downwind conditions and a very technical course race! It is crazy to think that this is already the eighth year of the Paddle Challenge. This race was…
Thailand based SUPBROz are currently in preparation for the upcoming 10th Anniversary SUP 11 City Tour, where they hope to set a Guinness World Record with more than 1000 paddlers. The Hungarian brothers have now secured MINI Thailand as their official vehicle sponsor for the upcoming period, supporting them with the latest MINI COUNTRYMAN COOPER…
The Yukon 1000 (1600km) is the World’s longest paddle race where they allow stand up paddlers to compete as well, making it arguably the toughest endurance SUP race in the world. It’s no doubt that Bart de Zwart was among the few competitors on the start line, alongside race partner Ike Frans (Netherlands), racing for…
The 9th Annual Maui to Molokai was another grind but as always one of the best channels to cross. From the first time I crossed this channel windsurfing at 8 1/2 years old, I fell in love with the big open ocean and how you can really just be present in the moment and…
Zane Schweitzer (Hawaii) has just won the inaugural SUP Foil division race of the 26 mile (42 km) Pailolo Channel crossing from Maui to Moloka’i at the 2018 M2M Crossing, setting a new channel crossing record time and winning the overall classification – beating all other crafts including traditional outriggers, surf skis and unlimited SUPs!…
