Benoit Carpentier finds some fresh bumps in Lassarga and lets the 9’0 Starboard SUP Longboard rip. Starboard SUP’s French Dream Team rider Benoit Carpentier heads to Lassarga, Morocco for a family surf holiday in the offseason and finds some fun waves at this popular kiteboarding spot. Ben took his favourite small wave ripper,…
Catch the 2019 Waterbourne Beach Festival video highlights reel that took place in Wellington, New Zealand last weekend. Starboard NZ and Starboard SUP International were the proud sponsors of the Ninja Games and Waterbourne Ocean Clash events. The 2019 Waterbourne Beach Festival is New Zealand’s biggest watersports festival attracting spectators and entrants from all over New Zealand and…
Legendary ultra-distance SUP racer & Starboard Dream Team rider Bart de Zwart is at it again! The Dutch SUP explorer has just set off on his next exciting adventure ~ The Vanuatu Expedition. Exploring the unknown by paddleboard is nothing new for Bart, this expedition will be a little different in that he will be joined by teammate Trevor…
Starboard Dream team rider and Stand Up Paddleboard racing’s World Champion is returning to Carolina Cup to defend her title An interview with Germany’s Sonni Hönscheid WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA, USA – Germany’s Sonni Hönscheid, winner of the women’s Paddle League World Title in 2018, returns to North Carolina April 24-28 to defend her…
AN EASY 5 STEP GUIDE TO HELP YOU PLAN YOUR ROUTE AND GET ON THE WATER MORE OFTEN. by Starboard NZ Teamrider, SUPWell PaddleFit Pro Coach and ISA / Surfing NZ Qualified SUP Instructor, Helen Blair So you turned up at the beach expecting a light breeze and calm waters like the forecast had predicted,…
The 12 Towers Ocean Paddle Festival has carved out an iconic figure of being one of the premier downwind stand up paddleboarding (SUP) races of Australia and garners a lot of international attention too. The 2019 event took place this past weekend (March 2nd & 3rd) and certainly turned up the heat of Australia’s Gold…
The Master of the Ocean is an event like no other, combining four water sports – disciplines include surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing and stand up paddling (SUP) to crown one champion. Starboard Dream Team riders Zane Schweitzer and Fiona Wylde proved they had it what it takes to be crowned the ultimate waterman and waterwomen at…
Fiona Wylde wins the 2019 Sunset Beach Pro, the 1st stop on the 2019 APP World Tour in a tightly contested final that saw the top 4 women throw everything at it in the sizable and challenging surf to take the win. With a mix of NE wind swell and a new pulse of solid…
Highs and lows at the Sunset Beach Pro – Zane’s 2019 Sunset Beach Pro Recap [and some awesome action shots…] First off Mahalo APP World Tour, the North Shore community for letting us surf the beautiful wave at Sunset Beach, and as well to all the athletes for a great event. The APP crew…
The final day’s SUP surfing of the APP World Tour 2018 Gran Canaria Pro-Am SUP Challenge was a super successful one for our Starboard SUP Dream Team with Iballa Moreno (@morenotwins) and Sean Poynter both being crowned World Champions in Las Palmas! Watch the 15 min TV coverage of the APP Gran Canaria Pro-Am SUP Challenge! …