A big SUP weekend in Fuerteventura with the last contest of the FESurfing Wave SUP Cup. This event in it’s fifth edition, brought the best national surfers of this discipline to the Spanish Island. A weekend filled with competitive SUP and several epic heats on the road to victory in each category. During two days,…
Duranbah Beach, Gold Coast, Australia – The waves were small, but Shak’s surfing was massive. Shakira Westdorp has been crowned the 2017 Aussie SUP Surfing Champion and secures her 6th Australian SUP Surfing title. This was the last event for 2017 and was the event for Australian team selection for ISA Standup World Champs…
Saturday 28th October – Sardinia on Fire with Leo Nika [masterslider id=”2″] This past weekend we saw the 2017 Italian SUP Surfing Championships for 2017 take place in beautiful Sardinia. Dream Team rider Leo Nika takes a break from the SUP racing after a great 2017 season to have some surfin’ fun. 24 athletes…
Last weekend the 31 mile Chattajack endurance race took place in Tennessee with over 500 paddlers on the start line. Larry Cain, canoe olympic gold medalist took the win for the fourth time in a row in front for the third time straight of Bart de Zwart. In third place to make a full Starboard…
Friday 20th November 2017 – Ocean Beach, San Francisco Arguably the heaviest day ever witnessed in SUP Racing history, Red Bull Heavy Water is now undoubtedly the worlds toughest Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) race. Starboard Dream Team rider, Micheal Booth, was one of the world’s few elite SUP racers to have finished this insane event.…
Dream Team rider Ryan Funk survives some of the heaviest swell to finish in 2nd place and scores $10,000! Replay the #RedBullHeavyWater action from San Francisco – part 1/3 Replay the #RedBullHeavyWater action from San Francisco – part 2/3 Replay the #RedBullHeavyWater action from San Francisco – part 3/3 You can read the race…
The Mynavi Japan Cup was held over the weekend in Chigaski just south of Tokyo. I went into the race wanting to succeed in both the 18km distance and survivor sprint races. After taking an overnight flight on Wednesday from Perth I arrived at Narita airport and was driven south by the Starboard Japan crew.…
Doheny State Beach, Southern California – Sunday 1st August There were all round impressive performances from Dream Team in the 9 Mile (14.4km) Distance Race a the 2017 Pacific Paddle Games, however it was the performances of Connor Baxter (2016 PPG Defending Overall Champion) and Michael Booth (2016 PPG Defending Distance Race Winner) in this…
Doheny State Beach, Southern California – Saturday 30th October As the fog lifted on Day One of the Pacific Paddle Games 2017 and the sun came out for a beautiful day of fun out of stand up paddle racing. The Starboard Dream Team had stellar performances in the quarter finals (men) and semi finals (women) with the top 10…
Next weekend, the best of the best stand up paddle racers will once again descend upon Doheny State Beach in Southern California for Pacific Paddle Games, the “Superbowl of SUP”. But before next weekend’s showdown in the waves, team Starboard offered a showcase of skill in another iconic California location, far north of Doho –…
