Chris is a Digital Marketing Specialist based out of Ballito, South Africa and also an avid Stand-Up Paddle racer. When he's not working or competing he teaches SUP lessons near home at Emmarentia Dam and educates communities about sustainability & environmental awareness. Also known for making an epic cup of coffee!
The Starboard ACE board took first place in the team divisions for men and women in the M2O 14’ stock class with the victories of Lara Claydon and her friend Kali’a Alexio who just won the Woman’s Team division on the 2014 14′ Ace in 5:40:30. Last year Starboard team rider Lara Claydon had won…
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Last weekend Leonard Nika won the penultimate stop of the Eurotour his fifth event in the Eurotour and also his fourth consecutive win at the Marotta Adriatic Crown in his home country of Italy. This latest victory shows he is definitively a force to be reckoned with in the SUP Race World and consolidating his…
Bart wins the second ultra endurance race of his 2016 season in Missouri, USA at the MR340, a 547 km race (or 340 miles hence the name) along the Missouri river crossing major US cities starting in Kansas City and finishing in Saint Charles near Saint Louis. Bart also set the new record for the…
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The 40th anual San Clemente Ocean Festival took place last weekend where young Izzi Gomez Starboard Dream Team rider, 2 times and defending SUP Surf profesional tour World Champion and also defending ISA World Champion in waves won the SUP Surf contest on the first day of competition amongst a field of 12 women participating.…
Starboard Dream Team rider Connor Baxter does it again in the famous downwind race between the islands of Maui and Molokai in Hawai for a seventh year in a row and also ever since the event began. Connor arrived with almost a two minutes advantage over Australian Travis Grant managing for the second time ever…
Leonard Nika already had the most wins on the 2016 Eurotour after his third win in Finland last week. He just bettered that record with another event win this last weekend in his homeland during the Noli SUP Race on the Northern West coast of Italy close to Genova. Congratulations also to French Starboard riders…
Starboard domination continued last weekend in Sieravuori, Finland during week 10 of the Eurotour presented by the Tiki brand with the third event win of Leonard Nika, the Italian Dream Team rider. Leo is the only male athlete with three wins in the Eurotour (Portugal, Greece and Finland), placing him in fourth position on the…
The EURO Tour 2016 presented by Starboard continues on in Europe and last weekend saw stop number 9 head for Marathon in Greece. The Starboard domination also continues, this time with Starboard Dream Team Rider Leonard Nika from Italy taking first place with a gap of over a minute over Frenchman Eric Terrien in the…