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…
We just received at Starboard HQ this complete Recap by Bart de Zwart after his incredible win in the first ever SUP participation in the Yukon River Quest, an ultra resistance race through the Canadian wilderness. Enjoy: “Just got back to internet country last night. Now flying back to Maui, so no early race update.…
After a successful launch on World Oceans Day and joining the Starboard SW Tiki Tour across California, Arizona & New Mexico, the SUPKids team are heading to Noli, Italy to run the first European SUPKids training program. They’ll be joining forces with the Noli SUP Race to run a 2 day training program for the…
The Yukon River Quest’s distance of 715 km or 444 miles makes it the longest paddle race in the world without a doubt. For the first time this year open to stand up paddlers alongside the canoe and kayak competitors who have enjoyed (or endured) it for years, 11 brave sup paddlers registered to participate.…
Every year the Stand up for the Cure event seems to get bigger and bigger. It is great to see such an awesome amount of support from paddlers all over the globe. Starboard Team Rider and Cure ambassador, Zane Schweitzer, was on hand again in Newport, CA for this years event and as he paddled…
Congratulations to Starboard Team Rider Leonard Nika from italy on his win at Port of Setubal. This was the first stop of the Euro Tour which should look to really be heating up in the coming weeks. Leonard is definitely off to an impressive start and will take a lot of momentum heading into St…
Congratulations to Starboard team rider Bart de Zwart for coming in 2nd at the Imua Downwind Race in Maui over the weekend. In pretty challenging conditions, rough water, wind from the side and hard rain at the start, Bart was able to stay just behind James Casey who was on a 17′ unlimited board. Bart…
Congratulations to Starboard’s New Team Rider Manca Notar for her win at the Slovenia Cup over the weekend. As a part of the biggest Nautical exhibition in Slovenia, the race was 6.5km long and the conditions were a bit choppy. Manca started out really fast on her 14′ x 23″ Sprint and got to the…
The 2016 Olukai Ho’olaule’a Event was not only in the most epic conditions, but it was a great way to dust off last weekends race. I got home on Monday after The Carolina Cup and the wind was cranking and I couldn’t of been more stoked. I went for about five runs to make sure…
