‘Nothing beats hard work, persistence and dedication’
– 2019 ICF World Distance Race Champion
– 2x ISA World Distance Race Champion 16/ 18
– 3x Australian Distance Race Champion 15/ 17/ 18
– 3x Euro Tour Champion 17/ 18 / 19
– Carolina Cup Champion 2018
– APP London 2018 Champion
Michael Booth is an Australian Waterman that has excelled at everything he has touched in the past ten years. From his beginnings in Surf Life Saving, Surfski and Kayak, he then dedicated himself to SUP in 2016. He has since become a multiple Australian, Euro Tour and World Champion. As a kid Michael wanted to be able to do what he loved and make a living… he is now doing just that.
Michael prides himself on the quality and consistency of his performance and believes that success can only be achieved through hard work, self-belief and dedication – words which he continues to live by during the off season and the racing season.
There is no doubt that Michael is both physically and mentally strong, pursuing some huge personal goals to be the best in the sport as well as encouraging others to reach their goals. Booth launched his own coaching business, which he offers all over the world as well as tailored and personalised online programs, sharing his knowledge and skills in SUP racing.
He is constantly seeking his next challenge and strives to be the best at everything he puts his mind to. He intends 2019 to be no different and is excited by another year of racing and travelling.
Nationality: Australian
Lives in: Caves Beach, NSW, Australia
Favourite SUP Locations: Hossegor, San Sebastián, Margaret River and downwinding the Perth coastline
APP World Tour Ranking: Currently 2nd
Hobbies: Surfing, wine, coffee, good food and travel
Other Sponsors: Shaw & Partners Wealth Management, Inamo Pay, Zazik, VMG Blades.
Michael Booth does it again, clinching his 5th consecutive title at the infamous 2024 Carolina Cup ‘Graveyard Race’ that took place this past weekend, hosted by Wrightsville Beach Paddle Club. Carolina Cup’s Graveyard Race is the main event, reserved for Elite paddlers who challenge themsleves on a tough 13-mile ocean and flatwater course, starting and…
Foreward by Bart de Zwart STARBOARD TEAM MANAGER “I am proud to introduce our 2024 Dream Team to you. We have an incredibly diverse and talented group of athletes. Diverse because our riders, men and women, cover the whole SUP spectrum from race, wave, sprinting, adventure, and expeditions to big waves, with World Champions in…
Punta Ala, Italy – Australian paddler Michael Booth put on a dominant display to win the men’s race at the EuroTour 2023 stop in Punta Ala, Italy. Booth finished the 15km course around Isolottodello Sparviero in a time of 1:32:15, more than two minutes ahead of his nearest competitor. “I’m really happy with the win,”…
World Champion SUP racer Michael Booth has just returned home after a successful two-week-long trip to the US. Boothy completed several exceptional clinics with Starboard partners on the East Coast before heading to Wrightsville Beach, NC for the Carolina Cup. The Aussie powerhouse put on a well-executed race to take the win, beating Carolina Cup…
After several years of hiatus and disruptions to paddleboarding events around the globe that were onset by the pandemic, the 2023 season is looking set to be a big year for the sport as things ‘normalize’, with many classic events being re-invigorated while some exciting new developments with the likes of the ICF World Tour…
It was a wild ride of amazing performances in Santa Pola this weekend for the 3rd stop 2022 SUP EuroTour. The World SUP Festival has been touted by many as ‘the biggest SUP race’ of the European summer ~ and with all the big names on the start list, it sure did look this way.…
It was an amazing day of racing in Mallorca this past weekend for the Port Adriano SUP Race (EuroTour SUP stop #2). The Mediterranean Sea once again shows off its beauty and also who’s really in charge! Photos by Georgia Schofield, courtesy of EuroTour. In the woman’s race, it was team rider Espe Barreras (Spain)…
Sure, 2021 wasn’t quite as bad as 2020. But let’s be honest – it wasn’t great either. Constant events cancellation, new travel restrictions, logistic delays and many other challenges. But our Dream Team Riders never stop. We are proud of every paddler who keeps charging and growing within our sports. With that said, our team…
The countdown on for the 10th Edition of King of the Cut, Australia’s most prestigious stand up paddling race which is set to take place this weekend Saturday, December 4, 2021. This exciting SUP downwinder event starts in the calm waters of Dawesville Cut & finishes at Secret Harbour Surf Club, Mandurah, Western Australia. This…
SUP Connect has announced the winners! Starboard has won a ton of awards, including the coveted SUP Connect 2021 Brand of the Year – making Starboard the winner 2 years in a row. “It’s all about building local communities, getting kids on board, seeing our sport blossom from the first paddle stroke while…
SUPfm’s Episode No. 73 features Aussie Michael Booth, who is a four-time World Champion and successful coach, entrepreneur and podcaster In this episode, podcast host Simon Hutchinson interviews Boothy about his racing and his unbelievable success, despite coming to the sport relatively late. They talk about his love of coaching and in the episode he…
Saturday, 5th December 2020 – It was great to see the local WA SUP racers out in full force at the weekend’s King of the Cut race, one of the few paddle board events that managed to run amidst a turbulent season onset by the pandemic. Michael Booth took the win on his custom-built…
Starboard’s Dream Team riders earned a triple gold this past weekend at the APP World Tour’s SUP Paris Crossing, the biggest mass participation SUP event in the world which took place in conjunction with the Nautic Paris Boat Show. In the Long Distance race, we witnessed Fiona Wylde out paddle her competitors to take the…
The exciting action has just wrapped up as a historic few days of SUP racing took place at the inaugural 2019 ICF SUP World Championships in Qingdao, China. With so much news out there we thought we’d just wrap up how the amazing Starboard Team performed with a few highlight performances and results from last…
The beautiful City of Osaka played host to the World’s very best Stand Up Paddle Athletes this past weekend, as the 2019 Osaka SUP Open Long Distance (LD) Race events took center stage on Sunday 22nd September. Day 2 kicked off bright and early in Osaka with the ‘Around the Island’ Race that would see…
Red Bull Heavy Water, a highlight on the Pro Stand Up Paddleboard circuit, is headed back to San Francisco after weather condition requirements were not met at last years event. The City by the Bay will host the event as part of the 2019 APP World Tour circuit, with an event window from October 15th…
They’ve done it again! Starboard SUP Dream Team riders Michael Booth (Aus) and Fiona Wylde (USA) have taken another double 1st place podium at the weekend’s EuroTour event ~ 2019 Agios Nikolaos on SUP Race. The 13th stop of the EuroTour took place in Agios Nikolaos, Crete from June 22-23rd. On its fifth edition, and…
Micheal Booth & Fiona Wylde Lead the Charge at 2019 Corfu Emerald Cup, Greece and take home some pretty big cheques! Starboard SUP teammate Leo Nika paddles home to a 3rd place podium, a hugely impressive performance against a stacked field of elite racing names. FULL REPLAY: EuroTour Live Stream of the Corfu…
The 11th stop of the 2019 EuroTour took place in the estuary of Bilbao, in Basque Country this past weekend June 8th & 9th. On its 11th edition, the city of Bilbao has come to host one of the favourite events on tour, with arguably the most exciting course and certainly the most spectator friendly.…
Fiona Wylde has surfed her way to victory in week 3 of the EuroTour, claiming the 2019 Vendée Gliss SUP Race Event on France’s west coast, and her second consecutive win of the Tour. In the men’s event, the French duo of Titouan Puyo and fellow Frenchman Arthur Arutkin out-surfed Starboard Team rider…
In a great weekend of racing action, we witnessed the Aussie powerhouse Michael Booth paddling away from the pack to victory in the 2019 Azur Paddle Days race that took place in France this past weekend, with a super inspiring teammate, Fiona Wylde who took the win in the challenging Women’s field. The Azur Paddle Days is…
Starboard Dream Team riders Michael Booth (Australia) & Sonni Hönscheid (Germany) both put on sterling performances once again to successfully defend their Titles at this year’s 2019 Carolina Cup SUP Race. In the men’s 13-mile Elite Graveyard race, it was Booth and the Hasulyo brothers setting a pace early on for the rest of…
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA, USA – Starboard SUP Dream Team athletes Michael Booth (Australia) and Sonni Hönscheid (Germany) are in the spotlight at this weekend’s Carolina Cup in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Both champs are slated to defend their titles against an army of the world’s best sup athletes in the gruelling Graveyard Race, one…
Aussie SUP Powerhouse to defend Carolina Cup Title April 24-28 An interview with Australia’s Michael Booth WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA, USA – Australian SUP powerhouse Michael Booth, rated as one of the top two paddlers in the world in both the Paddle League and APP rankings, returns to North Carolina April 24-28 to defend…
Sunday, 9th November saw the highly anticipated APP World Tour stop in Paris for the APP 2018 Paris SUP Open take place where Dream Team riders took home a clean sweep of podium positions for Team Starboard. Micheal Booth finished in first, with teammates Connor Baxter in 2nd and Leo Nika in 3rd. Paddling together in…
The Aussie powerhouse, Micheal Booth, has done it again, and in true Boothy form ~ paddling out hard and leading the race from start to finish. Teammate Connor Baxter fought valiantly to stay with him but it wasn’t Connor’s day after long few days of competition fatigue seemed to take its toll. It was 2017 ISA…
The Aussie Powerhouse Michael Booth wins 2018 Australian National Titles making it 3 for 3, shows he is in great mental & physical form heading into the 2018 ISA SUP World Championships taking place later this month. Boothy recaps the weekend’s racing from Down Under; “It had been a nice 4…
The Pacific Paddle Games once again delivers some of the most exciting SUP racing of the season, and the 2018 PPGs was no exception. Starboard’s Dream Team riders All-Star cast lined up shoulder to shoulder with the biggest names in SUP racing and once again delivered fantastic results, with stand out performances by Fiona Wylde…
Congratulations to Starboard Dream Team riders Michael Booth for winning the 2018 Battle Of The Bay in San Francisco, with teammate Fiona Wylde taking home the 3rd place podium position. Boothy was simply too strong in the men’s race, powering away from the field before finishing a minute clear of the highly under-rated Aussie Ty…
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 Iberdrola Bilbao World SUP Challenge is always a smash hit on the SUP racing calendar and this year was no exception. This was the 7th stop of on the EuroTour’s ‘Summer of SUP’ with an awesome race on Saturday with Starboard Dream Team riders once again delivering exceptional results as hundreds of amateurs and…
Starboard Dream Team rider Michael Booth is in unstoppable form as he takes his 3rd consecutive win at this weekend’s San Sebastián race in picturesque Basque Country, Spain. Booth dualed it out against usual rival Titouan Puyo for most of the race until he could make a break in the crunching surf zone at Zurriola Hondartza…
Starboard duo of Michael Booth and Bruno Hasulyo have moved into the joint first position on the EuroTour leaderboard after mighty performances by both the Aussie and Hungarian powerhouses for a 1-2 finish at the World SUP Festival in Spain this past weekend. In the women’s race, it was Laura Quetglas (Spain) opening her EuroTour account…
Starboard Duo of Michael Booth and Amandine Chazot have taken a double win at this weekend’s downwind Agios Nikolaos On SUP Race on the Greek Island of Crete in Week 4 of the EuroTour ~ as always an awesome 15km downwind course with great bumps all the way that both Michael and Amandine took advantage…
Australian World Champion SUP athlete; Michael Booth has already ticked off some serious goals this year. Now determined to inspire and encourage other paddlers to reach their full potential with his online coaching programs offering personally tailored to your needs with Stand Up Paddle Board Training by Boothy. Sharing with you his years of knowledge…
Australian Powerhouse Michael Booth has been in great form early into the 2018 Stand Up Paddling racing season, but it was this year’s Quiksilver Waterman Carolina Cup that Boothy had very clearly set his sights on. Here are a few words from the 2018 Carolina Cup Champ… “What a day, what a weekend!…
The 2018 Air France Paddle Festival certainly delivered, with the first stop of The Paddle League World Tour producing a rollercoaster of excitement and drama as big names fell, young kids rose up and the blazing hot Tahitian sun made things extraordinarily difficult for every single competitor. In the women’s race, we witnessed mighty performances from…
Gold Coast, Australia – In it’s seventh year of succession, the 12 Towers 2018 Ocean Paddle Race has carved out an iconic figure of being one of the premier races in Australia for SUP, Ocean Ski, and Prone. Dream Team rider Michael Booth starts the season of with a bang taking winning the Men’s 14′ SUP…
Why do we have the Starboard ‘Dream Team’? Well, it’s simple – by living out their dreams, they help us live out ours. Whether it’s paddling long-distance challenges, winning races, catching waves, these Starboard team riders really are living the dream. We truly believe they’re the best in the world at what they do –…
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.…
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.…
Without much surprise, as the favorite to win this race, Michael Booth won his third consecutive win and fourth of the summer on the Eurotour in Scharbeutz this weekend on the 8 kms long distance race held Sunday morning in parallel with the Mercedes Sup World Cup running during the same weekend. In second position…
Connor Baxter won back to back overall victory at this years Pacific Paddle Games while Michael Booth took second place overall compared to his 11th place result from last year. Michael Booth won the long distance race on Saturday easily and finished 9th in the technical distance giving him that 2nd place on the overall…
While some paddlers were still racing the Dutch canals for the 11 City SUP, another important race was being held this last weekend. The Japan Cup in Chigasaki that offers 30.000 USD in prize money, the biggest prize purse in Asia, attracted several of the worlds best paddlers. Michael Booth, Australian Starboard Dream Team rider…
Michael Booth Wins Noosa! Congratulations to Starboard Team Rider Michael Booth for winning the Noosa Paddle Festival! Michael Booth claims victory at the long distance race while taking on a field of 64 racers. He was able to hold off James Cassy, Jake Jenson and Toby Cracknell in the 5k long distance SUP race at…
