SUP SURFING TIPS WITH PRO COACH SEAN POYNTER: COMMON MISCONCEPTION OF STANCE Continued from Part 1 of this series, SUP Surfing Tips: Reading Conditions. Recently I’ve noticed a common error among people paddle surfing in the lineup: their stance. Stance in the lineup is one of the main points we teach at our SUP ‘n’ Surf Retreats.…
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Making it 8 Straight. And the Longest Winning Streak in SUP. Recap by Connor Baxter. This years 8th Annual Maui-2-Molokai was another Epic Battle and Channel Crossing. Coming straight from Europe after two months of flat water racing I was jumping up-and-down like a kid ready to race downwind. I got back to Maui on Wednesday night –…
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Read here the incredible recap by Bart himself about this ultra endurance race in the Canadian wilderness. Bart de Zwart completed this epic race in Record Time of 52 Hours beating his last year’s own record when he won the inaugural sup participation in this race: Not long ago Chris Parker (from Supracer) asked me: “Why…
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At the same time and location as the Eurotour Long distance race in Schaerbeutz, Germany, the Mercedes Benz SUP World Cup added a technical beach race and another long distance race. Incredible performance by Dream Team rider Olivia Piana showing extraordinary form this summer in Europe and winning both long distance races during the same…
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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…
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Perfect sunshine, blue skies and a breathtaking panorama of snowy mountains awaited the more than 60 participants of the ICE Race, going all the way from Interlaken to Thun. The short downwind from the start endiled after about 5 kilometers and the wind shifted to a light headwind for the rest of the race, demanding an extra effort from the competitors in…
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The national french SUP Surf tour kicked off with it’s first stop last weekend at the SenNoSen La Salie Pro 2017 on the West coast of the French country. Dream Team rider Benoit Carpentier took the top spot in the final on the second day of a full Surf festival organized by the Ocean Roots…
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The Starboard Dream Team rider and reigning ISA SUP Surf world champion won for the third consecutive time the SUP Surf Rottnest classic. In epic and flawless conditions of 4-5 feet, Shak dominated the final with a combined score of her two best waves totaling 17.93 out of 20. Without a doubt proving once again…
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This last weekend was the second racing stop of the APP World Tour so most of the best paddlers in the world converged towards Japan to race it off in the Trump Wetsuits Japan Pro Am. With very windy conditions for the first day of competition the long distance race was launched in difficult waters.…
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Starboard duo Leo Nika and Penelope Strickland have taken out the first stop of the 2017 EuroTour, saluting at the ‘Agios Nikolaos on SUP’ festival in epic downwind conditions on the beautiful Greek island of Crete. Leonard Nika, who was the most winningest athlete last year on the EuroTour with 6 victories started off his…
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