South African based Dream Team Rider Cameron Tripney has tested the limits of mind and body by completing the 2023 Freedom Paddle challenge to Robben Island and back. 410 paddlers on a multitude of paddle craft (all human paddle powered craft) set off from the Oceana Power Boat Club in Cape Town to paddle 22km…
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The first stop of the 2023 APP World Racing Tour did not disappoint as intense competition leads to the crowning of APP originals, Connor Baxter and Fiona Wylde, as champions. The Alicante SUP Open delivers explosive SUP racing on the action-packed beach Sprint Racing. Connor Baxter claimed the first sprint title of the 2023 season…
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The Euro Tour is heating up as the biggest names in SUP racing gathered on the beach of Santa Pola for what is the biggest stop of the 2023 season so far. With distinct orange cone noses lining the beach, the Starboard team had a strong showing with fantastic performances all-round. As expected, the 6-star…
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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…
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Looking for a Starboard board to race on the weekends? The solution is here! Starboard is teaming up with Union Paddlers and Sports Camps to elevate SUP racing by providing rental SUP racing boards and paddles at Euro Tour and ICF events. This will enable amateur and professional athletes to have easy access to high-quality…
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The summer heat was on this weekend for Sevilla SUP Festival, stop #2 of the 2023 Euro Tour SUP where 168 athletes braved the waters of Guadalquivir River in the South of Spain. Dream Team riders Noic Garioud and Espe Barreras put dominated the field both taking commanding victories in the men’s and women’s elite…
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Maui waterman Zane Schweitzer has been on an absolute tear early into the 2023 season, and now took out the elite Men’s division at the Longboard SUP Revolution competition that took place at Sanur, Bali! Zane impressed the judges & spectators alike with some powerful yet classic longboard surfing on his Starboard Longboard SUP -…
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First stop of the 2023 Euro Tour headed to a new location in Africa: Ceuta. The Battle for Hercules SUP race featured an awesome course around the peninsula of Ceuta, a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic…
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Dream Team rider Daniel Hasulyo heads east to Jiangle, Fujian Province to see what is happening on the Chinese SUP scene – and there is a lot happening! The SUP race scene has been booming for the last 3 years since ICF SUP World Champs took place there back in 2019. Daniel won every…
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In this video Stand Up Magazin take a look at the Starboard & Freewing product highlights. Flo Brunner, the head of Starboard Germany gives us a tour of his booth at the boot Düsseldorf. Come along and see what Starboard & FreeWing have to offer in 2023.
