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…
In the days before his home waters in the Canadian Rockies froze over for winter, Dream Team member Bruce Kirkby took his wife on an unusual date–paddling amidst ice and snow. Below he shares what it takes to paddle safely in such chilly conditions… Christine and I have enjoyed paddling together since we met 20…
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…
Canadian adventurer and explorer Bruce Kirkby searched for the perfect expedition paddleboard, but nothing came close to meeting his die-hard expedition requirements. He had to design his own paddleboard to meet his extreme adventure standards. Read on as Bruce chronicles working with Starboard’s R&D team for the past 4 years to develop the new Sprint…
This August, adventure stand-up paddle boarder and photographer Bruce Kirkby, alongside expedition partner Norm Hann, set off aboard fully-loaded expedition paddleboards in an attempt to round Canada’s notorious Brooks Peninsula, off the east coast of the Cape Scott Provincial Park. Jutting far into the open Pacific, the Brooks Peninsula is the most westerly point on…
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