Surftech, the original board manufacturing company, is proud to announce that the Saber model stand up paddle board has just earned Outside Magazine’s Gear of the Year Award for Summer 2015.
Sean Poynter, one of the world’s leading SUP Surf experts, has created a tutorial for the proper way of setting up your leash string on your board, and in addition, he shows us how to correctly put on a leash. Here SUP Surf Tips from Starboard SUP International Athlete, Sean Poynter.
The folks at Isle Surf and SUP have compared side by side in a measured speed test how close an inflatable SUP and an epoxy SUP are to one another, if at all? They wanted to get some accurate hard data behind this question so they tested out comparable models of their inflatable and epoxy paddle boards and this is what they found. You may be surprised!
Last summer we showed you a video of a stand up paddle surfer who blew our minds with the talent he showed in his video 'Extreme SUP Surfing.' This surfer has just released a sequel to this video titled 'Extreme SUP Surfing 2!' Take a look into the extreme SUP Surfing world of SUP Surfer, Jess Leedy.
Welcome to the Supconnect Weekly Recap, our countdown of the biggest news, reviews, interviews and features surrounding the world of Stand Up Paddleboarding. This week we’re bringing you another sample of the best stories covered by ourselves and other publications.
Ever been fly fishing? How about fly fishing from a stand up paddle board? There's nothing like a good day on the water when you're able to go out and relieve some stress by catching a few fish! Check out this rad video posted a few months back from Deep Ocean Apparel's day on the water fly fishing from their BOTE Boards SUP.
If Starboard SUP athlete Connor Baxter isn't a familiar name in your vocabulary already, prepare yourself because it should be. As the 2014 Stand Up World Series World Champion, Connor has a ton of momentum going into the 2015 season. With 3 out of 5 wins on the Stand Up World Series in 2014, twenty-one year old Connor Baxter was crowned 2014 Champion.
No matter the ‘unknown’ you’ve set out to discover, having the right gear can make or break the trip. Having the ConnexSUP system from SUP Think Tank installed on your board gives you all the flexibility you need to get the gear you want or need on your board and make sure it stays there.
CPD (Continual Professional Development) may not always be a direct relation to the sport or activity you coach. Just because we are SUP Coaches, we may not choose to undertake another SUP related course. Opening our minds and relating other courses and experiences will often give us a new skill or experience that can be indirectly related to the sport we coach.
The Salt Games presented by Native Sons is scheduled for Saturday, May 30th and Sunday May 31st, 2015 at the old Pavilion Site on Ocean Boulevard between 8th and 9th Avenue N. Events will run Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Free to attend; some events require a registration fee to compete.