Riviera Nayarit to hold a social media contest in celebration of being selected as the first Mexican destination to host the prestigious standup paddle & paddleboard tournament.

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.

Jobe has translated its standup paddling philosophy into a mindblowing video. They just released the video called ‘The Jobe SUP philosophy’. With this video they want to approach the novice standup paddler, that’s what this video is made for. Jobe shows that sup is an activity for everyone!

After a grueling race combining downwind and flatwater paddling, it was the Tahitian Beast, Georges Cronsteadt, and Annabel Anderson to take home the victory for the Elite Race at the second annual Air France Paddle Festival.

Joining parents Don and Jenny Alderman in the grueling Graveyard Race will be 13-year-old Dylan, alongside the world's best stand up paddle boarders, navigating the 13.2-mile ocean, inlet, and waterway course encircling Wrightsville Beach.

Welcome to MixCaLa, the premier SUP designer and manufacturer you always wanted to encounter. The name of MixCaLa comes from Mixing Color, and that is exactly what we do here, we create one of a kind, colorful SUP designs that will impress everyone!

Ocean paddlers: Don’t miss your last chance to enter the seventh annual OluKai Ho’olaule’a from May 1-3, 2015, bringing together the world’s elite stand up paddle (SUP) and OC1 and OC2 athletes to race the legendary eight mile ‘Maliko Downwind Run’ on Maui’s north shore.

Getting sick of the weekly grind it was time to set off on another stand up paddle board adventure. This time we brought along the wives, girlfriends and kids. The journey that unfolded was amazing.The whole movie was shot on location over 3 weeks with it’s 22 cast and crew. We prayed for waves and Fiji delivered.

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.