Weekly Recap 11/7/2023

Summary

Welcome to the Supconnect Weekly Recap, our countdown of the Top 5 biggest news, reviews, interviews and features surrounding the world of Stand Up Paddleboarding. If you’ve got anything newsworthy, weird or worth reading about, don’t be shy to share the scoop with us via e-mail. 

Heat Score - 65

Now that you’re hooked to the feeling of riding waves you’re probably ready to step it up and start improving your skills. We’ve gathered tips and advice from some of the top SUP surfing pros from around the globe to help guide you towards your goal of becoming a better stand up paddle surfer. Read more HERE.

Heat Score - 73

Heat Score - 80

We all can appreciate a good photo when we see one and in the Supconnect Photographer Series, we do just that. This week, we are stoked to highlight adventure photographer Johny Cook from the Highlands of Scotland. Read more HERE.

Heat Score - 87

At Starboard’s recent dealer meeting in Oregon we caught up with one of their masterminds behind the scenes, Mr. Ollie O’Reilly. For several years, Ollie has been on the product development team at Starboard and has helped to create some of the best standup paddleboards in the world. Recently, Ollie has changed roles and is now the Brand Manager for Starboard SUP. We caught up with Ollie to learn more about him as a person, how he first started in the paddleboarding world and even got some industry insight from him. Read more HERE. 

Heat Score - 94

The Santiago 2023 Pan American Games culminated in a historic day of competition with an incredible showing for Surfing in its second appearance in the Games. Massive 10-15 foot surf, easily four-to-five times overhead, poured into Punta de Lobos, providing an impressive show for the medalists to be decided in the women’s and men’s divisions of each of the four surfing disciplines; Shortboard, Longboard, SUP Surfing and SUP Racing. The swell was amongst the biggest seen in the ISA’s history. Read more HERE.