At the finale of the 2022 Racing Tour, Connor Baxter and April Zilg claimed the World Titles while Shuri 'Shrimpy' Araki and Melanie Lafenetre got their first wins on the APP World Tour to close the season.
France's Titouan Puyo and Spain's Esperanza Barreras were crowned Paris SUP Open Champions, and 1,000 paddlers from 30 nations took to the River Seine in freezing temperatures for the biggest stand up paddle race of the year.
The 2022 Gran Canaria Pro Am had it all. Leco Salazar was crowned as the first ever SUP Longboard World Champion. We saw the new generation of SUP Surfers make their debut on the international SUP scene. And in front of a huge crowed at El Lloret, we watched Kaede Inoue and Benoit Carpentier claim the World Titles in perfect conditions.
The battle for championship glory will continue in Europe for stops 4 and 5 of the racing world tour! The APP will embark upon the road to the World Championship finals in Jeddah via Paris and Alicante to establish who is truly the best racer in the world.
This month, the APP World Tour will be returning to beautiful Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to host the world's best paddling athletes at stop #1 of the World Surfing Tour.
Over the weekend, the inaugural stop for the APP World Tour in Korea delivered spectatular action with wins secured by Rai Taguchi, Caroline Kuntzel, and April Zilg.
Over the weekend, Stop #2 of the APP Racing World Tour wrapped up in London after a weekend of action-packed sprints and the iconic distance race down the River Thames.
Next week, the Busan SUP Open will see the debut championship race of K-APP, World Tour action and open participation—all with the brand new backdrop of Gwangalli Beach.
The APP (Association of Paddle Professionals) London SUP Open Returns to Canary Wharf September 14-18, 2022.
The APP (Association of Paddle Professionals) has announced that the London SUP Open, originally scheduled for August 19-21st, 2022, has been postponed to September 16-18th due to strikes going on in the London area.
Last weekend marked the first qualification event for the 2022 APP World Tour which awarded the top two men and women at the Aloha Spirit Festival a sought-after spot on the World Racing Tour.
The APP is excited to formally announce its Korean stop of the 2022 APP World Tour, the Busan SUP Open.