Last weekend's Air France Paddle Festival in Tahiti saw record participation among locals and residents of Tahiti. In only it's second year, the Air France Paddle Festival is quickly becoming a major stand up paddle boarding event, not only in the South Pacific, but around the world. See here for full event highlights and full gallery.
The inaugural Hobie/Salt Life Wrightsville Beach Pro-AM is now in the books and it will likely be remembered for the amazing young talent that was put on display in this surf obsessed beach town.
Perks of being a professional surfer? Getting to travel the world and follow fun swells is on the list for sure. Back in February, Sean Poynter snuck a quick trip down to Baja to surf perfect waves without the crowds of So-Cal. Watch and enjoy.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.