For the second year the Molokai 2 Oahu (M2O) race has had to cancel their event due to the global pandemic.

Learn how to take your event to the next level with a few extra steps. It’s important to note, however, that these extra steps can have a major impact on the overall success of your event, ranging from funding and attendance to promotion and beyond. All the steps below serve as a highly important layer to the 10 Basic Tips for Organizing SUP Races. So, here are the intermediate tips for sup race organizing in no particular order...

Grab your SUP board and take part in one of the virtual SUP Spring Trophy Races from May 14th - 16th, 2021 - no matter WHEN & WHERE - paddle on the given distances to virtually compete against your SUP friends or improve your personal minimum times.

After starting and stoping due to lockdowns, the first day of the NZ Barfoot & Thompson Stand Up Paddle Boarding Nationals was held with more than 80 athletes registered from around New Zealand.

The International Canoe Federation has modernized its competition rules and released details of a new gold medal for the best performing countries as part of several new initiatives ahead of this year’s stand up paddling world championships in Balatonfured, Hungary.

As our world starts to come back together safely, the next question is when is SUP Racing coming back? For avid paddlers the training never stopped. But if you have been off the water and spent more time on the couch during the pandemic, you might need a training regimen that will get you back into paddle racing shape.

The APP World Tour is excited to report that it is still on target for a full season in 2021, but at a slightly later start date than anticipated, which will be early August as it stands.

Every year SUP athletes and enthusiasts of all levels travel around the world to compete in some of the biggest and most challenging events in the sport. Whether it's technical courses or endurance races, downwind or surf, there are a handful of major events that have have reigned supreme within the SUP community over the past few years.

What happens when you take centuries of Croatian, Italian and Venitian culture, sparkle a bit of Ottoman influence (Turkish); spread it out on dozens of carbonate islands; simmer it on warm Adriatic climate with crystal clear turquoise sea; lock it away during the Cold War period (until today) and then go paddling there?

If you're lucky enough to get a vacation in this year we’ve compiled a few places where you’re bound to have a blast at with beautiful scenery surrounding you.

Elite stand up paddle (SUP) races require a few extra touches that make all the difference. These extra touches, though, require an enormous amount of extra time and commitment, so if you’re venturing into these waters, tread carefully. Here are ingredients that go into the recipe of an elite stand up paddle event.

Sayulita JR SUP Team, a Mexican based youth paddleboard race training program announces a change in its leadership.