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The Eliminator: Who will survive the axe in the newest SUP race format?
June 12, 2025This weekend, an unassuming reservoir in England will play host to a brand new SUP racing format. From the diabolical mind of race director Greg Wingo who brought you 49+ hours of pain in Last Paddler Standing, and the passionate ultra paddling visionary Cassie Salter who founded the popular Race to the Castle (R2TC), The Eliminator is a brand new way to test your limits as a paddler. And as a partner.
GB Nationals Preview: Racing looks tight for national titles in Falmouth
June 6, 2025This weekend’s national championships in Great Britain are shaping up to have some high level racing as the UK’s top athletes look to win national titles and qualify for this year’s world championships in Abu Dhabi and…
From Spain to Austria: recapping BCN and looking toward Lake Rocks
May 29, 2025At the end of 5 weekends of back-to-back racing for many of the world’s best SUP racers, the spring season’s leaders Mariecarmen Rivera (Puerto Rico) and Shuri “Shrimpy” Araki (Japan) solidified their statuses as #1 with golds in the Barcelona World SUP Fest long distance race. But these two leaders won’t be racing at Lake Rocks this weekend. They’ll be in good company with many top names who’ve opted out of a sixth weekend in a row of racing, presumably to take some well earned re
Six weeks of non-stop racing around Europe is almost over – who will come out on top?
May 19, 2025Between the ICF World Cups, the EuroTour, and the newly announced European SUP League, it’s been near impossible for even the biggest SUP racing fans to keep track of all the action this spring. And for the racers themselves, the questions have been: which races are worth competing in? How many can I realistically make […]
“Racing the Quit Monkey”: Paolo Marconi’s New Book is about more than SUP racing
May 15, 2025Paolo Marconi is one of the “original” stand up paddleboard racers. The first year he raced internationally, 2011, was the year that SUP Racer was founded. That’s fourteen years of top level SUP racing. So when it comes to talking about what it means to be a stand up paddleboard racer, there’s not many who […]
Two SUP Pioneers finish the Devizes to Westminster canoe race
April 23, 20252025 became the first year that the iconic Devizes to Westminster canoe race finally invited stand up paddleboarders to race. This nearly 125 mile race has been running for canoes and kayaks since 1948, but the race organisers have recently recognised that it's time for the race to evolve.
Who has the right of way at a turn buoy?
February 12, 2025After a few too many why-is-their-board-between-my-legs moments and controversial DQs during the technical racing at ICF worlds in November, a new rule may bring clarity to who has right of way at buoy turns.