April Zilg and Titouan Puyo medal at Va’a World Champs
Two of your favourite SUP athletes just earned medals at World Championships. Nope, not ISA Worlds or ICF Worlds. They won these medals sitting down.
Noic beats Boothy and sets up a tantalising triumvirate of testosterone at the Worlds
New Cal Noic aka "Chicken" has knocked off Bullish Boothy in round eight of the Euro Tour, taking out the Nordhausen SUP Race in Germany by a fraction of a second and setting up a tantalising triumvirate of testosterone ahead of the mid-year break as athletes start prepping for not one but two World Championships™ in the back half of the season.
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Debate: Is Spain the
new France?
They have more events, more athletes and more podiums. And most importantly: more kids. Led by Espe and Duna, Spain is probably already number one in the world in women's racing. In the men's, the Spaniards still lack a Titou-like superstar, but overall they're seriously close to dethroning the Frenchies as the powerhouse of Europe.
ISA Worlds distance race: 19-year-old Duna Gordillo and 16-year-old “Shrimpy” claim incredible wins to herald the new generation
Spain's Duna Gordillo has upset her teammate Espe Barreras while 16-year-old Shuri "Shrimpy" Araki from Japan overpowered Titou and Boothy to win gold in the ISA distance race in Puerto Rico today. Duna crossed the line in utter disbelief before being mobbed by her teammates, producing some of the most iconic images of the event...
Titou tames wild ocean, Espe overpowers local hero to win Euro Tour on Mallorca
The sea was angry that day, my friends. Week 2 of the Euro Tour and we found ourselves on the idyllic island of Mallorca for the classic Port Adriano SUP Race. The event that kicked off the 2014 Tour - the first officia
THE “TOP 1-2” OF ’21 (…who were the best paddlers in the world this year?)
Carrying on that fine tradition of rating the world's best paddlers at the end of each season as if a year's worth of blood, sweat and tears could be reduced to mere syntax - beginning with the 'Top 11 of 2011' that marked
Flight of Les Cagous: Noic, Titou and Clement on top as New Caledonia dominates French Championships
The 'kagu' is a bird native to the islands of New Caledonia. Known as cagou in French and nicknamed the "ghost of the forest" due to its ash-white coat, it has become the symbol of the island's sporting teams who often compete under