Stand Up Paddle Surfing Global

John Zapotocky 91 Years Young and the History of Stand Up Paddling

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:32 +0100

You may be forgiven for thinking that stand up paddling is a new sport, that has probably been around for 4 or 5 years right? Wrong, in fact the roots of our sport go right back to the man who bought surfing to the world, Duke Kahanamoku. How do we know this? Because the man that is the Godfather of stand up paddling, John Zapotocky learn't from the Duke.

Chris "Guts" Griffiths joins SurfTech Stand Up Paddle Team

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:11:58 +0100

Anyone who surfs or stand up paddle surfs in the UK will have heard the name Chris "Guts" Griffiths. Chris is a legend who has been a well known face of surfing for over 40 years, he has won over a dozen Welsh titles, split between longboard and shortboard divisions, he won the Europe pro longboard tour in 1997 and 1999 and had a top five ranking in the ASP in 1996.

Insane Video footage from the Stand Up Paddle Surfing Sunset Pro

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:19:10 +0100

The Waterman's League Stand Up Paddle Surf Sunset Beach Pro was eventually won by Maui local Kai Lenny, and some excellent video footage has been surfacing from the event showing how, on day two, how hard and shifty the waves were.

Ku Ikaika stand up paddle surf contest looks good for Monday

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:55:58 +0100

With the amazing winter season in Hawaii starting to close it looked as if the Ku Ikaika Big Wave Challenge at Makaha Point might not get the swell it needed for the contest to go ahead, however big wave stand up paddle surfers are getting mentally prepared as the word is out that a big NNW swell in the 12-15 foot range is heading in making conditions look good for Monday.

SAS Challenge 2010 Fitness testing results

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Well the verdict is in and the tests are over, well for me and Claire they are anyway. Simon and Jock are yet to be tested. As part of the build up to the stand up paddle across the English Channel John Kelly from the University of Chichester put myself and Claire through a couple of tests to get a verdict on our current level of fitness and in turn that gave us a good idea of how much work we need to do over the coming months.

Corran Stand Up Paddle Surfs Waimea

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:11:10 +0100

Corran Addison, the owner of Imagine Eco stand up paddle boards, is currently in Oahu, Hawaii. While most of us spent valentines day in a more sedate fashion, Corran decided to tackle Waimea, stand up paddle surfing. He tells us all about it.

Tez's Surf Art

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:21:21 +0100

As well as being a contributor to this website and a fanatical stand up paddle surfer (often seen out on the Hayling/Wittering/Bracklesham coast of the UK) Tez is a talented surf artist. We found out about this and asked Tez if he would tell us his story.

Coreban Fusion 9' Stand Up Paddle Board Test

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:43:10 +0100

Ivan van Vuuren takes us through the new Coreban Fusion 9ft Stand Up Paddle board. It looks like a nice board and I hear a rumour that there will be a UK distributor of this South African/Hawaiian based brand. The board is 9ft x 29 1/2 wide x 4 1/2 thick. It has a volume of 148 L.

Stand Up Paddle World Tour Sunset Beach Pro

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:14:30 +0100

The kick off of the Waterman League's Stand Up Paddle World Tour had an anxious build-up, as athletes from around the world would come together to mingle, compete, and inevitably judge and be judged by their respected peers, and the North Shore would be host to yet another event close to others by date, yet distanced by medium... SUP. The Sunset Beach Pro, set to be the most groundbreaking event for this incredibly versatile sport exploding in every direction bears the significance of holding the first event of the Tour in Hawaii at one of its most celebrated breaks. Greeted by 8 - 10 ft perfect Sunset and 32 of Hawaii's most promising talents, the Hulakai Trials has set the standard for World Tour qualification.

Early Mornings and Armadillos

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:01:23 +0100

Now you might be asking yourself 'WTF has a long eared, belly shuffling, ant powered, armoured plated rodent with poor eyesight got the hell to do with paddlesurfing?'

Fair point, but it's being able to see stuff like this in the wild -

Uli Lopez Inflatable Stand Up Paddle board - Costa Rica

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:47:23 +0100

December 20th was my last post, such a lot has happened since then it all just seems such a blur now. Since then I managed to get a couple of decent sessions in, one on Christmas Eve on the Bonga with Shane and another on a beautiful New Years day on the 7'8", but to be honest my head was already on the beach at Playa Guiones.

World Record Attempt for Surfers Against Sewage

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:48:33 +0100

Three of Britain’s best stand up paddle boarders met at West Wittering windsurf club at this Friday, 29th January to launch the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) 2010 Challenge, a Guinness World Record™ breaking attempt to cross the English Channel in June this year that also aims to raise at least £10,000 for SAS’s campaigns and celebrate the organisation’s 20th anniversary.

Surfers Against Sewage Paddle Across the English Channel

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:42:47 +0100

The cat is out of the bag, myself (Matt Argyle), Jock Patterson, Elliot Dudley, Simon Bassett and Claire Blacklock are stand up paddling across the English Channel on a day between 18th - 25th June 2010, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world (so busy that they have a motorway system in place where ships on one side travel one way and the other side travel the other). The distance as the crow flies is 21 miles, however the actual distance will be much more are we weave our way across to France.

Stand Up Paddler Slater Trout Signs with Maui Jim

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:55:45 +0100

Already his reputation is building up as a world class stand up paddler with his second place at the Battle of the Paddle at the age of 14, now Slater Trout has been signed up by Maui Jim Sunglasses.

Cabrinha Launch Stand Up Paddle Board Range

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:33:44 +0100

Cabrinha have launched a range of stand up paddle boards and a new website to go with it and they will soon be available in the UK and around the world.

Emerald Isolation - Stand Up Paddle in Ireland

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:36:01 +0100

Ireland, the emerald isle, poetic and yet accurate. I have been taking trips to Ireland and surfing for the last 15 years. In that time there have been huge changes over there, the fragile peace that has come to the North, the prolifereation of road building and infrastructure bought about by European Union funds, the rise and fall of the Celtic tiger, the huge amount of house building. Despite all of this, what draws me back year after year, and what stays imprinted on my eye lids is the perfect isolation and the waves !

JP launches 2010 stand up paddle board range

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:01 +0100

JP have always produced excellent windsurf boards, so it is good news that they have entered the stand up paddle board market. Jason Polakow and Antoine Albeau organised a photo shoot with Jérôme Houyvet in Maui as soon as the boards turned up.

Starboard UK Stand Up Paddle Race Team

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:25:39 +0100

John Hibbard from Starboard UK released the line up for the Stand Up Paddle Race Team with a massive 29 members ! This wil surely kick start the UK race scene in 2010.

Stand Up Paddler Jenny Kalmbach Joins Naish Team

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:48:56 +0100

Naish welcomes Jenny Kalmbach to their International Stand Up Paddle Team. Kalmbach, 26 years old, has rapidly become one of the world’s elite paddlers in the short three years since she began the sport. Kalmbach grew up in San Jose, Costa Rica and currently resides in Kona, Hawaii.

Drops Watt 9ft 1" Stand Up Paddle Board Review

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A fresh batch of stand up paddle boards have arrived in the UK from Drops in Europe. 2XS took delivery and busted some out for us to test.

First up we have the video review of the 9ft 1" Watt.