Photo by Dave Costello The field of athletes at this weekend’s Surftech Surf and Sand Duel-Athlon let out a collective sigh of relief Sunday after the weather gods blessed the event with light winds to go with waves consistently in the five to seven-foot range. Smaller waves greeted competitors on opening day but Steamer Lane [...]

This weekend is jammed with events in Hawaii, North and South America and Europe. If you thought your weekend was free, we just filled it. Here’s what’s on tap for the next couple days: The Surf & Sand Duel-athlon, Santa Cruz, California, March 16-17 The 2nd Annual Surftech Surf & Sand Duel-athlon SUP Race presented [...]

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Stop number 2 and European leg of the Standup World Tour will once again take place on the northwest coast of France, in Brittany. From the 28th April – 6th May, the ocean sports mecca of La Torche will play host to the world’s very best standup paddlesurfers as they prepare to do battle for [...]

The skills to pay the bills. If you’re a paddler, you gotta’ have em’. And the fun part is developing those skills. Morgan Hoesterey is one of standup paddling’s best all-around athletes. She can race prone paddleboard. She can surf. She can read, and ride, bumps. Yes, she has the skills to pay em’. So [...]

Welcome back to the Wednesday Voice with SUPthemag.com. Each Wednesday, we catch up with the personalities that make standup paddling great––from the athletes to industry insiders to event organizers and everyone in between. This week on the Wednesday Voice we talk with iconic paddler Dan Gavere about whitewater, surf and living out of his van.

The countdown to the CamSur World Paddle Challenge has begun. With only a month until the kickoff, the inaugural Prime event of the 2012 Standup World Series will bring the top SUP racers to San Jose, Philippines for the first major SUP event to be held in Asia. Competitors will battle it out in the [...]

Santa Cruz, California – (March 13, 2012) The 2nd Annual Surftech Surf & Sand Duel-athlon SUP Race presented by SUP Magazine will now offer a $1,000 prize purse to the top three finishers in the Men’s and Women’s “True Grit” divisions! “The new prize purse will give the athletes a little added incentive to brave [...]