SUP Ambassador and former pro surfer Jodie Nelson, has generously supplied six 14' Surftech Bark Dominator Stand Up Paddle Boards and six Quickblade Paddles for the first Annual 70 mile paddle from Trestles to TJ. Below the Surface and Paddle with Purpose, two non-profit organizations based in San Diego, CA and Orange County, CA are currently on the journey.
On Thu May 24th, Kevin Horgan a long distance Stand Up Paddler from Kauai, managed to complete the first circumnavigation of Hong Kong Island on a Starboard 14' Coast Runner, a distance of around 44km or 27.3miles in 8 hours and 7mins. Kevin left Shek O Main Beach at 7.53am and arrived back at 4.00pm.
Just yesterday around mid day pacific standard time, Ben Friberg journeyed out on a 24 hour SUP adventure to paddle as far as possible in 24 hours. Find out how he is doing and how far he has paddled.
Last weekend watermen Bill Whiddon and Thaddeus Foote attempted the first-ever crossing of the Gulf Stream from the Bahamian Island of Bimini to the shores of Miami Beach, Florida on stand-uppaddlboards (SUPs) to raise awareness of the impacts of plastics in the ocean. Did they make it?
Bart de Zwart arrived safely at a 12:45am on Friday June 1st to "The Spot" in Zandvoort, Holland after crossing the North Sea solo, non-stop and unsupported in almost 39 hours. This was the first time anyone has attempted and succeeded at paddling from England to Holland!
Bart de Zwart, a 42 year old man from Maui, is setting off on another long distance SUP Journey. Last summer he completed an unsupported, solo, non-stop SUP trip from the Big Island of Hawaii to Kauai. This time he will paddle across the North Sea from England to his original homeland of Holland.
Delaney Kuepper is one ambitious 8 year old girl. Just this past weekend she completed an 11.8 mile stand up paddle journey to help raise money for Rady Children's Hospital. What an incredible feat, especially for someone so young.
Shane Perrin, who was on dialysis just a short while ago, has undertaken one of the most remarkable stand up paddle journeys in the books to date. He paddled 170 miles along an Ancient Mayan Route, from the heart of Belize to the waters of the Caribbean Sea.