The 2023 Gorge Paddle Challenge in Hood River, Oregon, witnessed an exhilarating display of skill and determination as professional stand-up paddleboard athletes, Connor Baxter and Fiona Wylde, dominated the event, leaving a lasting impression on the competitive racing scene and celebrating the vibrant community spirit of the sport.
The SIC Columbia Gorge Challenge returned with prime conditions unseen in over a decade. Athletes competed in very hot weather with the best wind conditions the even has seen in its last 11 years. Paddlers and wing foilers alike put on a great show with tight racing action.
The SIC Gorge Paddle Challenge is back for the first time since 2019, and the atmosphere was buzzing with excitement for 262 athletes who were thrilled to be on the race scene again.
We are happy to announce that the 2021 SIC Gorge Paddle Challenge will be held on August 13-15, 2021.
Every year SUP athletes and enthusiasts of all levels travel around the world to compete in some of the biggest and most challenging events in the sport. Whether it's technical courses or endurance races, downwind or surf, there are a handful of major events that have have reigned supreme within the SUP community over the past few years.
Another one bites the dust thanks to Covid-19. In what was hoped to be the new 'kick off' event of the 2020 season, the SIC Maui sponsored Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge unfortunately just announced they would be cancelling their event this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After a break from US competition over the past month or two, things are ramping back up in a big way this weekend, as the penultimate stop of the APP's 2019 US Cup powered by the WPA gets underway in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
SIC Maui, the stand up paddling industry’s premiere manufacturer of high quality, race proven stand up paddleboards and accessories, has announced its title sponsorship of the 2019 Gorge Paddle Challenge. Now in its 9th year, the Gorge Paddle Challenge has become one of the most prestigious SUP events in the world and is recognized as a WPA-sanctioned race.
What an amazing weekend it was! We were fortunate to be greeted with a hefty breeze all weekend for the 8th Annual Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge, creating epic downwind conditions and a very technical course race!
The highly anticipated Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge returned to the infamous Hood River over the weekend and the excitement from the weekend has the industry buzzing. The biggest takeaway from the event: the SUP youth is a force to be reckoned with.
In just a few weeks the 2018 Naish Gorge Paddle Challenge returns to the Hood River Waterfront Park for an action-packed weekend of course and downwind racing for SUP, foils, and small boats (new this year!).
The Naish Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge (CGPC) is a Festival celebrating the sport of Stand Up Paddling in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. The 7th annual event took place over the weekend and was met with one of the most stacked fields of competitors that we’ll see this year, plus some surprising results among a health scare.