When preparing for your very first SUP race it's important to be prepared and know what to expect from your first experience. To give you some insight on what you need to do to get ready for your first paddle board race, we caught up with some of the best SUP racing pros out there to get you some tips. Here are the top five tips for first time SUP racers:
Welcome to the Supconnect Weekly Recap, our countdown of the biggest news, reviews, interviews, and features surrounding the world of Stand Up Paddle Boarding. This week we’re bringing you another sample of the best stories covered by ourselves and other publications.
We’ve put together a list of SUP gear, accessories, and of course boards for everyone from a beginner to the advanced SUP'er for the 2025 Spring paddle boarding season.
The best way to tour the Sonoran Desert in Baja Arizona is by stand up paddleboard. That’s right. What you just read is not a mirage. There are people who hike, bike and the like, but stand up paddle boarders can see everything from the water.
Working out with kettlebells can improve your balance, stability, endurance and strength. Here, Alex Mauer walks through the two-arm kettlebell swing which is a perfect exercise to help increase your power output and endurance.
Jake Portwood’s 155-mile SUP journey across Florida’s Okeechobee Waterway turned from adventure to mission, raising over $10,000 for clean water efforts. Now, he's launching the inaugural Lake 2 Ocean Paddle Race to raise awareness about Florida's water crisis.
Champions rise at the 2025 India Paddle Festival! Christian Andersen’s stunning sprint victory, Espe Barreras’ dominant performance, and Antonio Morillo’s overall triumph set the stage for an epic SUP season.
Welcome to the Supconnect Weekly Recap, our countdown of the biggest news, reviews, interviews, and features surrounding the world of Stand Up Paddle Boarding. This week we’re bringing you another sample of the best stories covered by ourselves and other publications.
Antonio Morillo and Espe Barreras claim victory on Day 1 at the APP India Paddle Festival.
We all can appreciate a good photo when we see one and in the Supconnect Photographer Series, we do just that. We connect with exceptional photographers in and out of the stand up paddle boarding world and showcase some of their many fantastic photos. This week, we are stoked to highlight adventure and landscape photographer Nicholas Spooner from Montreal, Canada.
If you're a beginner in the world of water activities, choosing between SUP boards and surfboards can be overwhelming. Although they may look similar at first glance, there are some key differences between these two types of boards.
Breathe. Focus. Center. Regardless of experience level, always check in with your breath first. Then, focus. Once breath is stabilized this comes easy. Third, center. Here we don’t mean just mentally, physically center yourself with your board.