International River Team Stand Up Paddles the 75 mile Coastline from Trestles to Tijuana River to raise awareness of Riverview Mapping System.

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.

Please come & join Olympus SUP Fit/Olympus Board Shop & Equinox Gym on July 14th  for a day of SUP'er FUN to raise money for the Sea Shepherd Conversation Society and Oceans of Hope.

Ben Friberg sets Stand Up Paddling Distance World Record on the Yukon River in Canada’s YukonTerritory.  He paddled 238 miles (383 Kilometers) in one day (24 hours) on June, 27th 2012.  Read on for all the amazing details! 

SANTA CRUZ, California - The 11th Annual Surftech Jay Race presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection featured more than 300 athletes competing in this one day event, and the highly anticipated Quiksilver Waterman Challenge race lived up to the hype.

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.

The 11th Annual Surftech Jay Race presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection returns to Capitola Beach in Santa Cruz, CA on Saturday June 23rd.·Prone paddlers, stand up paddlers and swimmers from around the country are in the midst of their preparation for this world-class annual paddleboard race. 

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?

June 10th, 2012 will be a very fun and celebratory time as stand up paddlers join together in 6 locations across the United States.  Together they will celebrate stand up paddle boarding with NEXT National SUP Day and bring awareness to some very specific health benefits that SUP provides to children affected by cystic fibrosis.   But what are the benefits and how does SUP come in to play with cystic fibrosis?

The Colorado SUP season is upon us starting this weekend in Buena Vista with PaddleFest. CKS is hosting a weekend celebration to promote the beginning of the summer paddling season May 25-27th. 

Summer paddling is underway in Colorado and the Boardworks Surf is making a splash across the state with the “Show Up & Blow Up” SUP demo tour, hosting stand up paddling demos, clinics, and competitions at three prominent river festivals in Colorado: CKS Paddlefest (Buena Vista), FIBArk (Salida), and the Gunnison River Festival.

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.