Supconnect is launching its own Strava Club with the goal of bringing together standup paddlers from around the world, giving them a platform to connect and be inspired.

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 much discussion with APP partners and stakeholders in Japan, the APP regrets to announce that it has no option but to postpone the Osaka SUP Open until 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

It is with great pleasure that we announce an updated #EuroTour2020 schedule. The EuroTour will now officially start in the month of July, with the majority of events happening over August and September.

The Latvian Surfing and SUP federation are putting into motion a new SUP competition format through which their goal is for SUP enthusiasts and athletes around the world to continue their daily SUP workouts in a race mode doing it remotely.

Supconnect is launching a new series, #SupconnectLive on Instagram. In the series, host Kristin Thomas, who runs KT Outside and is the former SUPIA Executive Director, will be joined by fellow paddle enthusiasts and athletes to talk all things SUP every Tuesday and Thursday on Supconnect's Instagram.

For the past year, the Editorial team at Supconnect has been working long and hard on the fourth edition of their biggest launch to-date: the Supconnect Reviews.

Starting the 1st of April, APP is delivering an all new show concept right to your door with the premiere of Immersed TV, a brand-new, digital Sport’s Talk Show.

Seacoast Paddleboard Club, the original social club with a paddling passion, is teaming up with paddle sports industry thought leaders, retailers, and organizations to host a webinar series dedicated to uniting and educating the paddling community.

After much consultation with Host Cities, Tour and Event Partners and Sponsors, together with an in depth evaluation of the situation as it relates to the escalating Covid-19 virus, the APP announces that it is cancelling the first 2 events of the 2020 season that were scheduled to take place in Pornichet, France in June and Maui, Hawaii in July in the interests of all concerned.

In light of the CoronaVirus pandemic that has hit hard in the past couple of weeks major events in the standup paddle industry are being cancelled and postponed.

The International Canoe Federation has awarded the 2021 Stand Up Paddling World Championships to Balatonfured, Hungary, at a board meeting in Barcelona.