This past weekend at the 2014 Battle of the Paddle FCS athletes came and conquered in difficult yet pristine conditions.

The 2014 Battle of the Paddle happened over the weekend and it was nothing short of amazing. There was excitement, heartbreaks, board-breakage, and more as mother nature provided the event with amazing weather.

The biggest race of the year has finally arrived, the 2014 Battle of the Paddle. Checkout our breakdown of what to expect this weekend.

SIC Maui (Sandwich Islands Composites) is proud to announce that SIC Japanese Regional Team rider Kenny Kaneko has been promoted to the SIC Global Team.

 At the second to last stop of the Stand Up World Tour and Stand Up World Series at the Huntington Beach Pro, Izzi Gomez and Connor Baxter won their first World Titles with some of the most progressive SUP surfing and racing we’ve ever seen.

CBS Sports will televise a one-hour broadcast of the Honolua Surf Co’s Ultimate SUP Showdown this Sunday, September 21, 2014 at 12pm PST

Sonni Honscheid, one of the fiercest female paddlers out there has been training for the fast-approaching 2014 Battle of the Paddle. Watch this fun clip of her preparing for the 2014 BOP.

Supconnect contributor, Haywood Newkirk gives us a breakdown of the Chucktown Showdown that occurred over the weekend.

The 2014 Huntington Beach Pro Grand Slam will host both Stand Up World Tour Surfing and Stand Up World Series Racing events from the 15th – 21st September in Surf City USA.

This is a short film that follows amateur paddler Mark Schulbach as he attempts his first crossing of the infamous 32mile Kai'wi channel during the 2014 Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Championships.

History will be made on Saturday, Sept. 6 with the inaugural Nude SUP Challenge, the world's first clothing-optional stand-up paddleboard race, to be held at the beautiful Cypress Cove Resort.

The Battle of the Paddle is in just a few weeks and paddlers all over the world are preparing to compete in the event. Noa Ginella, one of the many standup paddlers who are practicing for this prestigious event recently released this video of him SUP surfing on his race board.