On Saturday, September 23, the Big Ben Challenge and Putney Foreshore Festival, supported by Tideway, will be taking over the River Thames in central London. The SUP event, organized by London based SUP school Active360, gives participants the chance to paddle in a 20K race from Putney to Big Ben and back.
This summer will see extreme sports enthusiastic and SUP Instructor Sam Robison take on coastal challenge around Cornwall. Sam along with this stand-up paddleboard and supplies for the adventure, will be paddling from Bude to Plymouth, following the Cornish coastline all the way.
As a newcomer to stand up paddling Roger Chandler took quickly to a paddle board, likely due to his extensive background in sea kayaking. After only six or so months experience on a SUP Roger decided to challenge himself and take part in the 3 Lakes Challenge, as the second stand up paddler ever to do so. Here is his story...
Legendary SUP paddler and adventurer Bart de Zwart just returned from a record-breaking trip to Scotland to compete at the UK SUP Great Glen Paddle Challenge. The green mountains, the weather, Lochness (and its monster) made for a great back drop for a spectacular SUP race.
For reasons unknown, a German Paddler was attempting to cross the English Channel with the intent of arriving in the United Kingdom when he was spotted by a diving boat about halfway through the channel. The diving boat then reached out to the UK Boarder Force who later arrived and took him aboard their ship.
Running over two days at one of the UK’s most reliable and iconic surf breaks, Clash of the Paddle at Fistral Beach promises to be one of the most spectacular and entertaining events in the domestic calendar.
Sian Sykes, a U.K. paddler, just accomplished a first in SUP. She just completed the first circumnavigation of an island in Wales, United Kingdom, and she’s written all about it! Check out her experience and story from her latest adventure.
After reconnecting with nature and finding a better balance in life, Sian Sykes wanted to challenge herself with a new adventure, and one that’s never been done before. Sian just recently completed the first SUP solo, unsupported mission of the UK's lakes..Sian took on three lakes, in three countries, in three days and paddled a total of 69km!
Between April 8 and 13, 2016, London’s waterways will host recreational paddlers collecting rubbish from canoes, paddle boards and kayaks all in a bid to raise awareness of the plastics pollution problem and to clean London’s waterways.
The triSUP series is the ultimate alternative triathlon series, which replaces the traditional swim leg with a ‘SUP’ (stand up paddle board). Participants will therefore SUP, Ride and Run. SUPing has seen massive growth in recent years and is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK.
SUPfit are excited to announce their winter plans, working with Pro SUPer and fitness guru Ryan James to bring the “Winter Sessions” to centres across the UK. Winter Training Sessions will run on a monthly basis during the colder darker days to keep you motivated, and ensuring you stay SUP Fit!
Before opening its doors to the public on August 1, 2015, Surf Snowdonia opened its doors to the Starboard SUP team to test out the manmade wave park. The Starboard SUP team went to the park to test its feasibility for SUP and to see what the local area had to offer.