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.

Most of the world’s elite went to the Naish Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge and team SIC Maui was among the bunch. After traveling from the warm waters of Hawaii, team SIC went to Hood River, Oregon and had a blast!

In this segment from BIC SUP’s the 'Facing Waves' TV series, we learn more about one of the sport's elite athletes as he gears up for the 2014 Battle of the Paddle.

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.

The 10th Annual Nelscott Reef Big Wave Invitational is approaching quickly and they have expanded their waiting period for the 2014 Winter season. The waiting period will be from October 2014 through March 2015.

This year's Chucktown Showdown will be held September 11-15 at Brittlebank Park in historic Charleston, South Carolina.

Check out this edit of Noah Yap getting progressive and pushing the limits of standup paddle surfing.

Safesurfhawaii.com, a website dedicated to safe and fair sharing of Hawaii’s surf zone resources, has launched an effort to regulate the use of SUPs in certain lineups in Hawaii.

On Tuesday night as the sizable swell courtesy of Hurricane Marie filled in on the Southern California coastline, Laird Hamilton did the unthinkable and shot the Malibu pier on his standup paddleboard.

The Ultimate SUP Showdown brought the biggest names in the SUP racing and SUP surfing scene together in one place to compete against each other to see who is the ultimate standup paddler.