The Yukon 1000 is the world’s longest canoe race and takes place every other year. The Yukon 1000 is a 1,000 mile, self-supported race from Canada into the Alaskan backcountry and finishes in the Arctic circle. This year Bart de Zwart and his teammate Ike Frans finished the race in first on their stand up paddle boards. Here, Bart recaps the race and what it was like to paddle for 18 hours a day, 8-days straight.

For the first time in its 18 year history, stand up paddlers have been invited to compete and participate in the in the 2016 Yukon River Quest. In the first year of being invited to the Yukon River Quest stand up paddle boarding (SUP) will be in the event as an experimental category and has attracted some of the world’s most renowned adventure and endurance stand up paddlers.

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! 

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.