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Paddling Industry News
Hasta Luego BIC Sport, Helloo TAHE!
After more than 40 years as a French-made watersports icon, BIC Sport is no more. At the end of 2020, it merged with Tahe...
Athlete Stories
Catching Up With Photographer, Ageless Surf Kayaker and Avila Beach Paddlesports Founder Vince Shay
As a marine wildlife photographer, sea kayak/SUP outfitter and former hard-charging surf kayaker and boat designer, Vince Shay is no stranger when it comes...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Contours Film Spreads SUP Love to City Youth in PA
Ian Smith, of Pittsburgh, PA, is on a mission: He hopes to spread the SUP love and protect the waterways he loves to paddle...
Multi-Sport
It’s Official: Led By SUPs, Paddlesports Sales Swelling
Paddlesports sales are swelling like the waves their followers paddle on. As part of this year’s Outdoor Retailer Winter Online tradeshow Jan. 6, that’s what...
Paddling Industry News
Denver to Get New River Park at River Mile
Downtown Denver, Colo.’s largest mixed-used development, The River Mile, will soon be getting new river park amenities as part of a dynamic restoration of...
Stand Up Paddle Boarding
Why SUP Yoga Should be Your Newest Hobby
SUP Yoga isn't just a trendy class to take on vacation.
Here we’ll divulge how and why SUP yoga is enlightening, fun and great...
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Accessories
Kind Design Topo River Hoodie Gear Review
We've all been there. Flipping through our social feeds, giving "likes" to our friends most recent river descents, when that very specific and highly...
Inflatables
Supalicious: 5 Top Inflatable SUPs for Every Occasion
Class III rapids? SUP it. Waves? Those, too. Lake? SUP that also, giving you a view of the fish below. From grandma to Kai Lenny,...
Accessories
Check Out Some of the Best Paddling Gear From Our Friends at Elevation Outdoors
You can enjoy the water this summer while respecting social distancing regulations. In fact, paddling can help get you out and clear some of...
Events
World Record Attempt to SUP Around Great Britain
Great Britain is about to be supped around, mate. On July 26, 36-year-old Jordan Wylie set out on a SUP world record attempt to stand-up...
Paddling Industry News
SUP Clears Major Olympic Hurdle; Governance Awarded to ISA
Supping as an Olympic sport, anyone?
The sup world’s road to the Olympics got a boost recently with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)...
Events
Paddlers Help Set Guinness Record for Largest Underwater Clean-Up
We're always proud to see paddle sports being used to do good by the world, but this time paddlers from the nonprofit surf and...
Destinations
Uber Combo: Paddling Croatia Via Sailboat
Huck Finn once said, “Thar ain’t no home like a raft.” For our host Zeljko Kelemen in Croatia, there ain’t no home quite like...
Events
Niche Report: APP Launches Inaugural Inflatable SUP World Championships
OK, so maybe it’s all getting a little “nichey.”
That’s our take, anyway, as just ahead of the 2019 World Championship Tour SUP Finals Dec....
Events
Sup World Titles Contested in China
Well, the International Canoe Federation promised, and it delivered on a stand up paddling world championships for the record books. More than 200 of the...
Events
Surfs’s Up at Red Bull Heavy Water in San Fran; Casper Steinfath of Denmark Nabs Crown for Second Time
It’s been two years, with anticipation by contestants growing with the swells. Red Bull Heavy Water, a highlight on the Pro Standup Paddleboard circuit, returned...
Events
Brendel and Kover Among 200 SUP World Title Entries
Entries for this month’s ICF stand up paddling world championships in China are climbing towards 200, with three-time Olympic gold medalist Sebastian Brendel and...
Apparel
Skinners May Be Defining a New Category of Footwear Comfort and Protection
Shoe Socks are here, and before you brush them off as just another strange trend (Vibram Five Fingers anyone?), read on. Handmade in Europe,...
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Destinations
Boating to Bluegrass: Say Yes to the Yarmony Music Festival
Want to float into a music festival? It doesn't get any better than rafting into the rip-roaring Yarmony Music Festival, a three-day, hippie-filled, Hula-hooping...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Spaniard Completes Sup Crossing of the Pacific
Feel good about your hour-long sup outing? That’s paddling peanuts compared to Spanish adventurer Antonio De La Rosa, who recently completed the world’s first...
Destinations
Cody Beach Wins as Gore Fest Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Life's a beach for Cody Beach, who bested all other boaters in the longboat class to take this year's coveted Gore Canyon race with...
Destinations
Boise Gets Rockin’ Whitewater Park Expansion
Already close to some of the best whitewater in the country, Boise, Idaho, is now giving paddlers (and surfers) another reason to visit the...
Paddling Life Exclusives
Top 15 Reasons You Know You’re a River Surfer
Badfish Sup athlete Claire Graff explains the in's and out's of being a different kind of river rat. You know you're a river surfer...
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Events
SUP Mag Cancels PPG Games
Stand-up paddleboarders have one less event on their calendars this year with SUP magazine’s recent decision to bail on hosting the 2019 Pacific Paddle...
Latest news
Charlotte, NC, to Get Yet Another Whitewater Park
The kayaking and rafting in Charlotte, N.C., is about to get even better. Thanks to Duke Energy, the region is...
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Special Video: Level Six Emperor Drysuit Unplugged!
While Level6’s new Emperor drysuit is fast making waves in the world of watersports, it’s now also making it...
Atlantic Kayaking Legend Alexander “Olek” Doba Dead at 74
He survived three treacherous solo kayak crossings of the Atlantic, but not Mount Kilimanjaro. Polish kayaking legend Alexander “Olek” Doba,...
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Catching Up With Photographer, Ageless Surf Kayaker and Avila Beach Paddlesports Founder Vince Shay
As a marine wildlife photographer, sea kayak/SUP outfitter and...
Contours Film Spreads SUP Love to City Youth in PA
Ian Smith, of Pittsburgh, PA, is on a mission:...
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