Reports, Happenings, Events
The worlds best stand up paddlers are assembling in Abu Dhabi for the nest Stand Up World tour event, but this one's a little different! Abu Dhabi is home to one of the most incredible wave pools in the world, so when we say waves, we mean artificial wave
Surfshots is a new photography business servicing Noosa and the Sunshine Coast area
Longboards and Mals have been around for decades, but you'd never see one getting chop hopped, spun around and launched off lips. But you do on a SUP!
Would you stick your two year old on a SUP and let her paddle out into the open bay? You betcha if you're the Goold family in Tahiti. Kiara's loving it and making good headway for a 2 year old on a board that probably weighs 10 times her weight.
In one of the most remote places on earth, the worlds top stand up paddlers battled it out between glaciers during the most spectacular stop on the world tour.
It might be a little tricky to say for those of used to the phrase "Battle of the Paddle". But the Paddle to Battle MS had more than just it's tricky name to deal with!
Wok in your dream job!
It's been a long time coming, but finally someones picked up Jackson Close for his stand up paddling talent.
Every year we're sitting here reading about Keahi doing crazy aerials or something amazing at the Noosa Festival of Surfing. But despite all that, he's never been crowned the winner. Until now!
In the mouth of a river somewhere in Indonesia, there's amazing things happening. It's not every day, and we don't even know if it's been happening for very long, but the tidal bore waves at Kampar River are something special that have to be seen to be be
Things are hotting up at Noosa, with the annual Noosa Festival of Surfing beginning this Saturday at the iconic First Point break on the Sunshine coast.
It's a big deal when Australia has the best SUP team for two years straight, but if you had a chat to the guys, you'd think it was any other day...
This week at the world stand up paddle (and paddleboarding) in Peru, Aussies well and truly ruled the roost. All four of the long distance races concluded with an Aussie standing on the podium.
How do you fit 130 people into one little watersports store? You put on beers, barbecued yabbies and stick Jason Polakow in the middle of them.
Stand up paddle boards are big, they're unwieldily and when it's windy, a light board is your enemy. But the Seabreeze.com.au forums have come up with some absolute genius ideas to help.
What an incredible week of stand up paddle surifng it's been over in Hawaii for the Sunset Beach stop of the Stand Up World Tour!
Due to their stability and size, stand up paddle boards are the perfect vessel to get someone from the water, to the beach.
Travis makes it 2 in a row in Australia's biggest races.
Light winds, sideshore bumps and 100 paddlers off Kirra Beach. Must be the 12 Towers SUP race!
It's smack bang in the middle of the big surf season, and Sunset hasn't failed to deliver this year for the first heats of the Stand Up World Tour.
Prepare to see some amazing footage in the coming weeks, because as we speak Jsckson Close is heading to Sunset beach for the Hawaiian leg of the Stand Up World Tour.
Do you like stand up paddle racing? Do you like downwinders? Do you like slow motion movies and technical analysis of every aspect of a stand up paddle board?
A new fitness crew is in town...
Jamieson Park Paddle and Suplove are excited to announce that Suplove accredited Schools are running from your favourite SUP rental at Jamieson Park on Narrabeen Lake, Sydney.
Get to know stand up paddler Dave Kalama a little better, with this little mini series about him, his travels and of course stand up paddling.
White water stand up paddling hasn't really broken into the mainstream yet, at least not in Australia because of the lack of good locations. But these guys make it look easy, and fun, and incredibly beautiful.
As far as epic downind stand up paddle races go, WA's 'The Doctor' is up there with the likes of the Molokai to Oahu in terms of prestige. At least in Australia anyway!
The world famous Mandurah Duel took place last weekend, and with the absence of the usual seabreeze to push paddlers downwind, it was quite an interesting (as well as gruelling) race!
Is it real? Is it fake? Is it a Sea Cow? What on earth is going on!!!!!
He's at it again, fresh off the podium from the kitesurfing world tour, Keahi's back on the JP SUP's.
It's on next weekend, and this time we get to see which really is faster, the ocean, or the estuary!
It seems that Santa is getting into all kinds of watersports this year. First we saw kiteboarding santas, and now stand up paddling!
She's pretty big when it comes to stand up paddle surfing, and a regular face around Waikiki and surf mags. Now, expect to see a lot more of her.
Renowned French Waterman joins the NSP team
Call it an early Christmas present, or just supernatural skill. But amongst a pack of 50 other hungry surfers, Keahi not only stomps an incredible barrel...
Gone are the days where home made paddles consist of a broom stick and a plastic plate bolted to the bottom. Thing's are gettin' serious!
A few months ago Australia put on one heck of a show for Kai Lenny, with perfect beach breaks, windy afternoons and plenty of beers.
It's hard enough trying to cast a rod from a stand up paddle board, let alone land a Sailfish!
Ryan's raised over $6000 for the Heart Foundation through donations, and the amount is still slowly growing as the donations will be open until the end of January
We're used to seeing Noah Yap slashing and punting his way around the Maui shorebreaks on his stand up paddleboard, but this time it's something new!
When you hear the name Robby Naish, you immediately think of two things. Board sports and the colour yellow.
World Champion SUP Racer Travis Grant joins NSP along with Dale Chapman (DC) and Craig Loomes (Lomocean)
Imagine arriving at Australias most iconic stand up paddling event, to be greeted by 200 enthusiastic stand up paddlers who'd paddle out especially to cheer you on!
In what was named the best ever Merimbula classic for stand up paddling, QLDer Geoff Breen has taken the top spot.
It's that time of year again, where the stand up paddling, kiteboarding and windsurfing population of Australia converges on the little town of Merimbula on the southern NSW coast. Yee haa!
Like every year, there's controversy in the ranks after Surfing Australia announced their selections for the Australian paddling team for the ISA 2013 competitions.
When the event organisers saw Kai Lenny's name pop up on the list, they should have gone and engraved the trophy right there and then.
Details have just been released for one of the biggest stand up paddling and surf events on the east coast.
When you think of the Mediterranean, it's not often you think of a solid 7 foot, meaty swell rolling in!
One of the longest (stand up) paddles in Australian history is about to begin today
It's not a challenge... But what's your verdict on what's safe to put on a roof?
There's something about fins that makes some guys tick. Rob Pirie is one of these guys
It seems that holding a paddle has more benefits than the obvious!
Sutherland Shire's No.1 stand up paddle school is up for sale, well established & massive potential for expansion.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that Stand Up Paddling was like the Kai Lenny show this month, the stars have aligned, he's won competitions, he's released great video's, he's on his way to Australia in a couple of weeks.
Any day in the life of Kai Lenny would be one of the average stand up paddlers 'best weeks ever', so for Lenny to come out from one of the biggest milestones in his career and make the claim, it must have been one heck of a ride.
One of the biggest watersport get togethers in Australia, and certainly the longest running...
There's not long left to enter if you havn't already!
It's a long way to paddle, but there's a long way to go when it comes to raising awareness for heart disease.
Imagine getting not only a front row seat to watch the Battle of the Paddle, only better!
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