Great Glen Challenge 2025
“In Scotland you have to take the forecast with a pinch of salt, and if it isn’t what you want, wait 15 minutes and it will change." [...]
SUP competition
News from the world of SUP competition
SUP 11 Cities Race Report
The SUP 11 Cities event took place for the 17th time in Friesland in what has been renamed ‘SUPtember’ by the event organisers. [...]
Race to the Castle 2025
350 Paddlers had signed up for the event, and nearly 300 arrived and completed the course, paddling from Nottingham to Newark Castle on the Trent River. [...]
SUP TWELVE 2025 – what a challenge!
Starboard UK’s Paul Simmons took the event win. [...]
Competitive sprinting 101
For this article, we will be focusing on the competitive element of sprint, which is often our first experience of paddling fast. [...]
The art of drafting: why paddlers should practice it
Drafting is an essential skill if you intend to race. It offers the biggest opportunity to finish as high up the field as possible. [...]
SUP The Creek 2024
Now in its ninth year, SUP The Creek in Devon is a well-established, great SUP race, attracting competitors from all over the country and abroad [...]
SUPER Champs 2024
Torbay hosted the SUPER Championships, bringing together paddlers from across the country for a range of SUP activities. [...]
The Trent 100
I write this article with a mix of emotions, one likely shared by the whole SUP community, on learning that this is the last year of the iconic Trent 100. [...]
Thames 200 Ultra
On 25th August, there will be a new ultra paddle race down the length of the non-tidal navigable Thames [...]
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