SUP: Radio Fran – Fran Blake profile
Words: Fran Blake Pics: Fran Blake, Red Hat Photographic With a love of SUP racing, windsurfing, cycling and pole dancing (!!) Fran Blake is the ever popular right arm of Nik [...]
SUP Mag UK
SUP Mag UK wants to give you, the reader/paddler, a platform for getting your voice heard. Throughout the land, plenty of stand up paddling exploits are going down and we’d love to hear about them. It doesn’t matter if it’s a super banging SUP surf session, a race report from a grass roots comp or a leisurely family jaunt around your local lake, get in touch, and let us know.
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SUP: The placebo effect – Hobie Tour 12.6ft x 32” x 298L review
Hobie are renowned for innovation and doing things differently – their Mirage Eclipse pretty much proves that (search for it online if you’re not aware). In the UK there [...]
SUP: 2016 BSUPA National SUP Surf Championships, 1-2 October, 2016 Watergate Bay, Cornwall
Pics: BSUPA/BobBerry/RobJewell Richard Marsh from the BSUPA has been in touch regarding this year’s national stand up paddle surfing champs. Over to Rich with the [...]
SUP: Affordable racing – Fatstick 12.6ft x 28” and 14ft x 28” race SUP comparison review
As SUP racing’s popularity continues to increase we have two boards under the microscope for this particular comparison test – 12.6ft x 28” x 243L and 14ft x 28” x [...]
SUP & windsurf: Pirates, paddling and powered up sailing – NWF 2016 delivers!
So there we have it: another National Watersports Festival weekend full of windsurfing, SUP, kayaking, parties, good times and plenty of ‘ooo aars’. Yep, pirates featured [...]
SUP: Sian Sykes, stand up paddle adventurer – first SUP circumnavigation of Anglesey, Wales
Words and pics: Sian Sykes I set myself a challenge to circumnavigate Anglesey, North Wales, on a paddle board. A 120km journey around the fascinating and rugged coastline. I [...]
SUP: Ionian idyll – SUP touring the Acheron Delta, Ammoudia, Greece
Words: Tez Plavenieks Pics: Fi and Tez Plavenieks Originally I was going to call this article: Gluttons for punishment – travelling with SUP kit part 2. But having returned [...]
SUP: Behind the brand with John Hibbard – Red Paddle Co.
Words: John Hibbard Pics: Red Paddle Co., Pascal Lefevre Once a full time competitive windsurfer, globetrotting his way from event to event, John Hibbard was among the first [...]
SUP & windsurf: 10th National Watersports Festival – this coming weekend!
Pics: NWF The 10th National Watersports Festival (NWF) takes place THIS WEEKEND on Hayling Island and you’re invited to join in a very special year. What: The NWF is a [...]
SUP, windsurf, land paddle, outrigger: What you might have missed – essential Bank Holiday Weekend reading
With August Bank Holiday Weekend just around the corner it’s time to reflect on a busy summer season, take stock of what’s gone before and prepare for autumn (as [...]