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.
If you have any suggestions for regular features and content then also feel free to give us a shout – we don’t bite and are always happy to hear feedback and listen to suggestions.
Email tez@standuppaddlemag.co.uk for more info.
Review by Rich Heathcote O’Shea continue their run of high end inflatables and here hand us their 2017 race offering: the 12.6ft x 30” x 310L GTR. A beautiful looking [...]
SUP: River deep, mountain high – Ben Payne in focus
Interview: SUPM Pics: Starboard SUP UK , Georgia Wharton, Sarah Savage, Tom Botterill White water stand up is an area that intrigues many yet remains at arm’s length. [...]
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: 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 [...]