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Travelling to stand up paddle is one of life’s necessities. In our travel section you’ll find stories, articles and mini guides from various SUP locations – home and away.

TransAlgarve stand up paddling

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On a quiet morning in early November, three stand up paddlers entered the Atlantic ocean from the town of Sagres, Southern Portugal. They were about to attempt the first [...]

Bangkok, Bali and back

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By Joe Bishop It was a wet and miserable London day when Starboard called. They told me about two new prototype SUP surfboards, one of which is a pretty radical design named [...]

Family SUP Paradise? Biscarrose, France

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Fatstick head honcho Reuben May and family recently upped sticks and shot off down to the south west corner of France for a spot of stand up paddle action. A firm favourite [...]

SUP at San Pietro, Sardinia

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By Paul Hyman Diana and Mario from SUP Adventures came to see us in October 2014 to see if we would like to collaborate on some trips to San Pietro, their small island 7km [...]

Saltdean, East Sussex…mini guide

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Saltdean nestles in a quiet corner of East Sussex and has been on paddlers radars for a while. Regular contributor and all round paddling aficionado Tom Pattison gives us [...]

Shetland SUP

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Text and pics by Christopher Leaman and Annagail Leaman The Shetland Isles lie at the northern tip of the UK – a group of 100 islands of which 16 are inhabited. After [...]