The pivot turn is the most efficient way to turn your board 180 degrees, and with practice, you can learn to do so with little effort and even a single stroke.

Kamu Auwae wins C4 Waterman SUP Surf-Off, Leleo Kinimaka awarded Waterman of the Event to conclude week-long Honolulu celebration/competition.

YOLO Board (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.) recently announced the champions of the 2010 YOLO Board Stand-Up Paddle Series, following the final August 19 race event at Florida’s Western Lake.

Danny Ching is arguably one of standup paddling’s best athletes. An outrigger canoe world champion, the Redondo Beach, Calif. native has turned his refined canoe stroke into SUP gold this year, winning both the Battle of the Paddle Hawaii and last weekend, the Tahoe Nalu. In this exclusive interview, SUPthemag.com throws down with standup paddling’s [...]

If you haven’t heard of 21-year-old Sean Poynter, it’s time to take notice. When it comes to free surfing, the kid rips. Here, ridiculously- talented SUP magazine Art Director Robert Zaleski gives us a video essay on the Florida native as he takes some walled out Oceanside, Calif. surf and turns it into his own [...]

Plus a photo gallery from this weekend’s Ta-hoe Nalu events. Women’s elite winner Jenny Kalmbach sits down with SUPthemag.com to get us up to speed on her winning race and whirlwind summer of SUP.

SEA Paddle NYC racers journey 28 miles around Manhattan

For the Summer 2010 issue of SUP magazine, we were looking for a voice to give us a new perspective on the sport of standup paddling. We found that in the incomparable Gerry Lopez, who guest edited our publication with his own wise touch. As part of his editing duties, Lopez interviewed standup renaissance man [...]