Talented racer and SUP yogi Gillian Gibree landed the most recent cover of Yoga Journal.

Welcome to the 2013 “Find the Glide” contest, presented by SIC. Our mission is to build the largest downwind database on Earth. The “Glide Guide” will give paddlers everything they need to access bump runs the world over, from ideal wind direction to shuttle tips to the best après paddle eats. And if you help, [...]

Ken Hoeve has run plenty of rapids in his life so Class II rapids rarely register on the butterfly meter anymore. But last week, he was carrying precious cargo when he took 13-year-old Sterling Winnegrad, who suffers from debilitating cerebral palsy, down the Upper Colorado River.

Connor Baxter is so hot right now. And we’re not talking about the nagging fever he battled for most of 2012. He’s won the first two events of the World Series (Chile and Brazil) as well as the Waterman League demonstration race in the United Arab Emirates. And all this before he heads into the [...]

Erik Boomer charging on Vera Cruz, Mexico’s Rio Alseseca.

What’s the most important aspect of standup paddling? In our opinion, it’s getting on the water. Now. Here are three basic skills you need to enjoy standup paddling today. These will get you on the water, having fun and enjoying this great sport. Remember to start small and in protected water (i.e. flat). And if [...]

And then there was a goat. On a standup.

It’s on people! Paddling season is here. And to kick off spring (and celebrate the release of our Beginner’s Guide) we’re kick starting you with our Spring into SUP photo contest where you can win an array of prizes from our vault including a Slingshot Space Pickle, a Go Pro Hero 3, a brand new [...]

Last weekend’s Surftech Surf and Sand Duel and Shootout at the Lane presented by SUP magazine went big in Santa Cruz, Calif. Great weather, great conditions, solid swell, fantastic fan support. It all came together for three days of intense competition that saw Candice Appleby defend her race title and win the first all-women’s surf [...]

SUP magazine’s Dave Shively catches up with Catherine Bruhwiler of Vancouver Island.