Images from Tahiti to Taiwan, plus swimsuits galore.

Imagery from Alaska to the Outer Banks of North Carolina with Dan Gavere, Kai Lenny and more.

A peek into Chuck Patterson’s extreme gear-filled garage.

Art in performance: Jamie Mitchell, Michael Tavares, Sean Poynter and Justin Holland

The e-mail was from Ben Marcus, the longtime surf journalist and author, currently working on a book about standup paddling. He was digging most enthusiastically into what he termed “the history of standup.”

Two parents, nine kids, 11 paddlers. Lake Tahoe’s Brackett family is a fleet of standup paddlers.

Mexico’s champion, Fernando Stalla

Getting to know Maui’s Mark Raaphorst of Sandwich Island Composites.

“I started paddling to train for windsurfing, and then I entered competitions and new opportunities came, and it just snowballed.”

Three firsts for the sport of standup paddling.