Kauai’s Mariko Strickland had a big year in the standup world: She became the first to paddle the Peruvian Amazon, was a 2011 Teva Mountain Games Champion, North Shore Paddle Challenge Surf Sprint Champion and competed in the Molokai Channel crossing. If you haven’t heard of this talented 24-year-old consider yourself on notice as she [...]

She’s one of the fastest women on the East Coast, dominating the southeast racing scene for the past three years. Continuing our series on influential women in standup, Helga Goebel, a Fort Lauderdale resident but Brazilian born and bred, tells us why she started standup paddling and what exotic island is on the top of [...]

Brandi Cumin Baksic, isn’t your typical middle-aged woman: International SUP Champion, mom, wife, firefighter, triathlete, Ironman competitor–-she could answer to them all. In this installment of SUP Women, Baksic gives us the scoop on her year of racing, retirement rumors and plans for the future. -Shari Coble Tell us about your 2011. I realized this [...]

One of the beautiful aspects of standup is it’s appeal to women. In this fine game we “play,” ladies play a key role in the sport’s development. Now and into the future. This fall and winter, SUP magazine is catching up with the female faces of SUP to find out what they’ve been up to, [...]