As we look ahead to 2013, the New Year will bring most of the same events back, but with some changes and exciting developments. Check out the World Tour and World Series event dates.

The Standup World Tour’s presence on NBC continues this month with an airing this weekend at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. PST / 10 a.m. HST on World of Adventure Sports.

Brazilian Leco Salazar is crowned as the event winner and the 2012 Standup World Champion.

Brazilian Leco Salazar clinched the Standup World Tour title with a win at the Location X Finals in the British Virgin Islands.

Round 1 of the Location X Finals kicks off in the British Virgin Islands.

The final event of the 2012 Standup World Tour will be a classic with Sean Poynter, Leco Salazar, and two-time World Champion Kai Lenny all in contention for the World Title.

Young gun Mo Freitas takes out the competition and paddlesurfs to his first Standup World Tour victory at the Ubatuba Pro.

The British Virgin Islands has been named as the destination for the 2012 Location X. After a flurry of interest online and hundreds of voters sharing their wishes and favorite destinations from all over the globe, the decision has been taken for this beautiful chain of islands in the Caribbean.

At the end of the month the Click here to watch Sean Poynter shred. For more about the Standup World Tour, visit:

In less than a month the Standup World Tour heads to the Maresias Pro in São Paulo, Brazil. The second to last stop on the 2012 World Tour will be held Nov. 28 to Dec. 5 with the best in standup paddlesurfing competing for vital points before the finals at the unannounced location, Location X. [...]