Perhaps you’ve noticed that standup paddling has been making some pretty big splashes in some fairly mainstream news outlets. From Outside magazine to ESPN to CNN, SUP is quickly finding it’s way into the mainstream consciousness. The latest hit came this month when SUP yoga guru and talented racer Gillian Gibree landed the cover of [...]

(San Clemente, Calif) – Throughout the summer of 2013, SUP magazine and Natural Vines, makers of all-natural licorice, have partnered to support some of the best events in standup paddling like the Santa Monica Pier Festival, the Midwest Paddlefest, the Tahoe Nalu and the Chicago stop of the Standup World Series. In addition to supporting [...]

Connor Baxter takes his second win in two years, while Andrea Moller takes her fifth win in five years.

Over 50 groms came out to compete in the inaugural Performance Paddling Junior Pro and Youth SUP Fiesta, presented by Ocean Minded.

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 [...]

The Carolina Cup, what many to consider the start to the elite race season here in North America, was an all-star event with wins claimed by Danny Ching and Annabel Anderson. But for all the names like Matt Becker and Jamie Mitchell and Jenny Kalmbach, there are twice as many weekend warriors, tandem paddlers and [...]

California’s Danny Ching and Annabel Anderson of New Zealand dominate the competition at the Carolina Cup in Wrightsville Beach, N.C.

The Hawaiian contingency on the Standup World Series apparently feels very comfortable in Brazil: the top five overall finishers from the sprint and distance races were Hawaiian.

The two separately organized events will pull together some of the greatest aspects of our sport: sharing, caring, competition, health, fundraising, and fun.