(San Diego, Calif.) – Beach-dwelling standup paddleboard entrepreneur, Stephan Aarstol, will be featured pitching his San Diego-based start-up Tower Paddle Boards on ABC’s entrepreneur reality show Shark Tank (Fridays, 8/7c). Over 24,000 entrepreneurs applied to compete on the third season of the show, currently rated among the top shows in America on Friday nights. The [...]

March 2, 2012 – The Watermans Paddle for Humanity is building on four years of success by expanding to five events in 2012. The award winning series will feature multiple events on both coasts with stops in California, Florida, Washington D.C. and Texas – bringing coastal and inland paddling communities together for a good cause.

As always, there’s some great events on tap this weekend. Here’s a primer to get you fired up:

ACE-TEC (Advanced Composite Engineered Technology)
Headlining the new collection is the ACE-TEC series, featuring an exclusive BIC Sport composite construction technology which produces extremely durable, remarkably lightweight and very affordable boards designed for all-around performance. The ACE-TEC line includes three sizes to cover kids through adults, as well as two new wahine (women’s) models featuring lightweight construction and women’s specific colorways.

Join the American Canoe Association (ACA) Sunday, March 4th for a regional Standup Paddleboarding Summit. The purpose of this summit is to bring together all aspects of the discipline (flatwater, coastal, surf and river users) along with the manufacturers, retailers, liveries, competitors, and instructors.

(Asheville, N.C.) — We are proud to welcome Dan Gavere as an Astral Buoyancy Ambassador.

(Newport Beach, Calif.) — Last weekend SUPcore hosted a day of standup paddling activities for Oakley’s Perform Beautifully summit. A group of 30 female athlete ambassadors attended the day of standup paddling at the Dunes in Newport Beach, Calif.

(Dana Point, Calif.) –- The third annual Mickey Munoz Mongoose Cup, March 10 at Baby Beach in Dana Point, Calif., is becoming as famous as its namesake. Mickey and his friends kick it during a whole day of paddling, including the Waterman Expo and SUP clinics, camaraderie and a delicious BBQ. The event kicks off [...]

The ISA SUP and Paddleboard World Championships finished on Saturday with Australia’s power-packed team taking home top honors. Check out overall standings and results here. And in the meantime, here’s a stellar video from the final day of competition in Peru.

Australians Travis Grant and Jamie Mitchell came coasting into the shoreline, side-by-side on the same wave, composing themselves for landfall.