The Aragas Magallanes Paddle Challenge, presented by Standup Latino and powered by Big Foot Adventures Patagonia, will provide the most spectacular opener imaginable for the 2013 Standup World Series.

Leco Salazar standup surfs as smooth as an oil glass ocean. There’s a reason he took the Standup World Tour title in 2012. Here, he kills it in black and white.

Since its first year in 2010, the Sunset Beach Pro has seen dramatic conditions and spectacular showdowns each and every year, and 2013 promises to be no different.

Offering certification courses meant to teach the teachers, twin watermen Dick and Dane DeBoer have created a curriculum to educate professional paddlers in the finer points of SUP with the Academy of SUP Instruction.

When it comes to the biggest names in SUP, the U.S. certainly has its fair share of young guns on the list. But, we aren’t alone as the European scene is also producing its own young phenoms, like Denmark’s Casper Steinfath.

Germans Markus and Maria had a common idea for adventurous couples: take a big trip before they got tied down. When the opportunity to run the Grand Canyon, they took it, even if it was December.

San Diego’s Hanohano Outrigger Canoe Club hosted another successful Hanohano Huki Ocean Challenge in Mission Bay, Calif. 2013 marks the 17th annual running of the event.

In episode one of Stand Up Traveling, the new web series following Dave Kalama’s SUP exploits, Kalama visits where he learned to surf and goes for a training paddle with Jamie Mitchell and crew.

Doubled my distance for the day, saw orcas, paddled downwind all the way, and the sun came out to make this arguably the best day of my trip. I covered over 120km (75 miles) in four days.

It should’ve come as no surprise when a new video released early in January showing Patterson skiing a monster wave at Peahi. Yet, every time we watch the video, we’re astounded.