If you haven’t seen Peter Trow’s work check out this Blueline Santa Barbara team rider’s latest creation, another goody. Noah Yap, Amy Naff and Jim Brewer round out the Colombia team that found some surf, paddled with the locals and got up close and personal with whales.

In the Winter Issue of SUP magazine, intrepid traveler Victor Myers penned “Motorcycle Diaries,” a personal narrative of four young adventurers exploring Central America via motorcycles, paddling their inflatable standup boards as much as possible, and drinking a whole lot of beer. It’s a timeless feature available on newsstands now. And as is the philosophy [...]

Late last year we featured Michele Baldwin on SUPthemag.com, a stage 4 cervical cancer patient who paddled 700 miles down the Ganges. For nearly a month, Baldwin paddled, surfed and meditated on the holy river, while also focusing on raising awareness for the disease that is slowly taking her life.

The waterman world lost an icon Wednesday, Jan. 4, as legendary surfer/shaper, Harold “Iggy” Ige, passed away in the waters off of Lanikai, Oahu, presumably from a heart attack, while testing unlimited SUP prototypes with Randy Naish (older brother of Robby). Randy shared news of the tragic and unexpected loss on his Facebook page: Bad [...]

Surfing America recently announced its team to compete in the International Surfing Association’s (ISA) 2012 Stand Up Paddle and Paddleboard World Championships, Feb. 20-25 in Miraflores (Lima, Peru). It’s the first event of its kind pitting individual standup athletes together into a team event, much like the Davis Cup in tennis or golf’s Ryder Cup. [...]

Gillian Gibree has been in the water most of her life. And her athleticism allows her to play in it a million different ways––from lifeguarding and the competitions associated with it, to surfing to traditional paddleboarding to standup. She’s also a practicing yogi and has been at the forefront of the SUP yoga movement. Gillian [...]

Wrap-up stories and videos abound at the end of each year. Heck, we even had one of our own celebrating the best of 2011. But a favorite comes from Riviera’s Taylor Rambo, one of the most talented filmmakers in the biz. Check out this cut.

Happy New Year! Welcome in 2012 with another Daniel Hughes’ video special. The West Coast has been blessed with solid swell this Holiday season and Hughes has been taking advantage of it near his Huntington Beach, Calif. home.