BIC SUP ambassador and Supconnect Community Assistant Alex Mauer gives his personal opinion and experience from the 2015 GoPro Mountain SUP Games. Read his take on the event and the courses here.
After ordering boards for paddleboard company Stillwater Paddleboards with his Chinese manufacturer and settling for the use of substandard products, Keith Quien, owner of a paddle board rental/sales shop in Florida, is now shooting himself in the foot after not demanding original equpiment for his paddleboards. Read his story below.
As a SUP athlete I love events that test my skill on the water and push my abilities to new levels. I want to be as well rounded of an athlete as I can be. This event is growing every year and hosts races that test your SUP skills on many levels. This review is based upon my racing experience and is my personal opinion.
Seasoned yoga and paddle board professional Jodelle Fitzwater dishes on her perspective of the question if doing SUP Yoga is better than yoga on land. Read her take here.
CPD (Continual Professional Development) may not always be a direct relation to the sport or activity you coach. Just because we are SUP Coaches, we may not choose to undertake another SUP related course. Opening our minds and relating other courses and experiences will often give us a new skill or experience that can be indirectly related to the sport we coach.
Anyone who's ever seen Sean Poynter, Mo Freitas or Kai Lenny absolutely ripping on a stand up surfboard has no doubt wanted to achieve that same level of performance themselves. Unfortunately, it's nowhere near as easy as they make it look.
If we each make a commitment to pick up one piece of trash every time we hit the shoreline, we can make a tremendous difference. Sometimes, the way we look at something is more important than simply seeing it. Viewpoints impact our perception and actions.
Supconnect chats with Brody Welte on the hot debate of PFD’s vs. Leashes. His thoughts might surprise you…
One of the hot topics in the world of river racing is the size of boards being used - should they be regulated? To shed some light on the topic, Alex Mauer, one of the best river racing and surfing talents in the US, weighs in.
SAN DIEGO, California - Do celebrities increase the global appeal of stand up paddle boarding? Supconnect begs the question today, after some saucy photos of Rihanna blew up across social media platforms yesterday.
Find out what conclusions were drawn when many of the elite women of SUP put their heads together to discuss some major topics specific to stand up paddle racing, SUP growth and how women are experiencing the sport.
This past weeked Candice Appleby took command of the River Rock race and came out on top wining a $3500 prize which equalled the top men's prize won by Chase Kosterlitz. Some are super stoked about this equal pay out while others are still debating the issue.
"Don't have models hold boards for us and pretend to be us, because they are not us." This was the recent message and call to action during a controversial discussion on The Wake Up SUP Show featured on www.Supconnect.com.