World Freestyle Kayak Champion and Gopro athlete Nick Troutman has been kayaking for the past 11 years, but also rides for Pau Hana SUP. Watch the profile video about him and hear first hand how he got started in SUP including his really bad first experience and how that all got turned around!
Earnest "EJ" Johnson on his YOLO Board. Read how EJ first got into Standup Paddling!
I believe that lessons can be found in everything that happens to us - good and bad. Especially when things don't appear to go the way we want them to. What have I learned from all this? Five simple lessons: Find out what they are by reading this personal SUP story by Ron Dubois.
Mike Tavares shows the paddle world just how strong and agile those coming from the whitewater stand up paddle community can be as he skillfully won both the H2O Overdrive river race, as well as the Boardworks Surf / Victory KoreDry Show Up and Blow Up Sup Cross.
Jamie Mitchell, an Australian waterman and 10x champion of the Molokai2Oahu Channel Cross, was on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii over the past few days and took some time to chat about the history of his waterman life.
Stories of his family heritage in the world of outrigger canoes and talks of his son crossing the treacherous Molokai channel and surfing deadly waves on the North Shore of Hawaii, all help to paint the true and impressive picture of this legendary waterman, Aaron Napoleon. But there is much more to the legend than meets the eye.
Boardworks team rider Anthony Vela has been making a name for himself recently in the world of stand up paddling. Get to know this unique waterman in the following video interview.
As the first member of the Boardworks whitewater team, Michael Tavares channels his passion for whitewater stand up paddling through his extensive whitewater kayaking background.