The waters off the San Diego coastline have seen a recent surge in phytoplankton, causing the waves to light up at night in spectacular blue.

Surftech team riders Jamie Mitchell and Candice Appleby have their dials set to victory at the Battle of the Paddle California 2011. Stand up paddle athletes from around the world will gather in Dana Point this weekend for some serious paddle carnage.

Boardworks team rider Anthony Vela is poised to finish strong at the Battle of the Paddle California. In an extremely close race last weekend, Vela finished over Jaime Mitchell at the Hinano Surfrace to Victory, giving him an adrenaline shot for this weekend's events.

A picture of what could possibly be a shark was taken last week at Swamis in San Diego, California. Recently there have been three confirmed sightings off the coast of San Diego and local media have caught shark fever.

Northern California stand up paddleboarders came out last week to take part in the Surftech A Day at the Beach in Folsom, California. Read on for highlights and video of the event.

On Saturday, August 27th, stand up paddlers will come out to enjoy A Day at the Beach in Folsom, California. Sponsored by Surftech, participants will compete in a variety of unique races for cash and prizes.

Just a few short hours north of the clogged highways of Los Angeles, California's Central Coast offers serene beauty, abundant wildlife and miles of welcoming coastline to explore on a stand up paddleboard. Read on for highlights in San Luis Obispo County.

The first annual Covewater Classic SUP race presented by Surftech was a huge success with 76 paddlers from California, Nevada and Hawaii showing up for the race. The elite race was won by Jay Wild and Morgan Hoesterey.

Rob Rojas will paddle for 24 hours straight to raise awareness about child sex slavery and funds to care for survivors and those vulnerable to exploitation through the Love146 "Tread on Trafficking" campaign.

Spring time equals fresh and new. There will be plenty of fresh and new equipment at the 3rd Annual Standup Roundup Flatwater Festival and Boardworks Knockout Race.

Karen Wrenn successfully completed her record-setting Channel Islands (CA) crossing. The six day event consisted of paddling approximately 150 miles between all eight islands off the coast of Southern California.

Paddle Surf Warehouse (PSW) is without a doubt one of the most iconic stand up paddle shops around, partly due to its pioneering steps in the early stages of the sport and partly due to its thorough involvement with the stand up paddle community.