USA's April Zilg takes her second consecutive Carolina Cup title and Michael Booth wins his 3rd title at the 2022 Carolina Cup.

When preparing for your very first SUP race it's important to be prepared and know what to expect from your first experience. To give you some insight on what you need to do to get ready for your first paddle board race, we caught up with some of the best SUP racing pros out there to get you some tips. Here are the top five tips for first time SUP racers:

The continued growth of paddling sports in North America has been underlined by the awarding of several International Canoe Federation world championships for 2026 to Florida and Oklahoma.

In a recent interview with Robert Butler, Danny Ching shared factors contributing to his career; the impact of COVID; a blow-by-blow description of the Carolina Cup course and more. 

There are several mistakes that can seriously undermine or completely ruin your stand up paddleboard (SUP) event. Sometimes these mistakes are not apparent in the first year or years of the event, but eventually catch up and can bring it to a complete halt. With several years of SUP event organizing on the record, there are now some clear patterns and pitfalls that plague events, large and small. Here are some of the top mistakes to avoid.

In celebration of Starboard's 10x climate positive journey, Starboard today announced their virtual SUP challenge, the Tiki SUP Challenge 10X.

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) announced that the 2022 Canoe Sprint Super Cup and the 2022 ICF Stand Up Paddling World Cup previously awarded to Moscow, Russia, will be relocated to Oklahoma City, OK, USA.

Last weekend marked the first qualification event for the 2022 APP World Tour which awarded the top two men and women at the Aloha Spirit Festival a sought-after spot on the World Racing Tour.

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is delighted to confirm today that the 2022 ISA World StandUp Paddleboard Championship (WSUPPC), hosted in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will take place October 28 – November 6.

The International Canoe Federation is excited to announce it has teamed up with one of the biggest stand up paddle events on the planet as part of an incredibly busy 2022 SUP season.

Between wind, weather, chop, swell, no babysitter, working too many hours and missing daylight, and a plethora of other reasons, sometimes the day just doesn’t allow for getting on the water. So, while we can accept the fact that indoor SUP training definitely is not as stress-relieving and euphoric as actually being on the water, it does have quite a few benefits. And when done appropriately, can be affordable AND highly effective.

Hanohano Outrigger Canoe Club brings you the 27th Annual Hanohano Ocean Challenge Presented by West Coast Paddlesports, Koloa Surf Co. and Ocean Flight to be held in Mission Bay, San Diego, California on January 29, 2022.