Team NSP from St Croix comprising Bill Kraft, Isabelle Picard and Jeremy Vaine made short work of the 12-mile relay race portion of the annual Painkiller Cup race. ...
With GoPro and other POV (point of view) action cams readily available – some for very little cash – there’s an abundance of selfie obsessed types in your social media stream, posting pics willy-nilly, of their adventures on water, snow ...
While it is obvious to anyone on the water that stand up paddle boarding is hugely popular, there is a growing segment of those intrepid paddlers that are using their board to not only exercise and enjoy the outdoors but ...
Stand up paddle boarding is an incredibly versatile beast – SUPs are almost limitless with what they can help you achieve. Tez Plavenieks talks us through common SUP design trends. All-rounders All-round boards are most common. They look like scaled ...
There’s a new craze sweeping the world’s oceans: stand up paddleboarding, an activity which is fast becoming one of the most popular sports across the globe. From New Zealand’s Bay of Islands to the lakes and river of Whistler, in ...
A sure sign of spring along the southeast coast is a resurgence in Stand Up Paddleboarding events from Florida north to Virginia. Here are four SUPer events not to miss. April 10-12: Shark Bite Challenge (Dunedin, Fla.) Over 350 paddlers ...
A team of Mexican paddlers won the 2015 Painkiller Cup race in the British Virgin Islands. Team Stand Up Mexico, featuring Javier ‘Bicho’ Jiminez, Ryan Helm and Shelby Taylor dominated the 14-mile downwind course to win in a time of 02:48:30.They ...
When my wife told me we were expecting our first child I was over the moon. But one thought did strike me: What about Fi? Is she still going to be able to get on the water? My wife does ...
You see them everywhere, on the beach enjoying the waves, on the bays and backwaters and even on the rivers flowing into the ocean—it seems just about anywhere there is water there are Stand Up Paddle Boards. Once you get ...
The stand up paddle boarding potential of Grenada is astounding. An untouched ‘sweepers’ paradise, the Spice Isle is completely under the radar as far as SUP (and most other watersports) go. After working on the island in 2004, my wife ...
There is no question that stand-up paddleboarding has exploded into one of the most popular and fastest growing water sports today. As the sport grows so do companies supplying quality equipment to fill paddlers’ needs. Florida-based Live Watersports is just ...
This year’s Painkiller Thriller in the British Virgin Islands featured more prize money, high-profile sailors and the same amount of rum and sun. The 14-mile standup paddleboard race started at Trellis Bay, Beef Island and finished at White Bay, Jost ...
So you didn’t get that SUP you wanted for the holidays and you made a New Year’s resolution to get in shape and have more fun? What better way to get what you want and get in shape than on ...
Now that you have invested time and energy finding the right board for your SUP adventures it is equally important to select the right paddle to enjoy your time on the water. If the paddle isn’t right for you and ...
Outside of giving a board and or paddle to an experienced or novice standup paddler what would make a good gift for him or her to better enjoy their waterborne passion? There are a lot of accessories that can make ...
“Condado? What?” Before 2012, Condado, which lies on the eastern edge of San Juan Harbor, was an unknown to us. Eclipsed by neighboring Old San Juan, the famous Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista, that evokes images of ...
Tom Pace has spent a lifetime on the water enjoying all kinds of watercraft. With all of that experience – combined with friends who also had a tremendous amount of time on the water – he was able to develop ...
Enigmatic and colourful, Brian Talma is no shrinking violet when it comes to promoting his beloved Barbados and water sports. With a call to arms of ‘ACTION!’ hollered at any available opportunity, Brian’s enthusiasm and warm personality instantly rubs off. ...
Stand Up Paddle boarding, or SUPing, is the fastest growing water sport in the country. Just paddling a stand up board is a good form of exercise that works many muscles including your core, but if you love the feeling ...
Paddling over stunningly blue water, sharing a moment with a group of playful manta rays, riding a secluded wave on the Atlantic coast before rounding off the day with a beer as the sun dips below the horizon – what ...