Starboard delivers the latest news from the Stand Up Paddle World.

The 2018 Air France Paddle Festival certainly delivered, with the first stop of The Paddle League World Tour producing a rollercoaster of excitement and drama as big names fell, young kids rose up and the blazing hot Tahitian sun made things extraordinarily difficult for every single competitor.? READ MORE

Follow Starboard SUP adventurer Bart de Zwart as he explores the Marquesas Islands for the next 12 days tracing the footsteps of the famous Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl - powered by WindSUP. You can track Bart's journey viathe MapShare website and follow him as the adventure unfolds at our @starboardsup Instagram My Story feed.

The WindSUPs are boards that cover windsurfing and paddle boarding in one. Each WindSUP is based on a popular Starboard paddleboard shape and have an added mast track and center-fin box to plug in a sail and center-fin for windsurfing. LOCATE A DEALER

by C?line Jennison Starboard sustainability team member C?line attended the Global Waves Conference 2018 in Santa Cruz, CA amongst 300 other attendees. This conference gathered leading organizations focused on ocean conservation such as Save the Waves , Surfrider International , Surfers Against Sewage , Sustainable Surf & Parley for the Oceans (two of Starboard's Eco-Partners) and many more.? HERE ARE THE 6 TAKE-HOME MESSAGES

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