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STAND UP PADDLE 15 JAN

SUP shines at Dukes Day, Celebrating 100 years of surfing.

In 1915, Duke Kahanamoku surfed the first waves in Australia at Freshwater, introducing Australia to the sport that would one day become an ingrained part of the nations sporting culture.

STAND UP PADDLE 12 JAN

The most fun you can have on your knees.

Hey, hey! Not like that. We're talking about getting barreled (well, kinda) on an inflatable surf mat with 7 of your mates, like Jamie O'Brien was doing in Makaha this December.

STAND UP PADDLE 7 JAN

Kalama Talks about the hold-down of his life.

Dave Kalama is without a doubt one of the most influential stand up paddlers in the sport thanks to his impressive history as a waterman, and his unique talent with a paddle in his hand. But one thing sets Kalama apart from the rest, and that is his abili

STAND UP PADDLE 5 JAN

Painting with light, and a paddle

Just when you think you've seen it all, some guy shows up with a fancy paddle and makes some inspiring pictures to set you straight. Paddling is a sport of beauty, and this proves it.

STAND UP PADDLE 3 JAN

New Years Party SUP Waves with DJ

If you're a regular on the Seabreeze.com.au forums then you'll know about David (DJ) John. This guy has got to spent more time with a paddle in his hands than any stand up paddler in Australia. Some would even say he's Australia's most fanatical stand up

STAND UP PADDLE 29 DEC

Make a New Years Stand-up-oltution!

With 2015 looking to continue the upward trend of the sport of stand up paddling, why not make a resolution to improve your paddling experience? In 2014 we've seen new clubs start, disciplines expand and competitions run in the most amazing of locations!

STAND UP PADDLE 28 DEC

The Five Biggest 'Things' in SUP 2014

The year is coming to an end, but for Australian's it's no big deal. Summer rolls on, stand up paddling is in full swing and prospects for 2015 are bright.

STAND UP PADDLE 22 DEC

Dave Kalama, Drop Bears and a Drive up the East Coast

After a trip from Melbourne up the east coast 'countryside', Dave Kalama landed on the Gold Coast this week for a few surf sessions, some product demos and a good ol' chat in front of a camera. Oh, and he feel victim to one of the oldest tricks in the 'Au

STAND UP PADDLE 18 DEC

The Perfect Day out with Gabi Steindl

Rottnest Island in Western Australia is a pretty special place. Not only is it ideal for stand up paddling, kiteboarding and windsurfing, it's an incredible sanctuary for marine life big and small.

STAND UP PADDLE 15 DEC

The stance that will revolutionize stand up paddling

"You don't see people walking like crabs do ya, people walk forward, with the direction in front of them. No-ones walking sideways, we need to take this back. We didn't walk out of a cave sideways, so we're certainly not going to surf sideways."

STAND UP PADDLE 11 DEC

Experience SUP at the King of the Cut

Did you miss the King of the Cut event in WA last weekend? It was Australia's biggest and best downwind run, with over 80 paddlers surfing their way up the WA coastline including some big names from overseas! Don't worry if you did miss it, because Matty

STAND UP PADDLE 5 DEC

After 50 years in the ocean, Tom Carrol released this.

After the big news this month of Tom Carrolls new line of stand up paddle boards, this week he offers the stand up paddlers of the world this, one of the most beautifully shot Stand up paddling films you'll find on the internet.

STAND UP PADDLE 3 DEC

The Spot-X Wrap Up - Mirleft Stand Up Pro in Morocco

The Stand Up World Tour event known as 'Spot-X' was kept behind tight lips this year, with the location only being announced at the last minute for competitors who flew in from all over the world to compete, hang out and sample the incredible waves Morocc

STAND UP PADDLE 2 DEC

Win Jamie Mitchell's Quickblade Paddle

Jamie Mitchell has donated a signature colour blue and black carbon Quickblade Paddle to PACA - Paddle Against Child Abuse. Here's your chance to own it.

STAND UP PADDLE 1 DEC

The Merimbula Classic Mid Weekend Report

Blue Skies, Small swell and the QLD grommies running around whinging about the cold, it must be mid weekend at the Merimbula Classic!

STAND UP PADDLE 26 NOV

HIF SUP Festival welcomes Kieser Training

Surfing Victoria is proud to announce Kieser Training as the Presenting Partner of the 2015 HIF SUP Festival to be held at Inverloch on January 10th and 11th 2015.

STAND UP PADDLE 26 NOV

Christmas Gift Ideas for Stand Up Paddlers

Do you know a stand up paddler on the 'Nice' list this Christmas? Buying presents for stand up paddlers is hard, because all the gear is expensive!

STAND UP PADDLE 24 NOV

Do Not Follow Beau Nixon - Go on a SUP Adventure.

Beau Nixon is inviting you on another adventure down an Aussie icon, this time the Hunter River in NSW, paddling more than 50km in three days.

STAND UP PADDLE 17 NOV

Fad or rad? Vanguards take over SUP

With beaches world wide going crazy over the new 'Vanguard' Inspired shapes in the shortboard industry, it was only a matter of time before stand up paddling took on the design. This week JP have added one to their board lineup to join the countless other

STAND UP PADDLE 18 NOV

Kai Lenny nominated for XXL Big Wave Awards - on a SUP!

The Billabong XXL Big Wave awards are one of the most prestigious in the surfing world. Reserved for surfers of the highest caliber, and recognising the skill, determination and in some cases luck required to surf the biggest waves in the world. Until now

STAND UP PADDLE 12 NOV

SIC searching for would-be super groms

Do you know a kid who's destined for big things in the stand up paddling world? Are YOU a kid with dreams of becoming the next Kai or Connor? SIC are looking for stand up paddlers to form their Junior Development Team in conjunction with The Paddle Academ

STAND UP PADDLE 10 NOV

Big names head to WA for the King of the Cut

Next month Mandurah in WA will play host to some of the biggest names in Stand Up Paddling, with several international paddlers flying in for what some are calling 'can't miss' Stand Up Paddling Event in Australia.

STAND UP PADDLE 7 NOV

What do Kyron Ratbones and Roast Chicken have in common?

He's one of Australia's unsung heroes in the stand up paddling world, but Kyron Ratbones sure knows how to get a SUP board down the line.

STAND UP PADDLE 6 NOV

SUPing the Hawkesbury

Rob GITTOES gives us a 1st hand account of the 111km Hawkebury Classic on a 14ft BIC Tracer SUP.

STAND UP PADDLE 5 NOV

Four Aussie SUP events you can't miss this summer.

With the beach carpark finally getting too hot to stand on comfortably, Summer is here, and that means it's competition season! Well, Comp season goes all year round in Australia, but that's not the point! Here's three stand up paddling events that you re

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STAND UP PADDLE 30 OCT

Wrap up of Australian SUP Surfing Titles (video)

Standup Paddle Titles

STAND UP PADDLE 30 OCT

Should Stand Up Paddlers wear helmets?

Sometimes there's blood, sometimes there's bruises, but usually you're ok. Other times, you're not ok, like this guy who took a stand up paddle board fin to the head.

STAND UP PADDLE 27 OCT

Spot X revealed: Morocco hosts the Stand Up World Tour.

For an entire year, a mysterious location has been kept secret by the Stand Up World Tour. Promising amazing conditions, a unique location and of course spectacular scenery, 'Spot X' as it has been known, was this week revealed to the world.

STAND UP PADDLE 22 OCT

A week in shoes of a Starboard SUP R&D Guy.

Scott McKercher has been around the Aussie windsurfing scene since forever. When Stand Up Paddling started, he was there, and luckily already working for Starboard with their windsurfing shapes. So when the time came to get into SUP, it didn't take long a

STAND UP PADDLE 21 OCT

HIF SUP Festival Presented by Kieser Training

HIF SUP Festival Presented by Kieser Training set to bring the top paddlers to Inverloch

STAND UP PADDLE 20 OCT

Australian SUP Titles: Close, Webb, Cracknell and Gilbert

After four days of competition on the Gold Coast, the Australian SUP Titles have just wrapped up after some close technical racing, challenging surfing and controversial marathon racing.

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STAND UP PADDLE 17 OCT

Sharing the passion for watersports (video)

A different bunch of people with different stories, different languages and different interests but all had one thing that linked them together.

STAND UP PADDLE 16 OCT

Rubbing is racing: Kai and Connor have their say

"Him (Kai) jumping off his board is dirty racing, that's 100% cheating. What I did was wrong, it's not what you're supposed to do, but it was one of those situations where he touched me, I touched him and then he touched a little bit harder and it escalat

STAND UP PADDLE 13 OCT

Stand Up Paddling Rules in the Surf

With wetsuits being peeled off in favour of boardies, the spring surfing season is well underway for stand up paddlers. So with the lineup getting more and more crowded, we thought it might be time to share the road rules again. Here's some of the big on

STAND UP PADDLE 10 OCT

Salt Creek delivers in the 2014 Battle of the Paddle

Since last year, the solemn promise of big waves, huge crowds and spectacular stand up paddle racing has been uttered around the world. The controversial decision to move the iconic Rainbow Sandals Battle of the Paddle from Doheny Beach, California to Sal

STAND UP PADDLE 3 OCT

Merimbula Classic Event Poster Released

With less than two months before the annual pilgrimage to Merimbula, John Smyth and the boys from the Merimbula Sailboard Club have released another cracker of an event poster.

STAND UP PADDLE 3 OCT

Team Fanatic does Europe

Follow Jake Jensen and Paul & Angie Jackson, as they partake in a whirlwind tour of Europe for the Stand Up World Series with team-mates Kai-Nicolas Steimer & Olivia Piana in this great video from Fantatic.

STAND UP PADDLE 30 SEP

Fifty-two stand up paddlers, one board, New World Record

Our friends from across the ditch have this week achieved a new World Record, recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records is one of Stand Up Paddlings greatest achievements. The most people standing up and paddling on one stand up paddle board.

STAND UP PADDLE 25 SEP

Aussie Paddlers Lacked Leggies at the Huntington Beach Pro.

One of the first rules an intstructor will tell you in a SUP lesson, is to always wear a leggy...

STAND UP PADDLE 22 SEP

Royal Flying Doctor Service uses SUP to teach water safety

To kids out in the bush, nobody is idolised more than the pilots and doctors from the RFDS. The Royal Flying Doctor Service is not only a lifeline in some of the most isolated places on a earth, but also a source of amazing initiatives like this.

STAND UP PADDLE 16 SEP

Huntington Beach Pro Grand Slam

Huntington beach, known as Surf City in the USA - is famous for it's pier that extends out past the breaking waves. The iconic location can be recognized instantly, those huge black pylons from the pier are in every photo of the place, with the stand up p

STAND UP PADDLE 17 SEP

Stand Up Paddle companies turn to surfboards.

Last year we saw the inflatable craze, this year, stand up paddling companies are looking to the humble surfboard in an attempt to broaden their market reach. We knew stand up paddle boards were getting smaller, but now they've gone the whole hog!

STAND UP PADDLE 12 SEP

The 34th Merimbula SUP Classic (27th - 30th Nov)

The Merimbula Classic, formerly known as 'Mambo' is a culmination of kitesurfing, windsurfing and stand up paddling on one tiny beach on the south NSW coast. Of course it's on again this year, from the 27th to the 30th of November 2014.

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STAND UP PADDLE 11 SEP

Instructor/Assistant Required For Sup School On The Swan River

A job in the watersports industry

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STAND UP PADDLE 9 SEP

Work In The Watersports Industry - Unique Opportunity

Based in Melbourne, Ocean Peak represents the world's best watersports brands in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

STAND UP PADDLE 5 SEP

Dog Racing, A Currumbin SUP Club Initiative.

A new initiative from the crew in Qld..

STAND UP PADDLE 3 SEP

You've gotta surf what you 'got!

What happens when the swell of the century shows up at your local, but you've only got your 12'6" Naish LE on the racks? You don't sit around grumbling all day! You strap on your leggy and go surfing!

STAND UP PADDLE 3 SEP

Bondi SUP Opens This Saturday @ Watsons Bay

Grand opening this Saturday !

STAND UP PADDLE 1 SEP

Dodging Barnacles with Laird Hamilton

Thanks to Hurricane Marie off Baja in the USA, the coastline up around Malibu is getting what surfers are calling a once in a lifetime swell. Dropping into these monsters this week, was Laird Hamilton, once again thrusting stand up paddling into the spotl

STAND UP PADDLE 26 AUG

How to do a headstand on your SUP Board

As you've probably seen, SUP Yoga is taking over the world. If you (like us) are struggling to stroke a pose, we've got some tips on how to perform the coolest Yoga position around, the headstand.