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STAND UP PADDLE 27 OCT

Enter this SUP event: Beat Cancer by paddling Across the Bay

Two hundred paddlers will embark on a downwinder this February, across Port Phillip Bay. They'll be joined by a few hundred kiteboarders, and each and every one will be donating money to cancer research in the 2016 Across The Bay event, supporting the Can

STAND UP PADDLE 21 OCT

Shark! Oh wait... It's just a Dolphin

Have you ever been stand up paddling, seen a splash (or a shadow) and immediately freaked out? Thought a shark was coming for you? Then realized it was just a dolphin?

STAND UP PADDLE 21 OCT

Stand Up World Tour Cancelled - Surfers not surprised

Earlier this month, the Stand Up World Tour announced that the final two stops of the tour in France and Morocco are cancelled, leaving the sports paddlers in quite a constructive debate as to why.

STAND UP PADDLE 20 OCT

The 35th Merimbula Classic - Back to School!

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 (and will be for many to come), from the 26th to the 29th of No

STAND UP PADDLE 14 OCT

Damaging Doheny makes for exciting Pacific Paddle Games

Last weekend the world saw a side of Stand Up Paddling that few have ever seen, and most likely won't ever see again. The Pacific Paddle Games at Doheny Beach was one of the most extreme examples of stand up paddling competition. Ever.

STAND UP PADDLE 9 OCT

Roxy Run Sup Yoga comes to Australia

After massive events all over the world, the Roxy Run Sup Yoga Tour is coming to Australia! This October, join the team from Naish Australia and Roxy in one of the biggest female-only events to hit our shores.

STAND UP PADDLE 6 OCT

Hydrofoils are coming to SUP

While flat water hydrofoiling is still quite a ways off for stand up paddlers, hitting the surf with one is knocking on our doorsteps.

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STAND UP PADDLE 3 OCT

Stand Up Paddle instructor job in Perth

Are you a qualified Stand Up Paddle instructor or avid SUPer who is interested in working part-time outdoors over the summer season?

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STAND UP PADDLE 1 OCT

Join the crew at SUP Sports and Airborne Kitesurfing

Work with the sports you love in Perth this summer

STAND UP PADDLE 27 SEP

Windy conditions for first Red Bull Water Maze

Despite the blustery winds roaring between the canals on the Gold Coast, Stand Up Paddlers from all over Australia (and NZ) paddled into the unknown for the first ever Red Bull Water Maze this weekend.

STAND UP PADDLE 21 SEP

Stand very, very still... Manatee's swim here

Easily confused for dolphins and sharks at a distance, they're always startling when you're paddling on a SUP, but Dugongs and Manatees are harmless.

STAND UP PADDLE 14 SEP

8% of Australian's commute to work by SUP

It's on the internet, so it must be true! English newspaper 'The Daily Star' reported this week on a group of stand up paddlers choosing to paddle to school, comparing them to Aussie workers.

STAND UP PADDLE 11 SEP

Fanatic Boardriders since 1981

Like the sport or not, our windsurfing brethren play a huge part in the equipment we use as Stand Up Paddlers! Fanatic are one of those companies who moved into the stand up paddling game when the sport kicked off several years ago, but that old windsurfi

STAND UP PADDLE 8 SEP

Izzy Gomez gets her Wings - Surfing in Tahiti

She used to be the up-and-comer female surfer of the Starboard SUP team, but a few years later, the still-in-her-teens Izzy Gomez is surfing with the best, this week in Tahiti.

STAND UP PADDLE 14 SEP

The Kalama Catch - Stop the Splash!

If a huge eruption of water comes flying towards your ankles, you're pulling too early! Instead, let the blade enter the water cleanly first, then pull it towards you once it's submerged.

STAND UP PADDLE 2 SEP

Behind the scenes - Lennys part in The Search for Freedom

A feature length movie 'The Search for Freedom' has just been released online, after much anticipation from the action sports community worldwide.

STAND UP PADDLE 3 SEP

Candice Appleby leaves Bark, joins Infinity

The California based Surf company Infinity has announced that one of stand up paddlings fastest females has just left her major sponsor to join their 'Speed Freaks' team.

STAND UP PADDLE 7 SEP

Work in the SUP industry in WA

STAND UP PADDLE 28 AUG

Keahi SUP Surfing the East Coast

While the rest of Australia froths over new product releases for 2016, Keahi De Aboitiz has already done some extensive testing of the new JP surfboards, and if this video is anything to go by - they surf alright.

STAND UP PADDLE 1 SEP

Noosa SUP Business For Sale!

If you're looking for the perfect lifestyle business and the perfect location? Look no further!!

STAND UP PADDLE 1 SEP

O'Brian and Jackson Win QLD Sup Titles in Brisbane

This weekend in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Stand Up Paddlers from all over QLD battled their way across a wind-chopped bay in pursuit of the state title.

STAND UP PADDLE 24 AUG

Fanatic release the rest: 2016 range is out NOW!

After an early release back in July, Fanatic SUP have just broken the banks and flooded their website with some seriously cool new toys, just in time for spring!

STAND UP PADDLE 24 AUG

Sales Agent (NSW & QLD Territory) SURFTECH and NSP

Sales Agent (NSW & QLD Territory) SURFTECH and NSP required

STAND UP PADDLE 24 AUG

Full Time SURF & SUP Sales Rep

A rare opportunity in the action sports industry to become a Full Time Sales Representative for (NSW & QLD Territory)

STAND UP PADDLE 18 AUG

This is Your Moment - Naish SUP 2016 Release

he Naish lineup in 2016 has something for everyone, from tiny little kids shortboards to Unlimited race boards for competing in endurance racing, and everything in between.

STAND UP PADDLE 15 AUG

Red Bull 'Water Maze' debuts on the Gold Coast.

A world first stand up paddling event is making it's debut on the Gold Coast in September - the Red Bull Watermaze.

STAND UP PADDLE 15 AUG

French paddler's sea trials for Atlantic crossing

A french stand up paddler has just spent five days paddling the Mediterranean during sea trials of his ocean-going stand up paddle board.

STAND UP PADDLE 14 AUG

SUP Surfing Snowdonia Wave Garden

The worlds newest wave pool opened last week in Snowdonia, Wales, and it's proving to be one of the best and most unique around. The Starboard SUP crew got to test it out first, and they give it the thumbs up.

STAND UP PADDLE 13 AUG

The great board saga of the 2015 M2O

A couple of weeks after the excitement of the Molokai to Oahu race subsided, the plot thickens in the Naish R&D department...

STAND UP PADDLE 6 AUG

The Barra Bandits - spearing hotel Barramundi in Cairns

The Doubletree (by Hilton) Hotel in Cairns is not your average spot to drop a line in, unless you're one of three blokes this week who couldn't resist a couple of Barramundi.

STAND UP PADDLE 3 AUG

Workin the SUP Industry in NSW

Balmoral Paddlesurf have a part time position available

STAND UP PADDLE 30 JUL

Fanatic designs the perfect pedestal for show-offs.

The stand up paddle division at Fanatic has just designed the ultimate solution, and it's going to make yoga instructors look like gods.

STAND UP PADDLE 30 JUL

'Top dog' Chris De Aboitiz's new dog SUP surfing trick

Dog SUP surfing legend from Noosa, Chris De Aboitiz has just showed off an impressive new trick with his pup Rama, making dog owners all over the world wonder how on earth he does it!

STAND UP PADDLE 31 JUL

Aussie wins Molokai to Oahu Race on production board

The worlds most prestigious passage crossing race has just been won by Aussie stand up paddler Travis Grant, on a production board! Again!

STAND UP PADDLE 24 JUL

Pacific Paddle Games takes the BOP's Place

Not two months since Rainbow Sandals cancelled the world famous Stand Up Paddling race, the Battle of the Paddle, a new event has sprung up to take it's place in the world stand up paddle racing calendar - The Pacific Paddle Games.

STAND UP PADDLE 26 JUL

Naish Demo Tour

After an extremely successful demo tour last season, and a winter-long racing tour with the one design racing class, N1sco, Naish are loading up the vans yet again and heading down the east coast of Australia!

STAND UP PADDLE 19 JUL

Snow in QLD - but Epic for Downwinders!

With this weeks wintery weather in QLD, including a dusting of snow just west of Brisbane, the conditions were perfect for those willing to brave the water!

STAND UP PADDLE 19 JUL

The Red Bull Party Wave - Paddling Hilarity!

Teams dressed up to perform skits on Waikiki Beach, before paddling out on home made paddle craft to surf a wave!

STAND UP PADDLE 8 JUL

Liard Hamilton wears less, and gets more attention..

The worlds most famous stand up paddler and his wife, Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece just got a whole lot more famous for all the right reasons. On the contrary to what you might think if we told you they were photographed completely starkers.

STAND UP PADDLE 12 JUL

Race the Lake of the Sky Highlights

It's not all about the racing for many stand up paddlers, and an event like Race the Lake of the Sky highlights many facets of the incredibly diverse sport of stand up paddling.

STAND UP PADDLE 4 JUL

Ollie goes for a paddle (SUP Dogs)

Have you ever tried taking your pooch for a paddle? Some dogs love it, some don't, and this guy Ollie. He don't.

STAND UP PADDLE 4 JUL

Your next SUP Holiday Destination: Croatia

Croatia is known as one of the best kept flat-water secrets of the stand up paddling world with thousands of islands to explore and a strong local paddling scene.

STAND UP PADDLE 30 JUN

Across the Atlantic by Stand Up Paddle Board

A south African man is in the planning stages of what could be the worlds first Atlantic Ocean crossing by stand up paddle board. Chris Bertish hopes to make the journey in November 2016, but wishes he could leave tomorrow!

STAND UP PADDLE 28 JUN

Superhuman paddling - Mo Freitas at the Payette River Games

Mo Freitas has turned his attention to the river lately, and right off the back of this months win at the Payette River Games, he's released a video showing just how cool the whole whitewater thing is.

STAND UP PADDLE 25 JUN

Surftech and NSP get a new distributor in Australia.

Aroona Pty Ltd is proud to announce that it has secured distribution rights of the "Surftech" Brand for the Australian market

STAND UP PADDLE 23 JUN

Three tips for Winter Stand Up Paddling

Glassy water and gentle offshore breezes make winter a great time to get on the water, but the colder weather makes it easy to forget the simple things! Remember these three simple tips when going for a paddle this winter, and get more from your session!

STAND UP PADDLE 18 JUN

Stand On Water - Casper Steinfath

Casper Steinfath is currently making waves in both the political side of the sport through the ISA, and the competitive side in not only surfing but both racing disciplines.

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STAND UP PADDLE 19 JUN

Standup PaddleBoard Staff Required

Find work in the SUP industry in Perth, WA

STAND UP PADDLE 16 JUN

The 52 second 'Tunnington' SUP Sprint

Last weekend an 18 year old from the Gold Coast burst onto the world stage with a paddle shattering performance in what was considered the World Championship for 200m sprints - doing it in just 52 seconds.

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STAND UP PADDLE 16 JUN

Paddle in Pink - Noosa Heads

Paddle in Pink in a flat water short course fun paddle around Noosa Sound on 30th August 2015 with all proceeds being donated to National Breast Cancer Foundation.