Welcome to Mondays With The Mad Scientist! This is a guest column by four-time Olympian, Quickblade Paddles founder and all round SUP guru, Jim Terrell.

Jim will be sharing his secrets for becoming a fitter, faster, smarter and better Stand Up Paddle racer. Check out the Mad Scientist's current posts below and keep following SUPracer.com for more great insights...

EXPOSED: Team Quickblade’s Secret New SUP Race Training Techniques…


Jim Terrell and the Team at Quickblade Paddles are known around the world as one of the most successful Stand Up Paddle racing teams. Their roster boasts the likes of Jamie Mitchell, Candice Appleby, Chase Kosterlitz, Fernando Stalla and dozens more of the world’s finest.

But now in this SUPracer exlusive, we can reveal the secret, ultra-stealth new training techniques being deployed by the Mad Scientist, Jim Terrell, to give his team that extra boost when they paddle. The secret’s out… CLICK THROUGH TO WATCH   → READ MORE

[VIDEO] Jim Terrell’s Battle Of The Paddle Preview


Watch Jim Terrell (aka the Mad Scientist from Quickblade Paddles) preview this weekend’s big Battle of the Paddle race.

Jim has raced every Battle of the Paddle going right back to the first event in 2008, so he’s seen more BoP action than most. Listen to his predictions for the Elite Race plus find out what he thinks about racing in the waves. Click through to watch:   → READ MORE

Jim Terrell: How Do We Make SUP Bigger and Better?


Time for another Monday’s With The Mad Scientist! This week, Quickblade’s Jim Terrell shares his thoughts on the future of SUP and how we can get bigger crowds, larger audiences and more lucrative sponsorships.

As always not everyone’s going to agree, so click through and see for yourself, then join the debate by leaving a comment after you’ve read Jim’s post…   → READ MORE

Jim Terrell’s Waikiki Wrap-Up

The Waikiki Paddle Festival has just wrapped up and it was a massive weekend of stand up paddle racing. Quickblade’s Jim Terrell was in town to be part of the fun, so we grabbed a special Mondays With The Mad Scientist! Waikiki Video Edition. Click through to watch Jim’s recap of the event…   → READ MORE

Jim Terrell: “Win More Races With a Focused Training Plan”

If you’re anything like me, your goal is to paddle faster than everyone else every time you enter a race.

The only way to do that is obviously through a lot of training, but how focused is your routine? And are you really getting maximum benefits out of every SUP training session?

Simply just spending “more time on the water” is a great start, but unless you’re using a set training routine to work towards an end goal, you’re going to be wasting a LOT of the potential gains in paddling speed and fitness.   → READ MORE