Just when you thought the SUP racing season might be winding down, BANG!
It looks like the next two days will be the biggest weekend of the year as six international events take centre stage. From Scotland to Sardinia and Osaka to the Alps, let’s call it “Super Saturday” in September (even though one of these events insists on running Sunday).
Here’s what to keep an eye on. → READ MORE
Good morning and welcome to your daily briefing, Brekkie Bites. Each day I’ll be sharing a few bite-sized bits of news to keep you updated on what’s been happening in the SUP world.
Here’s the latest… → READ MORE
One race that you should totally add to your bucket list, the Corinth Canal Paddle Crossing in Greece, took place for the 6th year in a row on the weekend.
The Crossing, which we nicknamed ‘The World’s Straightest SUP Race’ a few years ago, is a 6km drag race down a man-made cut in the Isthmus of Corinth. → READ MORE
Here’s a full recap from the 5th annual Corinth Canal SUP Crossing, the final stop of this year’s Hellenic SUP Cup series in Greece.
This annual event is one of the most incredible-looking SUP races on the planet. A couple of years ago we nicknamed it the “World’s Straightest SUP Race” because the course is basically a 6km drag race from one end of the Corinth Canal to the other.
Just take a look at these photos… Definitely one to add to your bucket list. → READ MORE
Check out this cool little clip from Greece, where the 4th Annual Isthmus Speed Crossing went down on the weekend.
The race takes paddlers through the historic Corinth Canal, which is a long, deep cut through a peninsula that’s famous for ushering through cruise ships that literally squeeze through with inches to spare. Stand up paddleboards are a slightly better fit though, with 147 paddlers competing on Sunday in what is essentially a 5.8km (3.6 miles) drag race. → READ MORE
The Danish Viking, Casper Steinfath, recently joined the local Naish crew in Greece to complete an epic crossing of the Aegean Sea. The Greek Islands odyssey started on Paros and went 35 kms (22 miles) across the open sea to the world famous Mykonos (that island with all the cool white buildings/perfect blue water).
The Viking, looking very viking-ish with his new beard, summed up the crossing as “special” and sounded pretty stoked to share the experience with a diverse group of local paddlers, who ranged from stoked out groms to Greek national champions. → READ MORE
Here’s a very cool vid from the recent Stand Up Paddle race on the Corinth Canal in Greece, where Eric Terrien defeated Casper Steinfath in the battle between Europe’s two fastest men. The “Hellenic SUP Cup: Isthmus Speed Crossing” (as the event was offcially known) was essentially a drag-race, as the course stretched out in a 6km straight line along the historic Corinth Canal.
The famous Canal, which was completed in 1893 and is now a popular tourist boat ride (it’s far too narrow for modern shipping vessels), was closed down for two hours to let the 129 competitors paddle what looks to be one of the most amazing SUP race courses in the world… → READ MORE
Stretching along the historic Corinth Canal, the race attracted over 120 eager locals, who were no doubt keen to paddle one of the most interesting SUP race courses in the world as well as rub shoulders with two guys that are helping put Europe on the SUP racing map. Today’s race – the “Isthmus Speed Crossing” – was the fifth and final leg of the 2013 Hellenic SUP Cup, the third annual running of the series.
Terrien came home 1st with Casper in 2nd, the Frenchman no doubt pleased to get one back on the young Dane who has had an absolute stellar year (ISA Worlds, BOP, World Series) and is seriously threatening Eric’s long-held title of European #1. → READ MORE
Great clip out of Greece: This was the final stop of the 2012 Naish SUP Hellenic Cup, where competitors got to paddle down the historic (and pretty awesome) Corinth Canal.
Click through to watch the full vid. Bonus little history lesson in there for ya as well… → READ MORE
