Results for Extreme Academy 2012 BSUPA National Championships - Watergate Bay

Once again the SUP world decended on Watergate Bay in Cornwall UK for the BSUPA National Championships.  SUPGlobal were there, competing, meeting and soaking up the atmosphere, all full report will be coming very soon.  In the mean time we have the official results - congratulations to all the riders the standard this year is going through the roof, but new comer Andre Le Geyt from the Channel Islands took the first in the Mens Open Surf absolutely ripping up the waves.  More soon....

BSUPA SUP Surf Camp Coaching Day - 12th October 2012

Ahead of this year's BSUPA National Championships BSUPA are to stage a day SUP surf training day on Friday 12th October 2012, hosted by the Extreme Academy - Watergate Bay, Cornwall.

Extreme Academy 2012 BSUPA National Championships

STOP PRESS 20-Sept-2012 1.00pm - Only 8 places left in the mens surfing competition.   Its time to start getting geared up for the UK SUP competition of the year.  SUPGlobal have been at every event since 2007 andit never fails to deliver in atmosphere and excitement.  Whether you are an old hand at SUP or brand new to the sport and fancy trying the competition it is worth entering.  You are guarenteed to make new friends, learn new SUP skills and have a fantastic time.  Here is the press release:

The Wittering Charity Paddle Race 29th July 2012

UK National SUP Festival 7-9 Sept 2012

Once again Allan Cross (organiser of the National Windsurf Festival on Hayling Island) is organising a National SUP Festival to run at the same time.  This means options are covered regardless of weather!

British SUP Team enters ISA World Championship

SUPGlobal is wishing our friends in the UK Team the best of luck in the International Surfing Association World Championship in Peru.  We will be bringing the latest updates as they happen.  BSUPA have supported the guys to make this a reality and have sent the following press release:

Stand up paddle surfing the Cribbar, UK

The Cribbar, just off the headland in Newquay UK, used to be a wave that a few of the surfers in the UK had a gun put away for one of the big days, but trying to find the perfect day when the wind and swell came together was something of an arcane art.  There was also an underlying attitutde in the UK that somehow big waves were not surfed anywhere other than Hawaii.  With the emergence Mavericks confirming that big wave surfing in cold waves was more that possible the light went on in the minds of a small group of UK watermen. The last 15 years has seen home grown talent like Al Meenie, Andy Cotton, Finn Mullen and others tackling big waves on the door step of the UK with paddle in, tow in and windsurf kit.

Stand Up World Tour hits Fiji

We get a lot of press releases at SUPGlobal.com and this one is has it all, great pictures, a great SUP event and lots to aspire to.  The only bit we really don't get is how an event in 2011 can be the first event of the Stand Up World Tour 2012.  Weird.  The big news is that the Stand Up World Tour used to be a surfing only tour, in 2012 they are going to crown distance racers and surf slalom racers, so that should broaden the appeal to non costal folks!  Anyway here are all the details: