Boards

This video gives a detailed overview of the 2016 Starboard All Star range, including the concept, target rider, shape and performance and conditions for the new 2016 Starboard All Star. For more information on Starboard SUP and the new 2016 Starboard All Star, check out Starboard Website: http://star-board-sup.com/ Starboard...

At 12’ x33” the atlas is a board with good length for glide, with considerable width for excellent stability. Aimed at the larger rider to be taken on flat water coastal cruises, whilst being more than competent in small to mid size waves. Aided by it’s...

Starboard has launched their 2016 line of Fishing SUPs. With 3 models to choose, you can find the Sportsman in composite technology, ideal for open ocean or choppier conditions with it's ultra wide tail, the Stealth, which is super quiet with great glide to...

Here's a video of Riviera's Ryan Helm and Brandon Rambo SUP surfing in San Clemente...  Ryan is on his Riviera pro model The Whirling Dervish 7'6 which is available now. http://www.rivierapaddlesurf.com/collections/sup-surf/products/whirling-dervish For more information on Riviera Paddlesurf, go to: Website: http://www.rivierapaddlesurf.com/ Dealer Locator: http://www.rivierapaddlesurf.com/pages/dealer-locator On Twitter: https://twitter.com/rivierapaddle On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rivierapaddlesurf On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RivieraPaddleSurf1 On Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/rivierapaddlesurf On Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivierapaddlesurf/

Note from the editor (The Mullet): Kathy has been a Mullet contributor and is the first one in our group who has had extended time on the Surftech Bark Vapor. Kathy has been paddling in the Washington DC area, organizing events and instructing for years,...

I got to take a tour of the 2016 Riviera FishOn at the Fall Surf Expo in Orlando. It has every tie-down and ram mount imaginable. Extremely stable and efficient hull design. 12'6" x 34 x 6, 350 liters. Fully equipped with 5 neoprene...

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Laird Hamilton at the 2015 Surf Expo in Orlando Florida to discuss the core philosophies of Laird StandUp paddle board line for 2015 and 2016. This is the first of four interview segments with Laird Hamilton. Laird discusses...

Dan Gavere walks us through the new Starboard Whopper Junior at Surf Expo in Orlando, FL. The Whopper Jr is new to the surf series for 2016. It's 9'5" x 33" and is a refined version of the Whopper, only a little smaller. It's...

We caught up with Mark Johnson at Surf Expo and asked some Shaping 101 questions on Rocker and Foil—what they are and why they are important. Mark also answers how these concepts differ from surf to Stand Up Paddleboards. Basic Definitions: Rocker: In its most basic...

The L2 from Live Watersports looks like the mac daddy of all fishing paddle board crafts. I think you could take a family of 4 on this. It may have the most deck space of any of the fishing SUPs. It is substantial and...

You are a dog. You hate squirrels. You love tennis balls. You get your email by sniffing dog butts. Now throw that dog—you— into a tennis ball fight an a squirrel convention, held in the museum for dog butts. That's Surf Expo. It's not pretty, it's...

Jessica Cichera from Wave of Wellness talks about the features of a stand up paddle board that make it good as a SUP Yoga paddle board and gives us a walk-through of the Boardworks Joyride Flow, SUP Connect All-around Board of the Year. Board dimensions:...

The Hypernut is based on the new parallel rail design, squeezing a lot more volume into a shorter package enabling people who want to get into a more performance SUP surfing board to take what they’re riding now and subtract a foot and find...

This video is about the 2016 line of NSP Paddle Boards with Cocomat Construction. These boards are made with coconut mulch, a renewable material that is normally thrown away, but results in a paddle board that is 30% lighter and 50% stronger than standard...

For 2016, Focus SUP is excited for the Mo Freitas Signature model paddle surf board. It’s small for what we’re used to seeing. Mo Is also far more extreme than what we’re used to seeing and has developed a style, along with many of...

DC (Dale Chapman) and Chris Chamberlain walk us through Travis Grant's Molokai 2 Oahu-winning stand up paddle board, the first unlimited production board to win the M2O. DC is the shaper and was also on Travis' support boat for the 5+ hours across the M2O's Channel of...

This is a sneak peak at the Annabel Anderson high-performance yoga and fitness board for 2016. This triple-carbon yoga board is as good for yoga and fitness as it is for general touring and paddling. It comes with the LiftSUP handle and ConnexSUP components. That's all...

Mike Pilgrim with Surftech Product Development walks us through some highlights of the Surftech Bark Line for 2016. Specifically, we walk through the Bark Contender Light, Bark Commander Light, and the Bark Vapor. Bark Contender Light Race SUP Specs: Finally a Contender smaller paddlers can call their...

SIC had a huge week at the Outdoor Retailers Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah. They won SUPConnect Gear of the Year. Last year, they had the board of the year from Outside Magazine. It seems like they're always holding some kind of trophy...

Dan Gavere walks us through the newest Starboard Astro STREAM signature Dan Gavere Model for 2015/2016 from the Outdoor Retailer Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah. New dimensions, graphics and fin setup. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STARBOARD On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starboardsup Go to http://star-board-sup.com/ On twitter: https://twitter.com/starboardsup FOR MORE GEAR...

Join Fanatic riders Paulina Herpel, Phine Scheibe, Kai-Nicolas Steimer and Klaas Voget on a SUP tour through the capital of Berlin with their Fly Air Inflatable boards. For sure pretty cool to quietly paddle far away from the hustle and bustle of this big...

April Zilg talks about her custom 12'6" Hobie Apex Raw race stand up paddle board shaped by Mark Johnson. When to order a custom board: When you know exactly what you want to change on a production board When the conditions you paddle in dictate specific design...

Are you ready for a pop in the prone world? How about Crossfit Games adding 50 prone boards built by Brian Szymanski. CrossFit was interested in adding a new challenge and have always wanted to do something in the ocean sports realm. Dave Castro, CrossFit's...

A New Relationship Status The investment we have in paddle boarding is not just financial. From the start, when we choose our first board, it becomes personal and almost “intimate”. SUP gear, especially boards, are expensive. We end up falling in love, in lust or...

My first love… she was a gorgeous blonde beauty with long lines, a smooth glide and a distinctive tattoo marking her lineage…it was a Naish Nalu 11’6”…and she slid me across a choppy Lake Crabtree like no other watercraft I’d ever paddled. It was...