Results & Recaps

It had the makings of a SUP promoter's dream. Combine surfing with racing, pit the world’s best of both, set it on the stage of Queens at Waikiki Beach in front of the Duke Kahanamoku statue in August and have it added to the Dukes...

photos courtesy of Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica: Mo Freitas and Shea Foudy Sweep Overall Honors at the Tommy Bahama Paddleboard Races & Ocean Festival at the Santa Monica Pier One of paddle racing’s largest cash purses drew top racers from as far away as Brazil...

Where do you get the chance to paddle at one of the most picturesque venues while navigating wind and chop created by helicopters? At the Stand Up for the Lake race in Burlington, VT – that’s where! Alright, so the helicopters weren’t there just...

46 degrees and brisk winds out of the North is far from the norm in Central Florida, actually it is a bit of an anomaly.  But this arctic cold front, yes arctic since today is 80 and that is the average temperature this time...

Payette River Games from Kelly's Whitewater Park in Cascade, Idaho

The Stand Up Paddleboard season has officially kicked off. Following the Carolina Cup, weekend events have started picking up and it becomes a bit difficult to fit them ALL into your schedule. Cousin Mullet provided a glimpse into this past weekend’s activities (http://www.distressedmullet.com/sup-stuff-weekend) and...

On September 30, 2001, Chad DeSatnick was surfing during Hurricane Umberto. On his third wave, he was thrown head first into about 3 inches of water, shattered C6, C7, was taken up to Atlantic City Trauma Center and went through 11 hours of surgery. Chad stood in...

The Chucktown Showdown Paddle Race was an amazing event. We had a blast and yes, the Mullet showed up and paddled. No one knows a race like someone who paddled in it. Get out and paddle. (If you can.) I was ready to die (not...

SICK EDIT! Charles Coleman For more information on Chattajack please visit chattajack.com. Music "Heart and Soul" by Built By Titan feat. Skybourne builtbytitan.com When Ben Friberg spoke with me about this year's Chattajack race. I decided to go for a more cinematic look to share the experience of...

Team Starboard at the 2012 Battle of the Paddle in Dana Point! Team riders Annabel Anderson, Connnor Baxter, Zane Schweitzer, Bart De Zwart & Others take to the Battle!

It seems like every year, the warm fall weather picks one weekend to turn the corner and play winter make-believe. And this year, again, it was the Surf to Sound at the Blockade Runner Beach Resort. The race, organized by the Wrightsville Beach Paddle...

At about Mile 18 the gunshots started. The first one was, well, attention getting. Then the second one rang out. “That’s a bit....disconcerting,” I said to the young woman in the recreational kayak I’d been trading places with on the river for the last three...

Interview with R2AK SUP Paddler Karl Kruger Earlier this week, Karl Kruger made SUP history by becoming the first stand up paddler to finish the Race to Alaska, a 750 mile epic race from Port Townsend, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska.  He completed the race in...

Hawaii: New Champions Crowned and Racers Battle to Defend Titles at 16th Annual Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championships Any paddler at the 16th annual Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championships (M2O), presented by Kona Longboard Island Lager would agree that there were nearly 300 personal victories for those...

      This is one of my bucket list races/adventures. It is a historic ice skating race through the canals of the Netherlands. A few years back they started the summer, standup paddle version. Byron Kurt won one year. Athletes paddle a total of 220 kilometers (136 miles) in...

Dan Gavere covering the sprint race from the Payette River Games in Cascade, Idaho

EL DORADO 5 MILER OVERALL RESULTS Saturday June 27th 2015 Click Division to sort results by Board Class and Age Division. OVERALL FIRST NAME LAST NAME TIME AGE GENDER DIVISION PLACE BIB # 1 Cody Silvester 0:55:14 21 M MEN-OC-1 1 396 2 Wes Huston 0:55:29 36 M MEN-OC-1 2 566 3 Ross Flemer 0:56:50 49 M MEN-OC-1 3 203 4 Ray Shipman 1:00:27 63 M MEN-OC-1 4 395 5 Danny Ching 1:00:28 32 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 1 168 6 Evan Hirn 1:01:23 17 M MEN-OC-1 5 564 7 Kelly Margetts 1:01:54 43 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 2 560 8 Kenny Kaneko 1:01:56 27 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 3 262 9 Noa Hopper 1:01:58 16 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 4 249 10 Carl Ellett 1:02:44 52 M MEN-OC-1 6 192 11 Javier Jimenez 1:02:56 21 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 5 542 12 Fernando Stalla 1:03:02 28 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 6 409 13 Niuhiti Buillard 1:03:04 22 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 7 153 14 Garrett Fletcher 1:03:52 24 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 8 204 15 Taylor Rambo 1:03:56 28 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 9 586 16 Jeramie Vaine 1:04:04 35 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 10 441 17 Chance Fielder 1:04:23 43 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 1 536 18 Nancy Huh 1:04:23 33 F WOMEN-OC-1 1 255 19 Kai Chong 1:04:45 25 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 11 169 20 Blake Rohrbach 1:04:58 14 M MEN-OC-1 7 370 21 Daniel Russell 1:05:51 18 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 12 377 22 Anthony Vela 1:05:57 41 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 2 547 23 Michael Tavares 1:05:58 32 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 13 424 24 Bret Campbell 1:06:01 33 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 14 156 25 Seth Springer 1:06:06 38 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 1 408 26 Mark Miyamoto 1:06:07 22 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 15 320 27 Rob Rojas 1:06:13 41 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 16 373 28 Rodney Ellis 1:06:31 41 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 3 194 29 Bojan Bernard 1:06:42 53 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 1 551 30 Nick Scheil 1:07:09 16 M MEN16-17-SUP12'6 1 383 31 Josiah Brackett 1:07:14 15 M MEN14-15-SUP12'6 1 507 32 Corey Taylor 1:07:31 29 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 17 425 33 Tyler Bashor 1:07:36 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 1 134 34 Annabel Anderson 1:07:39 33 F WOMEN-ELITE-SUP12'6 1 550 35 Shae Foudy 1:07:45 16 F WOMEN-ELITE-SUP12'6 2 205 36 Maki Miyazaki 1:07:47 37 F WOMEN-OC-1 2 588 37 Steve Funk 1:07:49 48 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 4 212 38 Jeff Cleeland 1:07:50 58 M MEN-OC-1 8 495 39 Ryan Funk 1:07:51 14 M MEN14-15-SUP12'6 2 211 40 Ryland Hart 1:07:53 14 M MEN14-15-SUP12'6 3 241 41 Meghan Schmidt 1:07:57 23 F WOMEN-OC-1 3 385 42 Justin Banfield 1:08:09 32 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 18 130 43 Kristian Mulholland 1:08:11 43 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 5 509 44 Dave Meyler 1:08:14 43 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 6 318 45 Jedd Hasay 1:08:56 21 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 19 244 46 Brandon Ambo 1:09:21 25 M MEN23-29-SUP14' 1 534 47 Jorge Quintana 1:09:22 32 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 2 358 48 Brendan Light 1:09:25 20 M MEN18-22-SUP14' 1 275 49 Rob MacIas 1:09:26 39 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 3 289 50 Luca Genasci 1:09:27 22 M MEN18-22-SUP12'6 1 219 51 Eric Giddens 1:09:28 42 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 1 222 52 Zeke Shifflett 1:09:35 19 M MEN-ELITE-SUP14' 20 394 53 Pablo Bori 1:10:19 39 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 4 580 54 Joshua Brackett 1:10:25 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 2 145 55 Pete Lakos 1:10:29 47 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 7 270 56 Ej Johnson 1:10:35 52 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 2 259 57 John Merryfield 1:10:43 49 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 8 474 58 Braly Joy 1:10:46 44 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 2 260 59 Shelby Taylor 1:10:49 23 F WOMEN-ELITE-SUP12'6 3 427 60 Matthew Campbell 1:11:03 41 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 9 556 61 John Alexiou 1:11:13 49 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 10 503 62 Trent Carter 1:11:39 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 3 597 63 Alic Funk 1:11:43 19 M MEN18-22-SUP12'6 2 210 64 Anik Wild 1:11:55 43 F WOMEN-ELITE-SUP12'6 4 520 65 Kimberly Barnes 1:11:56 38 F WOMEN-ELITE-SUP12'6 5 131 66 Erika Benitez 1:11:58 15 F WOMEN14-15-SUP12'6 1 137 67 Haakon Hoyer-Nielsen 1:12:02 15 M MEN14-15-SUP12'6 4 253 68 Patrick Cleveland 1:12:08 15 M MEN14-15-SUP12'6 5 175 69 Stephen Baker 1:12:11 14 M MEN14-15-SUP12'6 6 127 70 Rukin Jelks 1:12:16 22 M MEN18-22-SUP14' 2 530 71 Kieran O' Riordan 1:12:26 36 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 5 335 72 Kalia Alexiou 1:12:46 14 F WOMEN14-15-SUP12'6 2 504 73 Robert Howson 1:12:53 52 M MEN50-59-SUP12'6 1 352 74 Matt Lennert 1:12:59 43 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 11 607 75 Jeffrey Spencer 1:13:04 14 M MEN14-15-SUP14' 1 404 76 Jade Howson 1:13:10 12 F BREAKERGIRLS12-13 1 251 77 Taizen Pied 1:13:19 29 M MEN23-29-SUP14' 2 345 78 Brad Kingsley 1:13:26 43 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 12 532 79 Kenny Puckett 1:13:37 43 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 13 348 80 Brook Staples 1:13:43 47 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 14 411 81 Alexandria Higginson 1:13:49 12 F BREAKERGIRLS12-13 2 246 82 Rebecca Giddens 1:13:58 37 F WOMEN30-39-SUP12'6 1 223 83 Robert Christensen 1:14:08 68 M MEN-OC-1 9 170 84 Ryan Maloney 1:14:11 16 M MEN16-17-SUP12'6 2 571 85 Paul Matthews 1:14:15 49 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 15 295 86 Rojer Knowlton 1:14:32 51 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 3 512 87 Daniel Alvarez 1:14:37 43 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 16 119 88 Jay Prigge 1:14:39 48 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 3 589 89 Gene Tarsan Smith 1:14:46 54 M MEN50-59-SUP12'6 2 401 90 Ray Nosse 1:14:49 59 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 4 334 91 Elijah Schoenig 1:14:51 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 4 387 92 Fred Andersen 1:14:53 63 M MEN60+SUP14' 1 121 93 John Troppmann 1:14:56 58 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 5 437 94 Cole Vander Broek 1:15:05 14 M MEN14-15-SUP12'6 7 442 95 Nate Ludwig 1:15:09 37 M MEN30-39-SUP12'6 1 286 96 John Andel 1:15:13 32 M MEN30-39-SUP12'6 2 120 97 Austin Allen 1:15:18 17 M MEN16-17-SUP12'6 3 539 98 Bill Fowler 1:15:20 39 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 6 505 99 Karl Treiberg 1:15:23 54 M MEN50-59-SUP12'6 3 435 100 Michael Schwab 1:15:26 49 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 17 510 101 Wyatt Everhart 1:15:38 40 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 18 200 102 Michael Melville 1:15:43 61 M MEN60+SUP12'6 1 311 103 Les Hopper 1:15:51 53 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 6 248 104 Tony Fajardo 1:16:01 43 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 4 201 105 Sofia Sanchez 1:16:05 14 F WOMEN14-15-SUP12'6 3 381 106 Ioan Lascoe 1:16:12 17 M MEN16-17-SUP14' 1 273 107 Peter Phelan 1:16:16 42 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 19 343 108 Paul Aro 1:16:18 45 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 20 596 109 Ryan Sanchez 1:16:21 45 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 5 544 110 Joseph Threadgill 1:16:25 16 M MEN16-17-SUP14' 2 514 111 Taylor Guest 1:16:28 26 M MEN-PRONESTOCK 1 565 112 Bill McGrath 1:16:33 51 M MEN50-59-SUP12'6 4 301 113 Kristy Morris 1:16:35 38 F WOMEN30-39-SUP12'6 2 321 114 Kristin Thomas 1:16:35 52 F WOMEN-ELITE-SUP12'6 6 575 115 Jason Meffe 1:16:42 40 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 21 309 116 Ryan Voci 1:16:50 37 M MEN30-39-SUP12'6 3 446 117 Steven Williams 1:16:52 27 M MEN23-29-SUP14' 3 598 118 Wayne Prouty Jr 1:16:59 36 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 7 347 119 Matt Friedman 1:17:06 52 M MEN-SUPSURF 1 501 120 Kelsa Gabehart 1:17:18 34 F WOMEN-ELITE-SUP12'6 7 563 121 Geoff James 1:17:26 52 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 7 258 122 Gavin Mencinsky 1:17:28 11 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 1 313 123 Luke Allen 1:17:34 14 M MEN14-15-SUP12'6 8 577 124 Amy Staples 1:18:10 45 F WOMEN40-49-SUP12'6 1 410 125 Phoenix Sanchez 1:18:30 12 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 5 380 126 Ian Light 1:18:30 16 M MEN16-17-SUP12'6 4 276 127 Charlie Cindric 1:18:48 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 6 172 128 Jim Claussen 1:18:56 46 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 22 511 129 Steven Orwig 1:18:59 47 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 23 337 130 Keaton Rose 1:19:10 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 7 374 131 Delila Quinn 1:19:17 11 F MENEHUNEGIRLS10-11 1 621 132 Rhys Staples 1:19:22 10 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 2 413 133 Stephen Pugh 1:19:37 58 M MEN50-59-SUP12'6 5 349 134 Belah Ellis 1:19:41 12 F BREAKERGIRLS12-13 3 193 135 Mike Tessler 1:19:49 46 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 6 540 136 Shanna Upton 1:19:53 39 F WOMEN30-39-SUP12'6 3 440 137 John Thomaselli 1:19:55 62 M MEN60+SUP12'6 2 430 138 Thomas Purvance 1:20:03 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 8 537 139 Jane Staples 1:20:08 13 F BREAKERGIRLS12-13 4 412 140 Natalia Fon 1:20:10 53 F WOMEN50-59-SUP14' 1 557 141 Andrew Graham 1:20:14 42 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 7 227 142 Chris Sinatra 1:20:20 47 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 24 398 143 Kristin Kaczmarek 1:20:22 33 F WOMEN30-39-SUP12'6 4 261 144 Sasha Unruh 1:20:28 41 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 8 439 145 Riley McConaughey 1:20:49 16 M MEN16-17-SUP12'6 5 569 146 Charles Lancellotti 1:21:00 44 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 25 554 147 Mark Thompson 1:21:17 52 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 8 432 148 Brian Thomas 1:21:18 51 M MEN-PRONEUNLIMITED 1 528 149 Gibson Elkins 1:21:23 16 M MEN16-17-SUP14' 3 538 150 Kaden Neary 1:21:27 12 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 9 330 151 Juerg Geser 1:21:29 45 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 26 221 152 Susan Norman 1:21:31 57 F WOMEN50-59-SUP12'6 1 573 153 Sarah Callaham 1:21:47 29 F WOMEN23-29-SUP12'6 1 155 154 Joe McGovern 1:21:54 40 M MEN40-49-SUP12'6 9 300 155 Noam Elroi 1:22:01 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 10 195 156 Matix Springer 1:22:04 11 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 3 407 157 Kory Duffy 1:22:09 27 M MEN23-29-SUP14' 4 189 158 Finn Spencer 1:22:09 11 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 4 403 159 Sean Mosbey 1:22:13 44 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 27 332 160 Jonas Graham 1:22:26 11 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 5 228 161 John Allen 1:22:29 54 M MEN-SUPSURF 2 579 162 Conrad Rojas 1:22:34 10 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 6 620 163 Susie Hopper 1:22:48 47 F WOMEN40-49-SUP12'6 2 250 164 Jeff Timmons 1:22:56 35 M MEN30-39-SUP12'6 4 433 165 Burke Hammond 1:22:56 11 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 7 233 166 Madeleine King 1:23:06 54 F WOMEN50-59-SUP12'6 2 264 167 Janet Walp 1:23:18 60 F WOMEN60+SUP12'6 1 448 168 Kailyn Winter 1:23:26 12 F BREAKERGIRLS12-13 5 576 169 Drew Meyer 1:23:30 21 M MEN18-22-SUP14' 3 643 170 Quince Buckley 1:23:31 53 M MEN-SUPSURF 3 151 171 Mark Sumner 1:23:34 30 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 8 422 172 Zeke Rose 1:23:37 11 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 8 375 173 Irish Munce 1:23:37 36 M MEN-SUPSURF 4 326 174 Adam Malan 1:23:38 34 M MEN30-39-SUP14' 9 562 175 Kyle Schrauben 1:23:51 43 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 28 522 176 Paul Genasci 1:23:53 53 M MEN50-59-SUP12'6 6 220 177 Bruce Walters 1:23:56 55 M MEN50-59-SUP12'6 7 449 178 Leonard A Lopez Jr 1:24:09 42 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 29 283 179 Alex Groswird 1:24:21 61 M MEN60+SUP14' 2 230 180 Albert Cichra 1:24:25 61 M MEN60+SUP12'6 3 619 181 Elan Lindsey 1:24:28 13 F BREAKERGIRLS12-13 6 278 182 Ryan Dubach 1:24:29 36 M MEN30-39-SUP12'6 5 188 183 Erin Nealy 1:24:36 37 F WOMEN30-39-SUP14' 1 329 184 Chris Eberhardt 1:24:47 47 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 30 191 185 Estani Bori 1:24:50 11 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 9 581 186 Taegen Campbell 1:24:54 13 M BREAKERBOYS12-13 11 555 187 Zoe Carter 1:24:57 12 F BREAKERGIRLS12-13 7 582 188 Clete Dadian 1:25:08 52 M MEN50-59-SUP14' 9 179 189 Jenn Humboldt 1:25:12 41 F WOMEN40-49-SUP12'6 3 256 190 Sharelle Rodman 1:25:22 44 F WOMEN40-49-SUP12'6 4 366 191 Abby Baker 1:25:26 11 F MENEHUNEGIRLS10-11 2 125 192 Gretchen Meier Jurica 1:25:27 44 F WOMEN40-49-SUP12'6 5 310 193 Carl Brunst 1:25:33 42 M MEN40-49-SUP14' 31 149 194 Sage Quinn 1:25:34 14 F WOMEN14-15-SUP12'6 4 356 195 Trevor Valois 1:25:54 11 M MENEHUNEBOYS10-11 10 524 196 Chelsea Wilder 1:26:24 27 F WOMEN-ELITE-SUP12'6 8 454 197 Sue Cooper 1:26:34 48 F WOMEN-SUPSURF 1 585 198 Edwin Samuels 1:26:46 63 M MEN60+SUP14' 3 379 199 Lisa Hazelton 1:26:53 59 F WOMEN50-59-SUP12'6 3 245 200 Rune Hoyer-Nielsen 1:27:04 45 M MEN-PRONESTOCK 2 558 GROM RACE RESULTS Saturday June 27th 2015 Click Division to sort results by Board Class and Age Division. OVERALL FIRST NAME LAST NAME TIME AGE GENDER DIVISION PLACE BIB...

Great morning so far. Some fast runs. Zane Schweitzer had a great first round. Results to come. For now, enjoy some photos.

5th Annual Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle will be held at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California on September 29th & 30th. SUP Races for all levels: Go to www.BattleofthePaddle.com to register and for more information.

The 1k Race is Now Open! Ok, everyone, it's time for the next race in the 2020 Virtual Paddle League Race series! As we continue to move into shorter races with a focus on sprinting, we're SUPER excited to announce the King and Queen of...

SICK edit from Fin Film Company--Chris Aguilar. Lots of historic photos in there too!

Lexy took all of these pictures while completing her duty as "Chattajack Sherpa" for Sharna last weekend. Dottie Hodges made a fabulous "Sherpa Map" with directions and GPS coordinates for all of the Sherpa Stops or check-ins where you could watch paddlers on the...

The #SUWS 2015 Season got off to a explosive start in Barcelona with the Long Distance Racing on Day 1. The 10km course right on the beautiful Mediterranean provided the perfect opener for Connor Baxter & Candice Appleby to take the wins ahead of...

The Yukon 1000 Canoe, Kayak, and NOW SUP race got underway on Monday at 2pm. When Kim Sutton and Ben Friberg left the riverbanks in Whitehorse, there was a lot of skepticism from other paddlers: you're doing THIS ON THAT? Why would you want to...

Deep in the heart of the South Pacific is an island that is known for its giant head statues, called Moai. The western world calls it Easter Island, but the Polynesians, the original inhabitants of the island call it Rapa Nui. History suggests the...