Videos

Badfish Rivershred 2018 It's Friday, y'all! So let's start the weekend right with a nice edit to get the adrenaline flowing! Sure, it's a product video from Badfish, but it's Mike T! No one rips on the river the way this guy does! (Just one...

The Kahele OC1 Master outrigger canoe designer Johnny Puakea talked with StandupPaddleSurf.net about his newest canoe, the Kahele OC1. The Kahele is shorter than most OC1, but it has a it has an optimized waterline, which he says makes it faster on the flatwater and...

The Perfect SUP Foiling Video This may be one of the most soothing, calming, mesmerizing foil vidos we've ever seen....if this edit from France's  Thalassa doesn't make you want to learn to foil, or at least paddle surf, not sure what will! Smooth!!!  

Ching, Hart, Rav 4 Commercial So, it's a regional Toyota commercial, but we don't care.  Who wouldn't want to watch a car ad with these two guys in it???        

Connor Baxter on the 2018 SUP Season Sup Racer's Chris Parker sat down with Starboard's Connor Baxter and talked story... (with a nice shout out to Paddle Monster)  

Time in the V1 Rudderless Outrigger Vic Allen gets great coaching in this video in which he makes paddling the V1 Va'a outrigger canoe look easy!    

The Dark Months: Paddling on Lake Ontario It's April, and many of us are starting to see the Spring Thaw - well, some of us anyway. Soon, hopefully, for all of us who have to deal with winter paddling, neoprene, dry suits and frozen faces...

"Honey, is that a Giant Squid on your PaddleBoard?" We are stopping the presses as it were for this! So amazing! These folks are lucky to have an encounter with the rarely seen alive Architeuthis, otherwise know as the giant squid. Normally these guys wash up...

Five Most Common Ocean Downwinding Mistakes Downwinding season is right around the corner, and as the folks from Blue Planet Surf remind us in this video, downwinding in the ocean is very different that in a lake or on a river, even if that river...

Surfing with Fiona Wylde In Indo Ever wanted to know what it would be like to shred the way Fiona Wylde does? Then check out her cool Point of View video from a recent session in Indonesia. Not only is she an amazing racer and...

Epic V10 in Oz Epic Kayaks Australia recently posted this video of the new V10 Gen 3 having fun in the Australian surf....makes us want to go!        

Whitewater SUP: Drone Edit from the White Salmon Zachary Collier posted this awesome drone footage of a recent run down the lower Lower White Salmon River in the Columbia River Gorge.  The Gorge isn't just a downwinding mecca, y'all!

Around the World with James Casey What could be better than video of James Casey foiling in the iconic Sidney Harbor? Happy Wednesday, y'all! The full video is coming soon to the Sunova website. Filmed and edited by @barefootcaptain with special thanks @balmoral_paddlesurf

Virginia Beach OC1 Downwind Run Virginia Beach paddler and 404 Team Rider Steve Dullack, who has significant background in things maritime (if we told you, he might have to kill us) safely took advantage of recent weather conditions to log an epic East Coast downwinder. ...

Downwinding the Douro River Via Surfski Paddle along with Oscar Chalupsky and turn up the volume to get some downwinding instruction from his session on the Douro River in Porto....want more? Sign up for a clinic with Oscar at this year's Carolina Cup!    

Gliding in the Eastern Columbia River Gorge We've learned from our good friends at Stoke on the Water that there's more to the Columbia River Gorge than just the storied Viento Run.  In this amazing video, SOTW's Russel Peart displays his fancy footwork and overall...

Downwind OC Paddling with Dylan Dylan Geiger is one of our favorite groms...and we think this edit of his OC downwinding session on the Banana River in Florida is awesome! Look for this one on the podium - he's already sponsored by 404 and he...

Surfski Paddling in Spain The good folks over at Surfski World posted this on their Facebook page this week and we had to share.  It's from Spain....here's what  Boyan Zlatarev has to say about it: "This video was captured yesterday opposite Punta Paloma Baja near Tarifa.  People always ask...

Running the Ocoee on a SUP While Chattanooga's Ben Friberg might be more known as the awesome creator and race director of the Chattajack race,  he's also one darned fine whitewater sup paddler.  Take a look and you'll see what we mean...        

Sey Chelle’s Thread the Needle Sup Warmup This is one of our all-time favorite yoga poses for really getting into the shoulders.  Paddle Monster Coach Sey Chelle shows you the right way to “thread the needle.”    

Another Epic Dusi Race The Dusi Canoe Marathon concluded this past weekend, and as usual, it was an epic affair.  The three-day race, which is the largest canoeing event on the continent of Africa, attracts somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,000 paddlers.  Here’s how the...

Winter Downwind Paddling Maui Style When Maliko is a no-go, often times it gets good on the South side of Maui, especially this time of year.  Jeremy Riggs of Paddle with Riggs has put together another epic video of what it’s like when the Kihei...

Kalama on Foiling Legendary Hawaiian waterman Dave Kalama talks about the progression from surfing to windfsurfing, SUP and ultimately foiling in this interview by Greg Huglin.

Waterman Survival 101 Joe Sheridan from Waterman Survival talks about freediving safety, instruction and certification camps and clinics from the Smith Optics booth, 2018 Surf Expo in Orland Florida. For more information on Joe and the Waterman Survival programs, go to: http://www.watermansurvival.com/  

V1 Rudderless OC Just perfect for this Monday morning....a nice edit by Paolo Ameglio featuring some tropical water and a rudderless wa'a.