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  • Connor Baxter Wins the Olukai Ho'olaule'a Event - and Defends his 2012 Title!!

    Re-Cap of Event – by Connor Baxter The Olukai Ho’olaule’a is a great event. Every year paddlers look forward to competing at this event in the infamous Maliko downwinder. The day started out with rain and very light winds. But, when driving down along the north shore we could see that the wind was picking up and the rain had stopped – and there were a few whitecaps. It...

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  • Exciting News: Bart de Zwart Crossing the Arctic

    Starboards Adventurist, Bart de Zwart, will be out to cross the Arctic the end of June or early July. We will have more updates as they come in, but for now here is what Bart has to say… And you can follow his blog postings here: http://sup-crossing.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-new-adventure.html This summer I will do a new Crossing -THE ARTIC CROSSING, solo, non-stop and unsupported! This...

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  • Starboard Team Rider Finn Mullen Wins Easkey Surf Classic

    Congratulations to Starboard Team Rider Finn Mullen, of Ireland, for winning the 2nd round of the Irish National Championship Tour at Easkey Surf Classic and to teammate Lewis Eickholt who secured a 2nd place finish. The famed lefts of Easkey in County Sligo turned on in the strong off shore winds with both riders opting to use their 2013 Starboard 8’5” pros. ”The wind was...

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  • Starbaord’s Roman Frejo Winning Throughout Spain

    Team Rider Roman Frejo is winning in Spain. In the past two races Roman took fist in the San Vicente de la Barquera event and first in the SUP distance race at Port Adriano. Here is a recap from Roman: The first race event of the Spanish tour took place in San Vicente de la Barquera. There were two days full of action. The long distance race was challenging in the cold temperatures with some...

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  • Bart de Zwart Takes 2nd in Maui IMUA Race

    Congratulations to Starboard’s Bart de Zwart for placing 2nd in the IMUA Maui event over the weekend! Bart sent us a recap of the event and you can find all the details here: This year’s Maui IMUA race, a Maliko run to the harbor, looked like it would be more of a flat winder than a downwinder, but the winds were surprisingly good and from the trade wind direction. I was secretly...

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  • Connor Baxter Wins All in Brazil.

    Congratulations to Connor Baxter who is on a roll… He took his momentum and win from Chile and went into Ubatuba, Brazil on a mission! Connor out paced some of the best paddlers in the world for a first place finish in the sprint, first place in the distance; giving him the overall win in the 2nd stop of the Stand Up World Series. Starboard also saw outstanding performances from Zane...

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  • Ryan James Wins Largest SUP Event in the UK – River Dart Challenge.

    Starboard’s International Paddler, Ryan James of the UK, takes on the best of the best in the UK’s largest and most prestigious event – the River Dart Challenge. Out of 98 paddlers, Ryan came in first in the 14’ division. The race, a 10 mile journey, took place on the River Dart from Totnes to Dartmouth. Congratulations Ryan James and best of luck the rest of the racing...

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  • Connor Baxter Wins All Stars Sprint Race in Abu Dhabi

    From Waterman League: Connor Baxter (Starboard) storms to victory in the Abu Dhabi All Stars Sprints amidst a star studded field of athletes. The morning dawned with 35 knot winds and sand filled skies as the picture perfect blue skies of the past days turned dark with the sand in the air making for a new challenge for the assembled racers. Current World Series Ratings leader Connor Baxter...

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  • Zane Schweitzer: Abu Dhabi Overall Champion and Connor Baxter Winner in Sprint Race Event.

    Congratulations to Team Starboard as they went to the Middle East and dominated the wave pool and the racing course. Over 3 days we all got to witness history in the making with the first ever Tour stop in the Middle East. This could easily change surfing as we know it and no longer do we need big oceans, shore breaks, reef breaks or do we have to wait on the next big swell to come in… As...

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  • Moritz Mauch Winner in Canarian/Spanish Race and SUP Championship

    Congratulations to International Team Rider Moritz Mauch for his 1st place finish in the Sprint portion of the Canarian/Spanish Race Championship and for his 1st place finish in the SUP Surf Canarian Championship. The race event took place 23rd of March in the South of Fuerteventura, it was the first race event on the canaries and in total 13 competitors took part. The conditions where really...

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