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  • Congratulations Sean Poynter – bronze medal winner in ISA Peru Classic!

    Coming off a stand out performance at the World Stand Up Paddle Tour event at Sunset Beach, Sean Poynter (USA) traveled to Peru for the first ever ISA sponsored World Paddle Board Classic. With over 17 countries being represented, Sean surfed his Starboard Pro 7’7 to a bronze medal finish behind International riders Hector Delpero (FRA) and Justin Holland (AUS). Sean helped Team USA take...

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  • Sean Poynter Wins Most Committed Surfer Award

    The Stand Up World Tour, on Sunset Beach, Oahu, started out slow with poor surf conditions, rainy weather, and high winds. When it finally kicked off, with just a couple days left to spare on the waiting period, Sean Poynter (CA), who narrowly missed out on a berth to the finals, came away with a strong 5th place finish and won The Most Committed surfer award. According to the judges, the award...

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  • Starboard Welcomes French SUP racer Gaetan Sené to the Team

    France’s Stand out racer Gaetan Sené, formally of Mistral, will join the Starboard SUP team in 2012. His first big event will be to represent France and Starboard in late February at the ISA Global in Peru. Gaetan will compete on Starboards 12’6 x 26’5 BOP and the ACE flat-water 14′ x 25 Board. Right after Gaetan, signed with Starboard, he sat down for an...

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  • This is Dedication!

    Check out Starboard’s rising star Leonard Nika from Italy. Nothing was going to stop Leonard from getting on his board – not even a snow storm in Rome, Italy and -3 degrees Celsius. To surf in these conditions wearing just board shorts is true dedication! Keep an eye on Leonard Nika, you will soon find him on top of a podium in Italy and beyond. His next race is in March, at...

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  • Connor Baxter and Annabel Anderson Take First Place at “The Doctor”

    Starboard’s stand up paddle board racers Connor Baxter (Maui) and Annabel Anderson (New Zealand), managed to defeat some of the world’s best stand up paddlers, in some of the most grueling conditions, at the Starboard SUP Challenge, division of The Doctor. Racers took on the challenging head winds of the 27.5 km open ocean race, which started at Rottnest Island and ended at Sorrento...

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  • Starboard Positioned to Lead 2012 Stand Up World Tour

    As the winter swells return to Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, so does Starboard as the exclusive board brand and partner for the season premiere Sunset Beach Pro which kicks off the 2012 Stand Up World Tour (February 4th-14th). After a stand-out performance and taking first place in last year’s final event of the 2011 tour, Starboard Elite rider, and Maui’s own, Zane...

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  • Starboard wins 2012 Downwind Dash in Cape Town Langebaan

    Starboard Team Rider Dylan Frick won the 2012 Downwind Dash on the Starboard Open Ocean Race 14’0 x 28″ beating South Africa’s best Paddlers including the likes of Chris Bertish, Ivan van Vuuren and Peter Peterson. This Kid is 15 Years Old! Andrew Cillie (The Stig,) did Starboard proud by taking third place on the Starboard Open Ocean Race Board. Francois Frick came in 6th on...

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  • Zane wins the final of the 011 Stand up world tour

    Watch Video After a great year of competition, 18 year old Zane Schweitzer charges his way through to the Final and puts on a dominant performance to secure an emotional win at the Hawaii Island Finals. In epic Honoli’i surf, Zane read the point perfectly, linking together critical turns and progressive maneuvers to finish in the top spot at the Hawaii Island Finals ahead of a fiercely...

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  • Connor Wins Stand Up Tour in Fiji

    Namotu Island, Fiji Connor Wins the Overall Title in Fiji!!! The 2011 Namotu World Paddle Challenge was a great event. The first day they started off big and ran the long distance race first. They said the race was going to be 19 miles, but it ended up being 23 miles. The race was from Natadola Beach on the main island to Namotu Island and there were about 15 of us at the starting line. We were...

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