Tag Archive for 'mark raaphorst'

Connor wins his 7th Straight Victory at the Maui-2-Molokai Crossing – Recap by Connor Baxter

Connor wins his 7th Straight Victory at the Maui-2-Molokai 28-Mile Crossing Connor’s victory extends the longest winning streak in the men’s sport. Not only has Connor never lost this race, but nobody else has ever won it. Connor took out the inaugural event as a scrawny teenager at 15 years old back in 2010, and […]

SIC Gives Back At Ike Imua

All photos courtesy of Erik Aeder. For the past few years, we’ve been taking part in an incredible few events with the Paddle Imua Ohana over on the island of Maui. Ike Imua is a family friendly event that aims to invite children with special needs and disabilities to enjoy a day of paddling in […]

SUP the Mag | SIC Bullet 11′ Review

By: Allie Brown SUP the Mag featured the SIC Bullet 11′ in its latest review. Check out what they had to say!

Search For SIC Maui Junior Development Team Athletes With TPA

By: Allie Brown SIC Maui (Sandwich Islands Composites) is excited to announce we are currently in search for two youth athletes to join the SIC family as members of our SIC Junior Development Team with our SIC Grom Search. The selection of these two founding members (one boy and one girl) will focus on the […]

SIC Team Athlete Lina Augaitis Wins 2014 Stand Up World Series

By: Allie Brown OAHU, Hawaii – SIC Maui Team Athlete Lina Augaitis sealed the 2014 Stand Up World Series title over the weekend with her results from the final round of the series at the Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu. Fresh off her Battle of the Paddle victory on her SIC […]

SIC Team Rider Lina Augaitis Takes 1st Place At BOP

By: Allie Brown Dana Point, CA – SIC Maui (Sandwich Islands Composites) had an awesome outing from the SIC Global Team rider Lina Augaitis, as she finished 1st overall for the 2014 Battle Of the Paddle at Salt Creek. Racing on SIC production boards, Augaitis earned 2nd place in the elite course on her X […]

Kenny Kaneko Joins SIC Global Team

By: Allie Brown October 4, 2014 San Clemente, CA – SIC Maui (Sandwich Islands Composites) is proud to announce that SIC Japanese Regional Team rider Kenny Kaneko has been promoted to the SIC Global Team. Kaneko has proven to be the best paddler in Japan in flat water racing, after joining the SIC Japan team. […]

2014 Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championships

Connor Baxter Here are some photos from this year’s Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championships. This year had lots of wind in the channel and was a week before Hurricane Iselle nailed the Big Island. A big congratulations to all the racers!

New S.I.C. Custom Website

Mark Raaphorst has a new site dedicated for custom boards: http://www.sicmauicustom.com/. Please check it out. If you’ve been around the world of stand up paddle racing then you already know that Mark Raaphorst is one of the pioneers, innovators and still leads the industry in open ocean race boards. From the “F” series to the […]

The S.I.C. Standamaran Race SUP and Pueo OC-1

Mark Raaphorst sent us these pictures of the S.I.C. Standamaran Race SUP and the Pueo OC-1 in matching paint schemes. Which one would you choose?

Riding the S.I.C. Recon-10 SUP Board in Waikiki

After riding the recon for a number of sessions on different conditions I realize that this board is really good for any rider over 200 pounds that wants a board that can turn on a dime. The quad fin set up is actually really comfortable now for me and if the conditions are nice and […]

S.I.C. Recon-10 SUP Surfing Board Review with Video

I’ve been meaning to try out the SIC Recon 10 SUP after I saw the pictures of Livio surfing it and talked to Mark Raaphorst about how the board would perform on the South Shore of Oahu so I recently picked one up. The S.I.C. Recon-10 stand up paddle surfing board pretty much looks and […]

S.I.C. Holiday Sale 2013

Here are some great deals from S.I.C. for the holiday season:

2013 Da Hui Race

Da Hui always has a super fun, family friendly race on July 4th. This year was no exception. I think they had over 700 participants.

SIC Standamaran Race SUP – After 3 years it’s finally here!

When Mark Raaphorst first told me about the SIC Standamaran in 2010, I knew I had to try it out so I flew from Oahu to Maui and got a chance to test the first version on a South Shore Kihei downwinder. The Kihei downwind conditions were amazing. It was like the best Hawaii Kai […]