Tag Archive for 'race'

Connor Baxter Wins the Maui Paddle Championships

Connor Baxter Wins the 2013 Maui Paddle Championships Recap by Connor The 2013 Maui Paddle Championships was a great event with over 200 competitors. This Maliko race was one of the most fun downwind runs I’ve had this year.

Molokai Training Video

Robert Stehlik sent us this video with him and Greg Pavao on a few training runs in preparation for the Molokai to Oahu race this Sunday. They are both riding the Blue Planet 14’x28″ Bump Rider race SUP and from watching the video are getting some great glides.

2013 Maui-2-Molokai 27-mile Crossing – Recap by Connor Baxter

CONNOR BAXTER WINS THE INFAMOUS “BEST DOWNWINDER” MAUI-2-MOLOKAI 27-MILE CROSSING! ReCap of Event The 2013 World Cup of SUP was such a great event. The day started at 4:45am with a bowl of cereal and some blasting music. My Sister and Mom, Sam Williams, Riggs Napolean, Mo Freitas and I drove over to the other […]

Interview with Starboard Team Rider Connor Baxter

Starboard team rider Connor Baxter shares with us his SUP racing activities for 2013.

Connor Baxter Wins the Olukai Ho’olaule’a

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.

Connor Baxter wins Stop 2 of the 2013 Stand Up World Series in Brazil

Monday 29 April Connor Baxter wins the long distance and overall in Brazil Connor Baxter (Starboard) makes it a clean sweep here at Stop 2 of the Stand Up World Series in Ubatuba, Brazil, winning both the sprint racing and Long distance courses at Praia do Centro and earning him the Stand Up World Series […]

Connor Baxter wins the World Series Sprint Racing on Day 1 of the Ubatuba Pro

Sunday 28 April Connor Baxter wins Day 1, the World Series Sprint Racing Connor Baxter (Starboard) builds on his momentum in 2013 with a win on day 1 of the Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam, the World Series Sprint Racing. With a stacked field of athlete featuring amongst the world’s best paddlers, Connor was able to […]

Build up to the Ubatuba Pro: the Starting Line

Thursday 25 April The Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam will kick off this weekend The Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam will kick off this weekend in the Center of Ubatuba town, at Praia do Centro. Featuring a selection of the World’s leading paddlers matching up against Brazil’s very best, this weekend’s World Series Racing promises to be […]

Ubatuba Pro Brazil Grand Slam Entries now open: 27th April – 5th May

Friday 12 April Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam to run from 27th April – 5th May The Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam will run from the 27th April – 5th May in the beautiful region of Ubatuba, just north of Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Connor Baxter Wins The Stand Up World Series Season Opener On The Epic Iceberg Lake

Event Update by Connor Baxter The 2013 Patagonia Chile event was amazing. It started off with a lot of traveling and long car rides. On the way to Patagonia, I saw more sheep and llamas and alpacas than I did people – we were in the middle of nowhere. Once we finally got to this […]

Connor Baxter wins the Aragas Magallanes Paddle Challenge, stop 1 of the World Series

Monday 18 March Connor Baxter powers to victory in Puerto Natales, Chile Connor Baxter (Starboard) puts every last shred of energy into a tiebreaker to claim the overall victory here at the Aragas Magallanes Paddle Challenge. With Kai Lenny (Naish) taking the win in the long distance, Connor knew that it was all or nothing […]

World Series season is officially open as the first stop in Chile lights up

Friday 15 March Aragas Magallanes Paddle Challenge sees epic start The Stand Up World Series kicked off in style today at Day 1 of the Aragas Magallanes Paddle Challenge presented by Stand Up Latino and powered by Big Foot Adventures. Blue skies and one of the most striking and dramatic backdrops imaginable played host to […]

The Aragas Magallanes Paddle Challenge to kick off this week with record prize-money

Monday 11 March Record 1st place prize-money at Chilean World Series With a groundbreaking and biggest ever $9,000 first place for any SUP event in history, the Aragas Magallenes Paddle Challenge presented by Stand Up Latino and Big Foot Adventure Company will kick off this Friday with an epic long distance in front of the […]

History to be made at the Magallanes Paddle Challenge, Chile

Thursday 28 February Magallanes Paddle Challenge to open 2013 World Series This year’s World Series Opener will venture into uncharted waters and tread new ground for the sport of Stand Up Paddling as a whole. Set in the dramatic surroundings that the region of Patagonia, South Chile provides, from the 14th – 17th March the […]

Xcel Race Against Skin Cancer Coming Saturday, February 9

Xcel Race Against Skin Cancer Coming Saturday, February 9 First-Time Event Supports University of Hawai’i Cancer Center O’AHU, HAWAI’I – Pre-registration continues for the Xcel Race Against Skin Cancer presented by the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center, a standup paddle race Saturday, February 9 benefiting skin cancer awareness.