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Updates, Tips, and Stories for Paddlers
Rise & Glide, Episode 5: Caroline Cook
From Sprint Canoe to SUP, having recently made the transition to standup. Learn about Carolines journey and what it is like paddling with cochlear implants.
Rise & Glide, Episode 4: John Hibbard
Red Paddle Co is 15 this year, find out what led a competitive windsurfer to a journey of innovation and domination in the global SUP market!
Rise & Glide, Episode 3: Sarah Perkins
A versatile surfer, racer and academic. Sarah reveals how SUP enables remote scientific research and is more than a sport, allowing us to get closer to nature.
Rise & Glide, Episode 2: Anthony Vela
With a wealth of knowledge from a lifetime in the water, Anthony is a master of inspiring paddlers and athletes. Plus, hear what he thinks would be the next best paddle competition!
Rise & Glide, Episode 1: Mathieu Astier
How does an athlete and actor transition to travelling round the world and operating the #1 international online Stand Up Paddle news website - TotalSUP. Find out in this episode of Rise and Glide.
How sleep can affect your paddling performance
Many people paddle for social and leisure purposes, but if you’re paddling frequently to improve your fitness or training for an event you might find it interesting to hear how resting more can improve your paddling. The three core pillars of sports performance are training, nutrition and recovery. In recent years, getting good quality sleep has been recognised as a key tool to improve athletic performance. We know that sleep is an important part of resting and recovering from your training, but why exactly does sleep help, what happens if you aren’t sleeping enough and what can you do to maximise the quality of your sleep?
Event Report: ICF World Championships 2022
Gdynia, Poland. A beachside location which had calm water protected by a marina for sprint racing, and open water into the Baltic Sea perfect for the long distance and technical racing.
Wind: Friend or Foe?
The safety advice contained within the Radar is designed to help you enjoy Coastal environments safely. I live on the coast and it was becoming more and more obvious that the wind was both my friend and a foe.
Paddle Logger x Save the Waves
Save the Waves is an organisation that works in coalition with diverse organizations around the world with a common aim to protecting surf ecosystems.
We are paddlers, waterways and our oceans are where we play. It is our responsibility to both reduce our impact on these spaces, as well as look to improve these spaces for future generations. Every time you finish a paddle using Paddle Logger you will now have the ability to log environmental threats via the Save the Waves App.
The North Channel: more than a paddle
Samantha Rutt became the first woman to cross the North Channel, a notorious stretch of water from Northern Ireland to Scotland, where the waters from two oceans merge to create unique conditions to paddle and navigate – Sam did it in style, with a new (unofficial) Guinness World Record of 5 hrs and 3 minutes – in this candid interview with PL Crew Sarah Thornely, she talks about what makes her tick on the water and off: