There’s been a lot of excitement lately about making our own paddles. No more worrying about cutting a paddle down to the correct height and finding you’ve taken too much off of it. No more worrying about getting wiped out and snapping a carbon shaft. And no more worrying about how to find the cash [...]

Hossegor, France
Many who travel far and wide often say the most beautiful beach they have ever found is in Europe,in the south west of France. A small town called Hossegor, about 20km north of Biarritz – no palm trees, no crowds, justkilomneters and kilometers of heartwarming golden sand. The summer seems to last for six [...]

Here’s a rundown on our 10 favourite worldwide beaches in two parts
Kapalua Bay, Maui, Hawaii, US
A beautifully small pocket of sand lined with glorious palm trees that doesn’t draw large crowds like some of Hawaii’s larger beaches such as Waikiki. The white coral sand is protected by two headlands, Sheltered from big waves and strong [...]

Here’s a great exercise you can try on your indo board. Many thanks to friend of SUP Jon for sharing this with us.
For beginners you might want to start out by just balancing using your arms on the indo board and your legs on a static chair. Then when you are comfortable with that you [...]

So you’ve seen SUP boards and want to try it out but you can’t afford the cost of the equipment?
There is a way of getting on the water very cheaply – convert an old windsurfing board. Its very simple too…when we say convert we mean take any windsurf specific stuff off of it like footstraps [...]

Hollywood celebs have been out making the most of the best SUP boards and conditions lately
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When you start out in SUP it can seem like there’s a lot to learn and it isn’t helped by other Stand up paddle surfers using what seems like an alien language to describe elements of the sport. Here, for the first time on SUP magic we decipher some of the most commonly heard terms [...]

In the old days it was easy. Tie an old shoelace around your neck and loop one end of it through your old fashioned car key. Wear that inside your wetsuit or rash guard vest and you could always get back into your car at the end of the surf session.
Then along came intelligent keys [...]

Just because its winter doesn’t mean you have to stop going out on your SUP stand up paddleboard!
You’ve essentially got two options – either switch to flat water paddling where the likelihood of you falling in is much less or invest in some winter gear and employ some sneaky tricks to stay warm.
If the former [...]

If you are surfing in warm weather the only clothing you really need is a pair of boardshorts. Legally ,on most beaches, for men anyway that’s a minumum! For women board shorts with a bikini top will suffice.
Make sure the shorts aren’t baggy around the waist. When you fall in, and you will, you don’t [...]