When it was announced that Battle of the Paddle Hawaii, one of the most highly anticipated and revered SUP events, wouldn’t happen in 2012, the paddle world was left with a hole in it. What would fill it’s place? Where would we go to paddle and compete in pristine conditions, to test ourselves against each [...]
Jamie Mitchell – The Eddie, The Channel & SUP from Surftech Surfboards on Vimeo. It’s true. Surftech Team Rider Jamie Mitchell has been on an absolute tear, catapulting himself into the news for a wide variety of compelling reasons. Mitchell is widely recognized as one of the top prone paddlers in the world, proven again [...]
Dana Point, CA (September 22, 2011) - Surftech team riders Jamie Mitchell and Candice Appleby will be putting it all on the line at the Battle of the Paddle California this weekend in Dana Point. To say it’s been a banner year for these two premier athletes would be an understatement! With a record 10th straight Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard Race [...]
National Geographic says Jamie Mitchell is the best paddler on the planet. You heard it right! Surftech’s own Jamie Mitchell is nominated for one of ten prestigious spots in the running for the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2010, up there with the likes of the 16 year old girl that made a solo [...]
THE STOKE WAS HIGH and the level of competition higher as Team Surftech pull in a First, Second and Third place in the worlds in the most prestigious stand up paddle race! BOP Hawaii 2010 Elite Womens champion and second place finisher at last years BOP Cali, Surftech Team Rider Candice Appleby once again showed [...]
A few pics from the ground floor at the Battle of the Paddle Hawaii
8 time world paddleboarding champion and 2009 Battle of the Paddle champ, Jamie Mitchell is on board the Best Odyssey for a 10 day wave fest in the Southern Maldives. Jamie took a break from his race training in Australia to hunt for waves in the middle of the Indian Ocean. After careful preparation and [...]
Visit Surftech SUP at ISPO 2013
Come see the hottest new shapes from the worlds top shapers Many premiere SUP brands will be available to experience: BARK, JM Paddleboards, Gerry Lopez, Al Merrick, Roxy, Laird, and Surftech. Surftech’s ISPO booth: Hall A3, #126 Feb 3-6, 2013. Head to the ISPO Munich website for more info.