standup paddleboarding
Sign in to saveAlso known as standup paddle boarding, SUP, stand up paddle, stand up paddle board, stand up paddling, standup paddle board, standup paddleboard, stand up paddleboard
water sport
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- type of sport
- Subclass of
- paddling
- Official name
- planche à rame
- Image
- Stand up paddle.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Standup paddleboarding in light surf Standup paddle boarding in Lake Annecy, France Kai Lenny, World Cup Sylt 2009 Professional windsurfing veteran Jürgen Hönscheid riding a wave in Hawaii Professional use: Two lifeguards of the German Life Saving Association patrolling a public bathing area of a lake on stand-up paddleboards in Munich, Germany
Standup paddleboarding, stand-up paddleboarding or stand up paddle (SUP) is a water sport born from surfing with modern roots in Hawaii. Standup paddleboarders stand on boards that are floating on the water and use a paddle to propel themselves through the water. The sport was documented in a 2013 report that identified it as the outdoor sporting activity with the most first-time participants in the United States that year. Variations include flat water paddling, racing, surfing, whitewater SUP, yoga, and fishing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “standup paddleboarding” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.