Calling all SUP racers:
On your mark!

SUP racers can enter a race nearly every week in a year. There are scores of races happening around the world all year ’round, so it won’t be hard to find an event. The first two "events" links below list over 70 races worldwide, These sites are only two of many offering  schedules, results, and video.

Racing can be serious, or serious fun, attracting SUPers from novice to enthusiast to high performance athlete, kids to seniors. Racing is a fast-growing part of the flat water stand up paddle boarding discipline, which in itself is the most popular SUP style—and enthusiasm for racing is a big part of that. This is the area of greatest innovation for all performance boards, so clearly manufacturers are picking up on the buzz.

Check out the links below for events, schedules, results, rules and regulations, and video.    

From the "World Paddle Association" (WPA), – the rule book.

LINK: http://worldpaddleassociation.com/wpa-sup-racing-rulebook/

DESCRIPTION: From the Tahoe Nalu Festival site.
LINK: http://www.tahoenalu.com

DESCRIPTION: A U.S. race schedule
LINK: http://worldpaddleassociation.com/wpa-events/

DESCRIPTION: Events in CA, FL, NC, DJ, CN, UT, MD, TN, VA, GA within the United States.
LINK: http://www.yoloboard.com/sup-events/ (will re-link when Yolo updates their link)

DESCRIPTION: SUPTube in an ARCHIVE for videos of racing and other events
LINK: suptube archive videos of sup racing

CANADA SUP racing events

DESCRIPTION: SUP racing Rule Book published by www.wpacanada.com (World Paddle Association)
LINK: http://wpacanada.com/uploads/2013_SUP_RACING_RULEBOOK.pdf

DESCRIPTION: Based in Vancouver B.C. Primarily focused on flat water paddle boarding. This is a local calendar.
LINK: http://www.paddlesurf.ca/

DESCRIPTION: Okanagan Region, SUP events
LINK: https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/163692/10-can-t-miss-SUP-events