This Saturday we'll be at Southport Sailing Club's Push the Boat Out Demo Day, offering free SUP taster sessions! If you think fancy trying stand up paddle boarding, this is a great opportunity to have a little go and meet some paddle boarders.If you're paddle boarding already, and thinking of buyin ...

Aaarrrr me hearties!Pirates Around the Pier is a unique, fun SUP challenge for all the family, in Pirate fancy dress and in aid of local charities. Where else can you paddle on inland waters and  around one of Britain's longest piers in the space of an hour or so?!We'll take to the water on the big ...

Fanatic's Stubby Air 8'6 is brand new for the 2016 range and quickly became a favourite at SUP North! It takes the current lean towards Vanguard-type boards with parallel rails and more volume in the nose and tail, and translates it into an iSUP inflatable version, perfect for travelling or for thos ...

The Tiki Tour is on the way to Southport! On Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th of June we'll have a van load of Starboard stand up paddle boards and paddles for you to try - a first for Southport!Starboard is one of the biggest SUP brands in the world, and makes some of the most progressive and succes ...

Head of the Dart was SUP North's first distance race when we all took part in 2013. It was supposed to be an easy cruise with the downstream flow and outgoing tide.... Cut to 3 races later and I was tackling the Dart solo, as Alan was on a family holiday surfing in Fuerteventura, and Simon ws taking ...

On Sunday March 15th we're holding Southport's first ever Stand Up Paddle Board (SUP) Race. It's race 3 in the Northern SUP Winter League, after successful events in Birmingham and Durham.This is a fun, short course race for paddlers of all abilities and experience, and any type of ...

Red Paddle Co's exclusive Titan Pump is really taking stand up paddle boarding on an inflatable board to the next level in 2015. We all love the convenience of a board that packs down for transport and storage but, let's be honest, no one loves the pumping (apart from the warm-up!).The Titan Pump is ...

Simon and Alan riding some waves at Formby Point, Merseyside last weekend - with guest appearance from John Taylor (Alan's Dad). Great work on filming and editing by Spencer ...

I discovered the Pontcysyllte aqueduct in Llangollen, Wales while browsing the web one day and pencilled it in as a must do on stand up paddle boards in the future.The aqueduct carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in North East Wales. It was completed in 1805 and it's ...