Stand Up Paddle SUP Surfboards

The modern sport of SUP has its origination in the Hawaiian Islands. In the early 1960s the Beach Boys of Waikiki would stand on their long boards and paddle out with outrigger paddles to take pictures of the tourists learning to surf. This is where the term "Beach Boy Surfing" originates, another name for Stand Up Paddle Surfing.

The reinvention of SUP was actually unintentional. Dave Kalama tells the story of him and Laird asked to do a photo shoot but when the day came around the surf was tiny. They took out their biggest longboards but soon got bored. To liven things up they grabbed some paddles from their trucks and started mucking around in the small waves. The paddles were actually much too short so they looked ridiculous but the potential was realized and they soon developed the modern style.

One difference between the modern idea of surfing and SUP is that the latter does not need a wave. In SUP, one can paddle on the open ocean, in harbors, on lakes, rivers or any large body of water. One of the advantages of Stand Up Paddle Surfing is the angle of visibility. Because of the standing height over the water one can see both deeper into the water and further across the surface of the water, allowing better visualization of features others lower above the water may not be able to see, whether it is the marine life in the harbors, lakes and coves or the incoming swells of the ocean marching on the horizon.

We have the best range of SUP’s available in the UK  with designs from Dave Kalama, Bonga Perkins, Steve Walden and  NSP.

 

With some of the top Surfboard manufacturers and shapers in the world our collection of surfboards can be seen as one of the best, we have listed below some headings of surfboard construction this should give you an idea of the different materials used in building surfboards.


SURFBOARD CONSTRUCTION :

Seven Super Fish Surfboard

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