One thing done: Kai Lenny wins the Sunset Beach Pro, and in a beautiful way. Risk taking, energy, and just enough aggressivity were the only way for him to win with the extremely high level of the riders this year, Nice performance also from the localRobin Johnston who climbs up to a well deserved second place, with his spot knowledge and his commitment. Wonderful third place of Kody Kerbox, from Maui, another youngster who will have shown his value and his great riding level. We will remember the biggest tube of the contest, by the local Kala Alexander! Here are…

The best SUP wave riders in the world were pretty spoiled by mother nature in the last few days, with some big swells hitting Sunset Beach! Link naar video reports hier: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWatermanLeague?feature=watch The contest went throught the first few tours already and some names are already starting to stand out with some pretty high scores: Dave Muir, Kai Lenny, Keahi de Aboitiz, Bonga Perkins, Ian Vaz, Robin Johnston, Ikaika Kalama, Kala Alexander and the very surprising Casper Steinfath will have gotten the best scores in the first round and the event winner might very well be amongst these names! But…

2013 will be a very exciting year in the SUP world! It will also be the terrain for exceptional battles for the wave world title, a title that Leco Salazar might have a hard time keeping but will have all the motivation in the world to do so! We think that his main opponents in 2013 will be Kai Lenny, multiple time world champion, but also Sean Poynter who came very close to the title in 2012. We could also bet on guys like Keahi de Aboitiz, Antoine Delpero, Colin Mac Philipps... only if they make it to all the…

Starboard’s Vanina Walsh prepares for the opening stop of the inaugural season of the Women’s Stand Up World Tour in 2013 at Turtle Bay