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Welcome to our collection of the biggest news and stories that have taken place in the SUP world from the previous month. Let's recap what happened in November 2022 as we had a number of world champions crowned.
APP World Tour Gran Canaria Pro-Am - World SUP Surf Champions
The APP World Tour held a single SUP surf event for the 2022 season in Gran Canaria, Spain last weekend which meant this event would be crowning the 2022 World Champions.
Benoit Carpentier won the mens division ahead of Luis Diniz in solid surf on the final day. Benoit scored some of the highest heat totals all event and deserved the win in Gran Canaria. Kaede Inoue, a 17 year old surf from Japan stunned the judges with huge turns and committed manoeuvres to get the win ahead of Lucia Cosoleto from Argentina. Expect big thing from Kaede into the future. Kaede also won the junior girls division ahead of her sister Sakura to secure a second world championship. Kapono Fukuda from Japan took the win in the junior boys ahead of Titouan Pajot from France. Leco Salazar just pipped Benoit Carpentier in the longboard division to secure his 2nd world title on the APP World Tour.
ISA World SUP & Paddleboard Championships - Puerto Rico 2022
The ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Puerto Rico has concluded this year with France taking the Team Gold medal in what was a spectacular display of SUP racing, surfing and prone paddleboarding from all participants. The ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship brings together nations from around the world to compete for for world titles in an Olympic type atmosphere.
April Zilg (USA) and Connor Baxter (USA) were able to secure SUP Sprint Race gold medals. Shuri Araki(JPN) and Candice Appleby (USA), each claimed gold medals for the technical race. Luiz Diniz claimed an unprecedented third gold medal in Men’s SUP Surfing, while Argentina’s Lucia Cosoleto claimed her first. Duna Gordillo and Shuri Araki (JPN) took the Gold medal in the SUP Distance Race. Cecilia Pampinella and Vaic Garioud (FRA) won the junior SUP technical races.
Chris Bertish Releases New Book - All In!
All In, is the latest book from internationally renowned big wave surfer, ocean adventurer, multiple Guinness World Record holder, speaker and author, Chris Bertish, telling his harrowing tale of his 2017, 7500km solo SUP TransAtlantic Crossing from Morocco, Africa to Antigua in the Caribbean.
“The book tells the story of my 3months alone at sea and some of the gnarly adventures I went through to do what most people told me was completely impossible,” says Chris Bertish. “Some of the highlights include being targeted by a great white shark, towed by a giant sea squid, capsizing multiple times and surfing down 10-meter waves as challenging as anything I have faced in any Mavericks Big Wave Surfing Championships!”
Too many times, Bertish, found himself hanging on the edge of his modified SUP for dear life. He also become one with the elements, and ultimately succeeded in doing something everyone said was simply impossible.
This is the story of his incredible journey.