SUP Challenges
Challenge yourself, sharpen your skills and have fun on the water with our collection of SUP challenges. Build confidence and add something different to your next session.
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Put your step-back turn skills to the test. Get onto the tail, turn the board and see how many controlled step-back turns you can complete in just 30 seconds.
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SUPboarder Challenges / Step Back Turn (How Many In 30 Seconds)
Put your step-back turn skills to the test. Get onto the tail, turn the board and see how many controlled step-back turns you can complete in just 30 seconds.
View VideoTime to get your feet moving! Cross-step towards the nose and back again, testing your balance, footwork and ability to stay in control as you move around your board.
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SUPboarder Challenges / Cross Step Challenge
Time to get your feet moving! Cross-step towards the nose and back again, testing your balance, footwork and ability to stay in control as you move around your board.
View VideoHow good is your balance on one foot? Move around the board and discover how changing your position affects stability, trim and the way your SUP responds beneath you.
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SUPboarder Challenges / One Foot Challenge
How good is your balance on one foot? Move around the board and discover how changing your position affects stability, trim and the way your SUP responds beneath you.
View VideoPut your paddling fitness to the test with a challenge designed to get you working harder, while highlighting how maintaining good technique becomes more difficult as you start to tire.
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Breaking your SUP comfort zone / SUP challenge 1 # Paddling finless
Put your paddling fitness to the test with a challenge designed to get you working harder, while highlighting how maintaining good technique becomes more difficult as you start to tire.
View VideoHow high can you lift the nose? Use your footwork, balance and weight distribution to control the board from the tail and see how long you can hold a SUP wheelie.
FreeBreaking your SUP comfort zone / SUP challenge 2 # The SUP wheelie
How high can you lift the nose? Use your footwork, balance and weight distribution to control the board from the tail and see how long you can hold a SUP wheelie.
View VideoChallenge your balance and board control by seeing just how far you can push yourself and your SUP. It’s a simple challenge that gets harder the further you go.
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Breaking your SUP comfort zone / SUP challenge 3 # How far can you go?
Challenge your balance and board control by seeing just how far you can push yourself and your SUP. It’s a simple challenge that gets harder the further you go.
View VideoReady to leave the board — and hopefully land back on it? Test your balance, coordination and confidence by attempting a full 360° jump on your SUP.
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2024 SUP Challenges / #1 360˚ SUP Jump
Ready to leave the board — and hopefully land back on it? Test your balance, coordination and confidence by attempting a full 360° jump on your SUP.
View VideoTest your paddle handling with the quick paddle switch. Improve your coordination and see how smoothly and quickly you can move the paddle from one side to the other.
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2024 SUP Challenges / #2 Quick Paddle Switch
Test your paddle handling with the quick paddle switch. Improve your coordination and see how smoothly and quickly you can move the paddle from one side to the other.
View VideoGrab a paddling partner and test your teamwork! With two people on one SUP, balance, communication and coordination all become essential to keep the board moving — and everyone dry.
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2024 SUP Challenges / #3 Paddling 2’s Up
Grab a paddling partner and test your teamwork! With two people on one SUP, balance, communication and coordination all become essential to keep the board moving — and everyone dry.
View VideoPut your paddle technique to the test by seeing how cleanly you can paddle without making a splash.
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2025 SUP Challenges / #1 No Splash Paddling
Put your paddle technique to the test by seeing how cleanly you can paddle without making a splash.
View VideoTest your paddle control and board skills with this fun pick-up challenge. How smoothly can you complete it?
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2025 SUP Challenges / #2 Pick-Up
Test your paddle control and board skills with this fun pick-up challenge. How smoothly can you complete it?
View VideoChallenge yourself to paddle your SUP in a straight line and discover how good technique can improve your tracking and control.
Free2025 SUP Challenges / #3 Tracking
Challenge yourself to paddle your SUP in a straight line and discover how good technique can improve your tracking and control.
View VideoHow quickly can you get from the water to paddling? Test your ability to climb aboard, get to your feet and start moving — a useful skill as well as a great challenge.
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2026 SUPboarder Challenge #1 – The Quick Get Up & Go
How quickly can you get from the water to paddling? Test your ability to climb aboard, get to your feet and start moving — a useful skill as well as a great challenge.
View VideoHow far can you travel in just ten strokes? Starting from a standstill, put your power and paddle efficiency to the test and see how much distance you can achieve.
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2026 SUPboarder Challenge #2 – The 10 Stroke Speed Challenge
How far can you travel in just ten strokes? Starting from a standstill, put your power and paddle efficiency to the test and see how much distance you can achieve.
View VideoTake away your visual reference and see what your technique is really doing. This challenge reveals how balance, posture and paddle stroke influence the direction your board travels.
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2026 SUPboarder Challenge #3 – The Eyes Closed Straight Line Challenge
Take away your visual reference and see what your technique is really doing. This challenge reveals how balance, posture and paddle stroke influence the direction your board travels.
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