Tag: sup

  • Red River Paddle Challenge (2026 SUP Edition)

    This summer I was enticed to explore the world on stand-up paddleboard (SUP), and also dream about adventures to be had on a SUP. I realized a first step towards some of these dreams would be to tackle some challenges in my own backyard. Last year I tackled the Red River Paddle Challenge in a…

  • Sneek and the Elfsteden

    “If you want to know the story of a place, walk it. For to walk is to apply the rigor of process to place.”– Craig Mod Friesland, a northern province of The Netherlands, is rich with a history told by trails. The most famous is the Elfsteden Route (Eleven Cities Route), an historic skating route…

  • How to SUP in Fryslân

    Four years ago I watched from a bridge as a group of paddlers sliced silently through the morning mist on their SUP boards. As they approached they suddenly crouched down on their boards to slip beneath the bridge on which I stood, standing back up to continue paddling along the Zwette towards the centre of…