Rise and Glide

Holly sits down with Emily Evans, an experienced SUP, canoe and white water rafting paddler. In this episode, find out all about competitive white water rafting, Emily’s favourite events and how it led to SUP racing and surfing for her. We also learn as Emily explains the importance of routines and visualisation in training and racing, and how she applies that in her own paddling as well as her co...

In our first minisode Holly and Maddi share their training experiences, some thoughts on new equipment and plans for international competitions later this year. Including an ask for our listeners to get involved with Rise and Glide later this year! IG: @hollypye IG: @maddi3leblanc

Michael Booth (aka Boothy) is a multiple times SUP world champion from Western Australia. In this episode, we discuss mental strategies for racing and how to get the most out of your training. Find out what went into his recent Shaw & Partners Molokai to Oahu downwind channel crossing and the secrets to mastering your potential. Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for more inspiring s...

Adya Misra discovered paddling whilst living in Sweden, ten years ago. In this episode, we talk about playing calendar tetris to balance stand up paddle boarding, canoeing and sea kayaking (alongside working full time and volunteering as a coach) and why those sports give us so much happiness. Adya tells us why she started coaching paddle sports and how People of Colour Paddle was born as a mentor...

Join us to listen to Caroline’s story of paddling and racing for Team Canada. Born deaf, Caroline doesn’t know what it’s like to hear other paddlers to her left and right, safety boats coming up behind her and crowds cheering from the sidelines. She explains what it’s like to paddle whilst wearing cochlear implants and we dive into how she started paddling, the intense training that goes into raci...

Red Paddle Co is 15 this year, we sat down with Founder John, a former competitive windsurfer who revolutionized the water sports industry. We chat with John to find out more about his transformation from an avid windsurfer, travelling around the world competing in wave sailing, to the visionary mind behind the world's leading inflatable stand up paddle board brand. We talk about his competiti...

We sit down with Sarah Perkins, a wildlife biologist at Cardiff University with a passion for stand up paddle boarding. Sarah is a keen SUP racer, SUP surfer and windsurfer and tells us how she combines her love for the water with her scientific research. One of the coolest aspects of Sarah's work is how she utilizes her stand up paddle board as her floating laboratory during her research expe...

With a wealth of knowledge Anthony is a master of inspiring paddlers and athletes and shares with us his experiences as a lifeguard and what led him to becoming a SUP athlete and now coach for Performance Paddling. We talk about Buffalo’s Big Board Surfing Contest, the early days of stand up paddle boarding in California, why Anthony is so inspired by the paddlers he coaches, and how he’s pushing...

We join Mathieu Astier, the man behind TotalSUP, to chat about what made him transition from track & field and a career in acting and media, to sharing paddling stories with the world. Mathieu is a man of many talents and tells us how he developed the #1 international stand up paddle news website, mastered event commentary and balances everything whilst travelling and paddling. We discuss rece...

Welcome to Rise and Glide a new podcast for paddlers and ocean lovers all over the world!