SUPfm The International Stand Up Paddle Board Podcast

Hey thanks for stopping by to listen to the trailer for the SUPfm Podcast It doesn't matter if you're a newbie or experienced stand up paddleboarder, either way we've got you covered. This podcast features weekly, long-form interviews with inspiring experts and members of the SUP tribe all across the world. We've listeners in seventy five one hundred and forty four countries and a bunch of episode...

Tristan Gooley, also known as the natural navigator is a Ted speaker and New York Times bestselling author of a number of outstanding books about how to read the natural world. In this episode we talk about Tristan's book, 'How to Read Water' which is a must-have for any water user of any type and is particularly useful for paddleboarders. The book can be used to interpret water signs in any area...

In this week's episode Simon chats with Fiona Quinn, who paddled her Red inflatable paddleboard the length of Great Britain and was also the first woman to cross the Irish Sea by SUP and complete a triathalon from 'End to End'. The hugely impressive Fiona, talks about her growing hunger for adventure, which led to her ambitious target of taking on the classic distance by paddleboard, despite suffe...

This week Simon chats with Steve West, waterman, journalist, historian, ex-professional windsurfer, outrigger-canoe mentor and designer for Mistral boards. Steeped in salt water, Steve talks about his own SUP origins, the close connection of the sport with outrigger canoeing and his epic book ‘Stand Up Paddle, A Paddlers Guide’ which is a highly recommended and great investment for anyone interest...

This week Simon chats with three stand-up paddlers who are working across the University of Portsmouth, to assess the true benefits of the sport, and also to explore it as a method to improve the marine environment Professor Alex Ford, Dr Heather Massey and Dr Zoe Saynor have combined with Andy Warner from local SUP brand Fatstick, to form a collaborative team and establish the facts behind the th...

The always impressive Jordan Wylie chats with Simon about his incredible adventure, paddling the coast of Great Britain. As warmer and longer days come closer with the prospect of more time in the water, why not prepare by improving your SUP safety knowledge for the new season, with the SUPfm Safety Course. With the code GBPADDLE10 we're not only offering you £10 off the course, but for every cour...

John McFadzean returns for another chat about his adventures, including his recent self-supported-sortie across Scotland and his 2019 visit through Lebanon to paddle in Syria, where he chalked up another two countries on his impressive list. John's quest is to SUP in every country in the World, an impressive objective and before 2020 arrived he had achieved 45. Transnistria isn't a place figuring...

In this episode, the University of Portsmouth's Professor Mike Tipton, a world leader in extreme environmental physiology talks about the effects of cold water and its positive and negative implications for paddlers and water users. As Mike explains, the negative effects of cold water are well known and well researched, but the positive effects are less so and anecdotal. We discuss cold water shoc...

** Brendon has now completed his journey - check out his YouTube channel The Long Paddle 2021 or listen here to his second interview with all the details of his incredible journey** Brendon Prince is a pretty impressive guy who has taken on the challenge of being the first to complete the circumnavigation of mainland Britain by paddleboard, and is in serious training for the kick off of his journ...

And we're back with Season Three, and a brand new episode. Caz Dawson aka SUP Lass, is a paddler from beautiful North Wales, an area of the UK which is full of natural beauty, regardless of your chosen outdoor activity. In this episode Caz chats to Nick about her paddle adventures both home and away and her plans for 2021 including the founding of her own SUP School. It's always good therapy to lo...

Before we pick up again next week with Season 3, we're sharing this episode, first broadcast back in 2015 with Spike Reid. Spike's been a real friend to the podcast and if you enjoy this episode then also check out the episode he recorded this year about his expedition down the Ganges, here. In 2015 Spike Reid, crossed England, coast to coast, by stand up paddle board. Spike is no stranger to adve...

This episode is a re-broadcast and was originally recorded way back in 2015. We're making some major changes here at SUPfm and before we come back with the second half of Season Three we're taking you all the way back to our first season, where Nick got to chat to the ever impressive Kai Lenny. Kai is a down to earth guy despite growing up at the centre of the surfing world at his home in Hawaii....

As we enter the holiday season, it gives us the opportunity to look back at 2020 and revisit some of the highlights from our interviews. While 2020 was a year to forget, it was also a time which sharpened our focus on what was important in life, and for us, returning to the podcast was something which provided some much needed distraction at a very challenging time. We want to sent a big 'thank yo...

This podcast is brought to you by the SUPfm SUP Safety Course, the only comprehensive online course available to help Stand Up Paddleboarders learn about planning and safety for their leisure paddling needs. Now also available as a gift course . I n today's podcast we chat with the legend who is Mike Shoreman, who is also known as @theunbalancedpaddleboarder and whose speech, talking about his exp...

Samantha is a much loved racer from the UK, familiar to anyone on the circuit and across Europe. In this fascinating and funny chat, Sam and Simon geek out on some surprising racing advice and compare notes on effective actions used to manage their own mental health. Samantha is an ambassador and fundraiser for the charity Black Dog Outdoors which helps people suffering from a wide range of mental...

Simon and Nick have been paddling for over 6 years and have both done SUP instructor certification courses. In those years they have both paddled a long way and have interviewed a multitude of very experienced paddlers on the SUPfm podcast. They discuss their learning curves and offer up some tips for beginners on how to paddle more effectively and hopefully inspire you to get to the next level of...

In the early hours of a September Monday morning, three friends set off from the harbour near Sagres in south west Portugal. They were attempting to stand up paddle all 160kms across the Algarve in 5 days. This is the story of how they prepared for this trip and what happened on a day by day basis. Lots of laughs and an incredible fun time led to the question: was this a holiday or an expedition?...

Larry Cain is 57 years old and is still charging like he's an Olympic athlete. We talk about the early days and what those near super human achievements mean and how they boost your psyche throughout life. Don't miss the story of his gold medal race in the Los Angeles Olympics. Riveting listening! We discuss his transition to Stand Up and how he set about making a difference in the paddle communit...

Emma Love is well known in the UK whitewater community as one of a select band of ambassadors for the #shepaddles programme run by British Canoeing. Emma soon realised that flat water didn't supply the requisite learning curve, so threw herself into the whitewater world, battering any stereotypes and emerging as a WW instructor and a leading light of the WW movement. In this chat Emma talks about...

There are so many ways to use your SUP, other than flat-water and surf. In this fun episode we 'explore' the world of SUP touring by harvesting the knowledge of the supremos of SUPboarder Mag, Reuben and Will, who are both experienced SUP tourers. We discuss what essentials are needed to go on your first overnight or multi-day expedition (spoiler - not that much more than what you've already got)....

Let's face it, taking over a magazine in the face of all the digital content proliferating our screens these days is a tough task. Evelyn O'Doherty relates the story of how she came to be at the forefront of stand up paddle's " Stand Up Journal ". It certainly takes different thinking and some dogged determination to bring a beautiful coffee table publication into our homes every season (they rele...

This week’s podcast features Vikki Weston from Sydney, Australia who created ‘She SUPs’, an all-women community building a safe and supportive environment to connect, learn and get empowered. 'She SUPs' delivers through a combination of online SUP inspiration and guidance alongside some stunning offline group SUP trips and experiences. Vikki talks about the incredible experience of paddling Sydney...

Welcome back as we kick off Season 3 of the SUPfm podcast! We're both really excited to get back after a short break and we've got a load of new and great guests to share with you over the weeks to come, so don't miss out and make sure you've subscribed on your preferred pod-catcher to get each episode as they are released! In this episode we catch up with Nick Ayers, a regional water-safety lead...

This week we have SUP school owner and all-round waterman Sean Scott from The New Forest Paddlesport Company joining us on the pod to answer listener's questions. In this episode amongst other questions we cover the hardboard versus inflatable debate, how to avoid the dreaded zig-zag and the old foot cramp problem. Thanks to the SUP Chat Facebook group, who contributed questions to this episode! I...

Spike Reid is a fascinating character and he, Nick Robinson and Mauro Engler managed to paddle across the Algarve a few years ago after we first interviewed him on SUPfm in our first season.  Five years later, Spike is back with more engaging tales of his adventures. He certainly has been busy, and in this episode we discuss all the trials and tribulations associated with paddling 2,700 km do...