If you are in Asheville, North Carolina this week consider a trip out to Nantahala Outdoor Center for the Freestyle Shoot Out and Demo Days on April 20th to the 22nd .

Now that winter is long gone in the southeast, the Boardworks whitewater Tour is under way. The first competition/festival along the way is always fun because you get to shake off all of the winter blues and get back into the swing of things and this year started with a bang. With the introduction of the Boardworks Tour this year, there was a ton of excitement in the air as we arrived in Alabama.

The US Coast Guard issued a special and immediate rulling banning stand up paddle boarding across the United States after a tragic casualty in river rapids and a mounting number of deaths from the sport.

One of the most legendary retailers in the history of stand up paddle boarding, San Diego local Bob Long, is about to officially open the doors of his new and all exclusive SUP Shop, just a short distance away from Mission Bay, Pacific Beach, La Jolla, and a bunch other popular SUP destinations.

Boardworks is excited to announce that it's giving away a free tool that stand up paddlers world wide can use to learn more and have more fun.

When John and Bari Denney left Maui to open Jupiter Paddleboarding in South Florida a few years ago, they had no idea how the sport would grow and what impact they would have.

Boardworks is giving away free boards at their booth during the Surf Expo in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday and Friday at 5pm.

The 2-day clinic will be held days before the Sunset Beach SUP World Tour Event, offering an unique opportunity to learn from some of the world’s best watermen while being able to watch them perform a few days later in a world class event.

The stand up paddle board industry had one big victory by having a stand up paddle board included in this Year's Men's Journal Best Gear of the Year List. And Boardworks, the company whose board was selected, has all the more to celebrate. See the whole list and which board was selected for that premium spot.

Leslie Kolovich interviews Clay Feeter, publisher of the Standup Journal, on the SUP Radio show. Listen in as Clay talks about the latest issue of the Standup Journal and other highlights.

Steve Sjuggerud, Associate Publisher of the Stand Up Journal, stops by last week's Surf Expo to check out the new gear on offer from the stand up paddle industry.

Firefighter Beau Whitehead and stand up paddleboard shaper Tom Swetish have teamed up to design and create the “Project 343”. The board, itself a tribute to the fallen firefighters on 9/11, will be raced by Whitehead this weekend at Round the Rock in Seattle.