Trash Cleanup event: Cayuga Lake SUP #Paddleforchange #Trash2art
From the paddling folks in Ithaca, New York who put on the Cayuga Lake Cup, #Paddle4Change is a summer-long project to preserve, respect, and appreciate…
Category: Environment
Environmental Issues
Paddling for The Bay
Kudos to Annapolis, MD paddler Chris Hopkinson who plans to paddle the entire length of the Chesapeake Bay, in the name of environmental awareness…specifically the…
LouAnne Harris Does It!! Completes SUP Expedition Down the Mississippi!
Harris Completes SUP Expedition of the Mississippi Expedition paddler, one half of the Atlantic Sup’r Girls and SIC Maui paddler LouAnne Harris became the first…
Mississippi Source to Sea Solo Expedition Underway
LouAnne Harris Raises fund for Rivers for Change We were first inspired by the dynamic duo of LouAnne Harris and Jules Gismondi – the Atlantic…
Starboard reached its POP Goal by collecting 47 Tonnes (96,000 lbs) of trash
The goal was to retrieve 43,000 kg of trash in one year. Just in time the team hit the target and turned the pilot program…
Podcast to check out: Mike Malterre, Executive Vice President of Stream2Sea | Sea Change
If you’ve been paying attention to dangers of toxic sunscreen chemicals and the importance of a ban on the 3 Os (Oxybenzone, Octinoxate, & Octocrylene),…
Kayak Tour, Civil Trial to Focus on Formosa Plastics’ Pollution of Texas Waterways
Citizen-activists who exposed Formosa Plastics’ rampant pollution of Texas waterways with plastic pellets and debris and will lead a kayak tour to its Point Comfort…
Public Water Access Upheld in Great Lakes in Key Court Victory
We came across some great news on the wire yesterday out of Detroit. U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Great Lakes beach access case A…
Thank you WB Surf Camp for your donation to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital
Every year,WB Surf Camp and Sea Turtle Camp donates a portion of every campers tuition to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. This…
Starboard is making paddleboard components from discarded fishing nets
Abandoned plastic fishing nets are a huge problem Millions of animals, including whales, seals, turtles and birds, are mutilated and killed by ‘ghost’ fishing gear…
Hurricane Florence Aftermath: Want to Help?
Hurricane Flo is still with us Hurricane Florence maybe a memory for most now but not to the folks in Eastern North Carolina still cleaning…
Stay out of the water until we get water testing results and the go-ahead
We are waiting for results from water quality testing in North and South Carolina. Anyone who has been affected by Florence floodwaters should remain out…
Hawaii to ban sale of reef-damaging sunscreens by 2021
Hawaii has passed legislation to ban the sale of sunscreens containing two coral-harming chemicals—oxybenzone and octinoxate. Senate Bill 2571, introduced by state Sen. Mike Gabbard…
GoFundMe Set up to Help Kauai Flood Victims
Laird and Gabby Help Kauai Flood Victims News of the recent flooding on the Hawaiian island of Kauai reached an apex in the paddling world…
JOIN STARBOARD IN CHANGING TIDES FOUNDATION’S #PLASTICSWEARJAR CHALLENGE
Join us in an effort to reconsider how much single-use plastic you are using in your day a day life! Changing Tides Foundation Website “By…
Standup Paddler Bumped off board, bitten by Shark in Hawaii
Paddleboarder Bitten off the Big Island This story has been making the rounds this weekend from the Big Island of Hawaii….the beach where it happened…
A Stellar Encounter: Paddlers and One Big Sea Lion
Sea Lions in the PNW In the Pacific Northwest, sea lions can get big. Really big. This weekend, Estelle Matheson and Troy Nebekker had an…
Stop the Virginia Key Mooring Field: Water Access Alert
Water access is a huge issue for the Distressed Mullet and all our water people. We got this alert this morning from one of our…
Paddlers in San Diego defend water access
We got an alert from Wade Williford in San Diego asking us for help in spreading the news about a development that has a direct…
Stories We Love: Another Wildlife Rescue Via Sup
SUP Rescue of An Entrapped Goose Editor’s Note: Even in an urban aquatic environment like what you find in the tidal basins around Washington, D.C.…
Gear Review: Sailcloth Bags from Sailbags Maui and Mafia Bags
Repurposing Materials: Sailcloth and Sustainability One of my new favorite things is gear bags made of recycled, or rather repurposed sail cloth from a couple…
Stories We Love: Offering a Helping Hand
Editor’s Note: We reposted this here with Dottie Hodges’ permission. Many of us see herons all the time and have special connections to them. Good…
Op-Ed: Protecting our Public Lands and Waters
Public Lands, Public Waters “Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ‘Āina i ka Pono” That is the Hawaii state motto, and translated, it means “The…
International Coastal Clean Up Day
International Coastal Clean Up Day: Pick up trash, maybe win a board! Editor’s Note: Starboard is one of the leading board companies working on behalf…
Cape Cod Great White Sightings Prompt Myriad of Responses
Cape Cod Shark Sightings Two days ago we posted about a SUP paddler who’s board was bitten by a Great White Shark off the coast…