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…
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),…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Starboard Trash Picker to Come Standard with Paddles
Starboard Adds Trash Picking Device to Paddles What an ingenious, simple, clever idea! And another example of how Starboard is leading the way when it…
SUPKids Partners with Green Surf Festival in Italy
Editor’s Note: SUPKids is an innovative program, in collaboration with Starboard, that teaches kids water safety and environmental awareness, in hopes of creating experiences that…
Paddling Down The Rhine on a Board Made of Bottles
Paddling down the Rhine from Source to Sea This 28-day, 1400 km or 870 mile mission by Merijn Tinga, the Plastic Soup Surfer, will be completed on…
Landlords, Lots of Landlords, Showing up in Southern Cal
Great Whites in SoCal Honestly, not sure what would be more startling, seeing so many great white sharks while paddleboarding, or being “hailed” from above…
Video: Zane’s Deep Blue Life
Zane’s Deep Blue Life Video Pono [ˈpono] A state of harmony and righteousness and balance. In other words, a Deep Blue Life, as explained in this…