Improving Your Stand Up Paddleboarding A guide to getting the most out of Your SUP Touring, racing, yoga & surf

Stand Up Paddleboarding is the fastest growing water-based activity worldwide. Thousands have tried it, with many more taking it up each year. It is easy to make the first steps to stand on a board and paddle.
But many want to take this further – be it paddling greater distances, starting to race, SUPing in the surf, using it to improve their fitness or enhancing their well-being through yoga. To develop your SUPing requires a combination of improved technique, skills, fitness and mental attitude.
This book will help anyone interested in SUPing get better at it. It shows how to improve your efficiency, technique, skills and physical capability before exploring the different ways of participating and the equipment you need. It suggests that seeking continuous improvement and rising to personal SUP challenges can help you enter the flow state, which enhances happiness.
Packed with photos and photo sequences, this book provides both the inspiration and a blueprint for understanding how to improve your SUP capabilities in the area you choose.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Understanding How To Improve

2. Improve Your Efficiency

3. Improve Your Technique

4. Improve Your Skills

5. Improve Your Physical Capability

6. Participating

7. Being Properly Equipped

8. The Flow State, Mastery & Happiness

Andy Burrows was introduced to SUP in his mid-fifties and has progressed into a well-known competitor on the Circuito De Mediterraneo race series, finishing second in 2021 (over 50s). He was a highly successful coach and mentor in his previous business life.

James van Drunen is a professional SUP racer and SUP trainer. He has competed at the highest level and trained with some of the world’s best-known paddlers. He now runs a busy SUP tour and academy business in the Costa Blanca, Spain. He is a past winner of the Battle of the Thames, has competed in the SUP 11 City Tour and has several top 10 finishes on the SUP Eurotour.

Andy Burrows was introduced to SUP in his mid-fifties and has progressed into a well-known competitor on the Circuito De Mediterraneo race series, finishing second in 2021 (over 50s). He was a highly successful coach and mentor in his previous business life.