Naish News

Naish’s Casper Steinfath Conquers Greece

Naish team rider and Danish SUP Champion, Casper Steinfath, recently surprised the team over in Greece to join in on a two-day SUP Clinic at Athens School Watersports in Loytsa before he headed to ...

Kai Lenny Crowned 2013 Stand up Series World Champion

Kai Lenny and his Javelin 12’6” LE have done it again. For the second year in a row, this powerhouse team has set the pace. Not only is Kai currently ranked #1 in both the Stand up World Tour and t...

Mariko Strickland Wins the 2013 Stand Up World Series Event & Kai Lenny Secures the Crown @ Turtle Bay

Naish’s Mariko Strickland (Naish Javelin 12’6” LE) made her presence well known throughout the weekend as she took the win in Saturday’s Long Distance race after a surging paddle in the second half...

4th Stop Of The 3rd Hellenic SUP CUP 2013 Brings The Fun

The calm, flat water at the Loutsa Gulf in Athens was full of foam from the paddles of over one hundred participants who stood at the starting line for the 4th stop of 3rd Hellenic SUP CUP 2013 on ...

First Ever Fuerteventura SUP Challenge A Success!

The first ever Fuerteventura SUP Challenge – Waves & Race recently took place from September 6th through the 8th on Fuerteventura Island at Corralejo Viejo. Serial Lovers, Stephane Etienne and ...

Stop #3 of the Hellenic SUP CUP 2013 a success!

The 3rd race of the Hellenic SUP CUP 2013 left behind loads of memories on Andros Island, Greece during the weekend of September 7 & 8th. It all began with an exciting battle in the Long Distan...

Casper Steinfath unleashes his inner “Viking” at the Danish SUP Championships

Casper “the Viking” Steinfath unleashed mayhem on the water during the Danish SUP Championships this past weekend on August 31st. Casper battled through extreme conditions with wind speeds gusting ...

Stop #2 of the Hellenic SUP CUP 2013 brings the fun

The 2nd race of the Hellenic SUP CUP 2013 brought loads of fun to Mylopotas Beach, IOS Island, Greece on August 24th & 25th. Day 1 consisted of a Long Distance Race where over 30 eager paddlers...

Riggs Napoleon joins Team Naish

Naish International is excited to announce the addition of Oahu’s Riggs Napoleon to the team! Riggs hails from the Napoleon clan, a family filled with generations of talented outrigger paddlers and...

Naish Tahiti tops the podium in Moorea

The women of Naish Tahiti have done it again! Maguy Vivish paddled her way to 1st place and Gwladys Messerlin followed in 2nd on their Naish 14’ Glides at the 13km Coco Beach SUP race in Moorea. C...

Naish Takes the podium at Lago Maggiore in Italy

Congratulations to Dani Reinhard for winning the Men’s 18km Long Distance race in an amazing time of 1:46:22 on his Naish Javelin 14’ LE. The location was absolutely stunning and the lake was virtu...

Naish ONE SUP Race 2013 - Lake St. Leon, Germany

The weather made for perfect conditions for the One Naish SUP Race on Lake St. Leon in Germany this past week. Everyone had so much fun on their Naish ONE 12’6 Inflatable SUP boards! Thanks to all ...

Karen Wrenn wins the 2013 Bend Paddleboard Challenge

Karen Wrenn eliminated the competition at the 2013 Bend Paddleboard Challenge on her Naish Javelin 12’6” LE. Great job! The 5 mile long course took place on the Deschutes River in Bend, Oregon wher...

3rd Hellenic SUP CUP 2013

Naish Greece announces the 3rd Hellenic SUP CUP 2013. The CUP consists of 5 stops throughout Greece. The first 4 stops will be the qualifying races for the final stop, which will take place inside ...

How to Improve Leg Strength, Endurance and Balance for Stand Up Paddling

By Suzie Cooney, CPT for Naish As a Naish SUP team rider, I offer help to the team and to Naish fans and everyone else addicted and stoked on stand up paddling so you can shred and paddle harder ...

Naish South Africa’s Ethan Koopmans stands tall at the SA SUP Surf Championship

Naish South African team rider, 16 yr old Ethan Koopmans, clinched 2nd in the Junior Division on his 8’3” Naish Hokua this past weekend at the South African SUP Surf Championship. Ethan also earned...

Mariko Strickland sprints to the podium in Vail, CO

Big ups to Naish team rider, Mariko Strickland, for her 2nd place finish in the SUP Cross & 3rd place finish in the SUP Sprint race at the Go Pro Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado! Mariko more t...

Arnaud Frennet drops in on some of the recent swell in Chile

Winter is finally starting to show lots of activity in the South Pacific! This recent swell was generated by the same storm as the famous swell that hit Tahiti in mid-May. These pictures are from M...

Beau Nixon clutches 2nd at the NSW State Sup Titles in Australia

Beau Nixon stepped up to the podium and claimed 2nd at the NSW State SUP Titles in Australia this past weekend. Congrats! This event is the gateway and qualification route for the Australian Titles...

Naish brings the heat in the 2013 Olukai SUP Race

The 2013 OluKai SUP Race took place this past weekend on Maui, bringing in over 336 stand up paddlers hitting the world famous 8 mile Maliko downwind run. Naish’s Noa Ginella and Mariko Stricklan...

Chuck Patterson makes a statement on his Naish ONE Inflatable in Pelzerhaken

Over the weekend, Naish’s Chuck Patterson paddled the Naish ONE to the podium, placing 3rd overall and 2nd in the 12’6 class at the Surf Festival race in Pelzerhaken, Germany…closing out the compet...