Naish News

Kai Lenny Wins Eighth SUP World Title

November 2, 2017, Maui, Hawaii – Naish’s Kai Lenny adds an eighth SUP World Title to his collection as he has been crowned the 2017 APP World Tour SUP Surf Champion. Finishing runner up in the tou...

Kai Lenny Claims Fifth Sunset Beach Pro Title on Team Naish

Team Naish rider Kai Lenny wins 2017 Sunset Beach Pro Title for the fifth time with teammate Bernd Roediger finishing in second.

Casper Steinfath Claims ISA SUP World Championship Title in Fiji

November 16, 2015, Cloudbreak, Fiji – In the last stretch of the Technical Race Finals, Denmark’s Casper Steinfath surfed though the pack on his Naish Maliko 12’6” to win the ISA SUP World Champion...

Casper Steinfath First Runner Up in 2016 Standup World Series

Racing from Ocean Beach to the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco Bay on his Naish Maliko 12’6”, Casper Steinfath finished runner up in the 2016 Standup World Series after the inaugural Red Bu...

Team Naish Dominates at Stand Up World Series Maui Finals with Kai Lenny Taking the Overall Win

October 16, 2016, Maui, Hawaii – Kai Lenny wins Men’s Overall podium joined by teammate Casper Steinfath in third and Annie Reickert finishing second overall for the women at the inaugural Stand Up...

Kai Lenny and Casper Steinfath Round Out Podium at 2nd Hong Kong International SUP Championship

August 28, 2016, Ham Tin Beach, Hong Kong – Kai Lenny and Casper Steinfath round out podium, with Bernd Roediger in a solid fourth place, at the 2nd Annual Hong Kong International SUP Championship ...

Red Bull Heavy Water Begins Holding Period

September 1-October 31, 2016, San Francisco, California, USA – Starting september first, the holding period for Red Bull Heavy water starts for the third stop of the 2016 Stand Up World Series. Whi...

Kai Lenny Wins 2016 SEAPaddle NYC

August 20, 2016, New York City, New York – Kai Lenny wins the 10th annual SEAPaddle Challenge around Manhattan Island Now in its 10th year the SEAPaddle raises money for various autism awareness fo...

Kai Lenny Finishes in First at the 2016 Molokai2Oahu in Record Breaking Time

July 31, 2016, Hawaii Kai, Oahu, Hawaii—The 25th annual Molokai2Oahu(M2O) Paddleboard Championship was held over the weekend, with world elite paddlers battling it out across 32-miles of the Kaiwi ...

Casper Steinfath Overall Champion at the 2016 Victoria Cup, Japan

May 14, 2016, Hayama, Japan—It was a successful kickoff to the 2016 Stand Up World Series at the Victoria Cup in Hayama, Japan. The world’s top SUP athletes converged for a weekend of next level ra...

Team Naish Finishes Strong with Javelin Maliko 14’0” Race Boards at the 2016 Olukai Ho‘olaule‘a

Maui, Hawaii, May 1, 2016 – The conditions were pretty darn good at this years 8th Annual Olukai Ho‘olaule‘a downwind race. A moderate northwest swell pulsed through the open ocean and the dependab...

Jesse Richman Makes Kitesurfing History with the First Successful Kitesurfing Barrel at Jaws

Jaws, Maui, December 9, 2015—Three days following the Peahi Challenge—the first-ever contest at Jaws—the swell was still pumping on the North Shore with 30-foot plus faces and 15-25 knots of side s...

Kai Lenny’s Peahi Challenge Highlights

Jaws, Maui, December 6, 2015—Adrenaline was high at the first ever 2015 Peahi Challenge at “Jaws” on the north shore of Maui as Naish Team Rider Kai Lenny and 23 of the most daring big wave heavywe...

Kai Lenny Crowned 2015 SUP World Series Champion at Turtle Bay

October 18, 2015, Oahu, Hawaii – The best SUP athletes in the world converged at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s legendary north shore for the final race in the SUP World Series—presented by Naish ...

Champ, Kai Lenny, and Team Naish Score Big at the 2015 US Open of SUP

September 26-October 4, 2015, Huntington Beach, California – The world’s best SUP surfers and racers converged on the sunny coast of California during the final event of the Stand Up World Tour (su...

Kai Lenny Triumphant at Victoria Cup Hayama Pro, Stop 2 of the 2015 Stand Up World Series

September 4-6, 2015, Hayama, Japan — Kai Lenny takes the lead on his Naish Javelin 12’6” X24 Carbon, securing first place at the Victoria Cup Hayama Pro, stop 2 on the 2015 Stand Up World Series. F...

Kai Lenny Finishes Second in 2015 Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard World Championship

July 26, 2015, Hawaii Kai, Oahu, Hawaii—The 19th annual Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Championship hosted some of the world’s foremost SUP athletes this weekend. Among the incredible pool of talent, ...

Naish Riders Decorate the Podium at the 2015 Barcelona World Series

June 29, 2015, Barcelona, Spain – Team Naish achieved strong finishes in the sprint round for riders, Kai Lenny, Casper Steinfath and Manca Notar, leading to top overall scores for Kai and Manca at...

Big Win for Naish's Kai Lenny at the 2015 Sunset Beach Pro

Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawai‘i, February 18, 2015 – Opening up 2015 on top, #TeamNaish’s Kai Lenny takes 1st place at the Stand Up World Tour’s Sunset Beach Pro—securing his 4th win at the popular eve...

Kai Lenny Takes First at Da Hui Backdoor Shootout 2015

January 10, 2015, Pipeline, Oahu – #TeamNaish rider, and current SUP World Champion, Kai Lenny made history on his Hokua LE as the first SUP athlete to win Da Hui Backdoor Shootout at one of Hawaii...

Kai Lenny Named 2014 Stand Up World Tour Champion

Collecting the most points for the tour overall, #TeamNaish Rider Kai Lenny earned the coveted championship title for the 2014 Stand Up World Tour on his 2015 Hokua LE.