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Stand Up Paddling
Stand Up Padlling, also known as SUP, is a sport which the Hawaiian kings practised centuries ago. It has increased in popularity over the last years and has found its ideal destination in the world of canoeing.
People of all ages can enjoy it, standing up on a board with a paddle with unbeatable views of the rivers and the nature.
Advanced paddlers and experts of this more and more popular sport find endless places to measure themselves against the wild forces of the sea, the rivers and other competitors.
Typical race formats are long distance events, in which distances stretch between 8 and 12 kilometres, as well as sprint events organised on a short course marked with buoy where 4 to 6 athletes are fighting head to head.
Children and amateur races are usually included in these events. And you can find plenty of other competition formats even for experts in wildwater.
Most common boards are 14" hardboards for elite paddlers and 12'6" hardboards and inflatable boards for younger and amateur classes.
The 2025 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships in Vaires-sur-Marne concluded with the kayak cross events, where the last four sets of medals were awarded. French paddler Camille Prigent claimed a double European Champion title, while Belgium's Gabriel de Coster and Czech athlete Jakub Krejci also climbed to the top of the podium.
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Saturday's programme at the 2025 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships on the Olympic course in Vaires-sur-Marne offered very intense and unforgettable battles, along with some surprises. In the kayak events, Olympic champions from Tokyo Ricarda Funk and Jiri Prskavec took the victories, while in canoe, Monica Doria and Miquel Trave won their first career European champion titles.
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The second day of the 2025 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships, held on the Olympic course that hosted the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, featured the heats runs for all four individual events. In the men’s kayak, the fastest was French paddler Castryck, in the women’s kayak Nesnidalova from Czechia, in the women’s canoe German Herzog, and in the men’s canoe Trave from Spain.
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