Four Aussie SUP events you can't miss this summer.
The Merimbula Classic.
One of Australia’s biggest SUP event for the last few years running, is the Merimbula Classic is the stuff legends are made of. As much about the parties (and the BBQ) as it is about the paddling, Merimbula hosts hundred of paddlers for one action packed weekend in late November.
This year there will be no less than three novelty races, a surfing comp, a serious race or two and of course one of the biggest demo opportunities on the east coast. Throughout the event our Stand Up Paddling forums are buzzing with up to the second information on what’s going, so if you can’t make it, live vicariously through our fellow stand up paddlers here.
What: Merimbula Classic:
When: 27th – 30th November 2014
Where: Merimbula, NSW
Website: www.merimbulasailboardclub.com.au/
www.merimbulasailboardclub.com.au/
The King Of The Cut
This is shaping up to be one of Australia's "Must Do" paddling events. It's a downwinder, boosted by Western Australia's famous "Freo Doctor", which can blow up to 30knots on it's best days. The journey takes premium riders around an hour and a half. With great sponsors, and a great team behind it, the King Of the Cut is an event attacting the best paddlers in the world.
It has the largest prize purse ever offered for a SUP event in the Southern hemisphere and has attracted 7 of the world top ten paddlers – Travis Grant, Angie Jackson, Beau O’Brian, Zane Schweitzer, Jake Jenson, Paul Jackson, Karla Gilbert. This is a truly SUP event, run by volunteers and the SUPWA community. No profits going to event companies, just grass roots!
What: King Of The Cut
When: December 6, 2014
Where: Mandurah, WA
Website: supwa.tidyclub.com/public/events/1102-2014-stand-up-surf-shop-king-of-the-cut
The Doctor.
Held on the same weekend as the Merimbula Classic, Rottnest Island in WA hosts a racing affair with a little more seriousness. The Doctor is an epic downwinder from Rottnest Island to Sorrento Beach, a whopping 27km of downwind heaven for stand up paddlers. This year it’s been brought forward from January, and spans over two days to score the optimum conditions. If you’re going to be in WA at the end of this month, get over there and check it out!
What: The Doctor
When: 29th and 30th November 2014
Where: Rottnest Island to Sorrento, WA
Website: www.oceanpaddler.com/events/the-doctor/
Noosa Festival of Surfing.
Every year the surfers of the world look to First Point, Noosa for the Noosa Festival of Surfing. The iconic Aussie event has included SUP from the moment it hit the big time, and puts SUP surfers right alongside those who choose to lay down and paddle. Best of all, there’s dog surfing. We love dog surfing! With surf comps, Battle of the Paddle and long distance racing, the Noosa Festival of Surfing is 8 days of pure stoke in March.
What: Noosa Festival of Surfing
When: 7th – 14th March 2015
Where: Noosa, Queensland
Website: www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com
For more great stand up paddling, kiteboarding and windsurfing events, check out the Seabreeze.com.au events page!
Kew, VIC
