The Stand Up Paddle Tricktionary Book

Stand Up Paddle Tricktionary

This is what you have been waiting for

Stand Up Paddling

Gliding silently over beautiful lakes or surfing the waves of the open sea. Going down rivers or flying over the water with a foil. Going for a short trip or a crazy adventure. Having fun with friends and family, challenging yourself and others in a competition, or simply enjoying some relaxing yoga. All of this is SUP!

What's there to learn?

Stand Up Paddle is an increasingly popular watersport which offers unique thrills, experiences, and a very special connection with nature. This relatively new sport has grown into diverse disciplines such as touring, race, surf, river, foil, yoga, etc. There are so many things you can do while standing up on a board with a paddle in your hands! Each discipline requires very specific knowledge that must be carefully and meticulously acquired. Starting step by step, we dig deep into every detail, show you the incredible diversity of that sport and, with the help of the best athletes in the world, give you all the tools you need to improve regardless of your level!

WHATS IN IT?

EVERYTHING SUP!!

Technique from the absolute basics to the top-level!

Comprehensive knowledge about environment, safety, preparation and strategy.

This is the book, EVERY Stand Up Paddler needs!

With more than 500 pages of explanations, tips and theory, illustrated with photos, sequences, diagrams and the best-kept secrets of the world’s best athletes, you’ll find the most comprehensive stand up paddle guide ever, offering very accurate and unique knowledge, whatever the level, whatever the discipline!

CONTENT

The SUP Tricktionary really reaches out into every discipline and covers everything from the very basics to the top level knowledge.

Basics

Everything from what gear to buy, how to prepare your gear, how to carry most efficiently, how to paddle, steer and turn correctly and with the least amount of effort.

SUP Foil

A big chapter giving you all the basics to start with SUP Foiling safely and without frustration. Everything from how to set up and maintain your foil, foil choice, over technique on how to get up and flying, in waves and downwind, plus the most advanced techniques like advanced turns and aerials.

Downwind Foil

Get into this exciting new discipline and read all about tuning your gear, pumping, taking off, wave selection and how to choose your trajectory while flying downwind on a foil!

SUP Surf

A huge, if not the biggest chapter of the book. Delivering huge amounts of knowledge about the environment, wave choice, gear selection and tuning, important safety aspects and all the technique from your first steps in waves, first turns, paddle technique in waves, aerials. We also got you covered with chapters about how to approach bigger waves, tube riding and a stylish Long SUP chapter!

Downwind SUP

Blasting downwind on a SUP board can be so much fun if you know how to do it, this book gives you these details on how to understand the environment in depth, plan your routes, read, catch and connect bumps!

Adventure & Touring

Going on a family trip on a local lake or on a crazy long distance adventure, this book gives you the knowledge to stay safe, avoid common mistakes and accomplish an amazing adventure!

Advanced Paddling

Probably the biggest and richest chapter. Technique in here is not necessarily just for racing, you benefit from these advanced paddling and steering techniques throughout all disciplines. Also you have everything to prepare perfectly for your first paddle race or improve your racing technique if this is what you aim for!

SUP Yoga

An additional connection to nature to enjoy in flat waters on a SUP Board.

FOR WHOM

Everyone interested in SUP, whatever the discipline and whatever the conditions.
EVERY level taken into consideration!

LANGUAGES

Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish!

THE AUTHOR

Fred Bonnef together with some of the worlds best athletes, put several years of work in this book, one can say it is the most complete SUP guide ever!