APP Tour provisional tour dates 2021

The APP World Tour stays busy. We just received the news about provisional tour dates in 2021

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The APP World Tour is proud to announce its provisional schedule for the 2021 season that will once again bring the World’s best SUP Athletes together for what promises to be a dramatic year of action hosted in some of the World’s most high profile Cities and exotic venues.

After a frustrating and uncertain year for global sports in general, the APP has been working closely with all host Cities to develop the right strategy for delivering both World Class action from the World’s very best Athletes, but also unique, bucket list experiences mixed with participation opportunities for all.

The APP has also proactively developed a well thought out protocol for managing any impact that the Coronavirus pandemic might continue to have through 2021 to ensure that the show can, and will go on.

The provisional schedule for 2021 is detailed below, with the final confirmed line up to be released as planned on 4th December, what would have been the opening day of the 2020 Paris SUP Open:

  1. Sunset Beach, Oahu – Surf 1: 11th – 23rd February (what will be possible with this event is still very uncertain due to permit and travel restrictions, and a final call / decision will be made by November 19th, 3 months prior to the proposed event date)
  2. Spain – Race 1: 14th – 16th May
  3. Denmark – Race 2: 22nd – 24th May
  4. United Kingdom – Race 3: 30th July – 1st August
  5. Switzerland – Race 4: 6th – 8th August (Anm. d. Red.: Tristan Boxford war diesen Sommer in ZĂĽrich)
  6. French Polynesia – Surf 2: 11th – 18th September
  7. Japan – Race 5: 24th – 26th September
  8. California, USA – Race 6: 1st – 3rd October
  9. Maui, Hawaii – Race 7: 14th – 17th October
  10. Barbados – Surf 3: 9th – 14th November
  11. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Surf 4: 19th – 28th November
  12. Paris, France – Race 8: 3rd – 5th December

The APP Surfing World Tour continues its legacy in Hawaii, Barbados & Gran Canaria, and returns to another hallowed ground

2021 Dream Tour

  • Sunset Beach Oahu
  • Französisch Polynesien
  • Barbados
  • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

As a result, 2021 will provide a ‘dream tour’ scenario, with 4 World Class Waves to challenge the World’s very best SUP Surfers, as the gauntlet will once again be thrown down and the quest for the Title will be on. Stay tuned for the update on Sunset Beach and the formal release of the 2021 schedule on the 4th December at www.appworldtour.com and @appworldtour

The APP Racing World Tour will kick off in Spain in 2021, with one of the most exciting and diverse line up of events yet

The evolution of the APP’s City Paddle Festival concept will come into its own in 2021, as the high profile and iconic City Venues will provide the perfect arena for participation at every level, a Festival experience and a dynamic sporting spectacle like no other. More will follow on each of the events on the Official Launch early December, but here is a snapshot of the Racing Tour

Opening Leg: Spain and Denmark (May)

Kicking off in Spain in May, the Tour will then head north to Denmark for race number two: both new and dramatically beautiful, bucket list venues for this opening leg of the Tour that should set the scene perfectly for what is to come through the year.

2nd Leg: UK & Switzerland (August)

The second leg then heads back to the UK for a welcomed return in 2021 and an exciting new venue that will provide an unparallaled experience for everyone from Pros down to entry level participants, while Switzerland will match that all access appeal and provide an equally stunning backdrop for participants and spectators alike.

Asia (September)

It will then be a return to Osaka, Japan for the 5th stop of the Tour, as the APP will build on the foundations laid with the inaugural event in 2019 to deliver another World Class and immersive experience at the heart of this unforgettable City.

US Leg (October)

The Tour will then return to the US for this two venue leg of the Tour, providing some of the most dramatic natural conditions of the year, with downwind and surf sprints in Maui, and a mix of open ocean, flat water and surf sprints in California for what promises to be one of the most spectacular legs of the season.

The Final (December)

It will then be the welcomed return to Paris, France to combine the annual pilgrimage down the River Seine with a supercharged indoor event inside the Salon Nautique to provide a dramatic final weekend of action that will close the 2021 APP World Tour in style

2021 to re-ignite competitive action across the globe

While it was disappointing to watch 2020 come and go without any action, we are looking forward to making up for it all in 2021 with this exciting line up of events that will challenge the World’s very best athletes in a very comprehensive and complete range of conditions to determine the Sport’s Professional World Champions.

Please also note that the APP will be adopting a Container solution for the year to transport Athlete’s boards from Spain in May, all the way around the World to each of the events and back to Europe for the Final in Paris. More to follow on this solution in conjunction with the Official Release in December