SUP Race enthusiast have been waiting for this moment: The start of the highly anticipated Stand Up Magazin Top Ten List by SWR.
We just finished the last weekend with the Spring SUP Race where some but by far not all of the known names competed in an ICF sanctioned race that held all 3 SUP disciplines: Longdistance, Tech. and Sprint. There is not much movement yet but some of the known names are on the score board and some other lesser known names too.
Next weekend we are looking at the Battle for Hercules in Spain. We are sure the field will be shuffled quite a bit as we may anticipate for the Spanish SUP Elite to show up for this race.
Men Longdistance
Just like in 2023 Donato Freens is very busy with his race schedule and his second place in Italy got him into the first place. Normen Weber who is probably easy 20 years older than Donato keeps up quite well. He finished 4th in Italy against many young guns. The name to look for here is Ray Taguchi, we have serious doubts that Rai jumped on a plane and flew back to Japan after this race. Is he spending the SUP Summer in Europe? Or was is visit in Italy at quick stop in Europe? We will know soon.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Races | Last Result | Change |
| 1 | Donato Freens | NED | 1174.2 | 3 | 2. Spring SUP Race | ↑ 3 |
| 2 | Normen Weber | GER | 863.56 | 3 | 4. Spring SUP Race | ↑ 8 |
| 3 | Rai Taguchi | JPN | 863.2 | 2 | 1. Sprint SUP Race | NEW |
| 4 | Ludovic Teulade | FRA | 815.24 | 2 | 6. Spring SUP Race | ↑ 3 |
| 5 | Bode von Allmen | USA | 797.85 | 4 | 3. Dana Ocean Challenge | ↓ 5 |
| 6 | Thomas Dusart | FRA | 758.6 | 4 | 5. Mays SUP Race 53 | NEW |
| 7 | Danny Ching | USA | 697.2 | 3 | 1. Dana Ocean Challenge | ↓ 4 |
| 8 | Joep van Bakel | NED | 582.05 | 3 | 2. Winter Cup Kempen | ↓ 3 |
| 9 | Natapat Koman | THA | 553.8 | 2 | 2. SUP Addict Champ. | ↓ 3 |
| 10 | Ricardo Rossi | ITA | 518.4 | 2 | 5. Sprint SUP Race | NEW |
Women Longdistance
The points collected at the Spring SUP Race were not enough to change the current podium for the women. But when looking at the points distribution, then it becomes clear that if it look Samantha Eastburn 4 races to get to her points and Laura Quetglas only one to get to hers, that US races don’t weigh as much as European ones. We anticipate big changes to this list after the Battle for Hercules this weekend.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Races | Last Result | Change |
| 1 | Samantha Eastburn | USA | 406.22 | 4 | 2. Dana Ocean Challenge | → |
| 2 | Juliette DuHaime | ARG | 405.75 | 2 | 1. ProSayulita SUP Open | → |
| 3 | Soryn Preston | USA | 402.05 | 3 | 1. Dana Ocean Challenge | → |
| 4 | Laura Quetglas | ESP | 385.5 | 1 | 1. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 5 | Kunthong Supatchaya | THA | 316.2 | 2 | 1. SUP Addict Champ. | ↓ 1 |
| 6 | Vira Lemekha | UKR | 310.4 | 2 | 2. Florence Paddle Games | ↓ 1 |
| 7 | Susak Molinero | ESP | 308.4 | 1 | 2. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 8 | Petronella van Malsen | NED | 297.5 | 1 | 1. GlaGla | ↓ 3 |
| 9 | Cecilia Pampinella | ITA | 246.72 | 1 | 3. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 10 | Lia Venturelli | ITA | 242.52 | 2 | 7. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
Men Tech. Race
Once again Donato Freens is leading the charge with the most races, but if Rai sticks around in Europe Donato will have to work hard for his lead.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Races | Last Result | Change |
| 1 | Donato Freens | NED | 954.02 | 2 | 3. Spring SUP Race | → |
| 2 | Rai Taguchi | JPN | 616.8 | 1 | 1. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 3 | Filippo Mercuriali | ITA | 539.7 | 1 | 2. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 4 | Tomasso Pampinella | ITA | 416.5 | 1 | 2. GlaGla | ↓ 2 |
| 5 | Cameron Tripney | RSA | 416.34 | 1 | 4. Srping SUP Race | NEW |
| 6 | Christian Andersen | DEN | 379.6 | 1 | 1. ProSayulita SUP Open | ↓ 3 |
| 7 | Ricardo Rossi | ITA | 370.08 | 1 | 5. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 8 | Leo Nika | ITA | 368.9 | 1 | 3. GlaGla | ↓ 4 |
| 9 | Ludovic Teulade | FRA | 339.24 | 1 | 6. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 10 | Itzel Delgado | PER | 332.15 | 1 | 2. Pro Sayulita SUP Open | ↓ 5 |
Women Tech. Race
We do not recognize many of the names in this list. We see Cecilia Pampinella paddling strong. With Paris Katniss from the US we might have a dark horse on our hands here. Paris last race was in Mexico at the ProSayulita SUP Open were she was 4th. Who know maybe we have new name to look out for from the US. Time will tell.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Races | Last Result | Change |
| 1 | Paris Katniss | USA | 431.77 | 2 | 2. Spring SUP Race | ↑ 8 |
| 2 | Cecilia Pampinella | ITA | 385.5 | 1 | 1. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 3 | Cieplinska Malgorzata | POL | 297.5 | 1 | 1. GlaGla | ↓ 2 |
| 4 | Laura Quetglas | ESP | 246.72 | 1 | 3. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 5 | Lemekha Vira | UKR | 238 | 1 | 2. GlaGla | ↓ 3 |
| 6 | Duhaime Juliette | ARG | 237.25 | 1 | 1 ProSayulita SUP Open | ↓ 3 |
| 7 | Marta Apanasewicz | POL | 200.46 | 1 | 4. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 8 | Zusanna Tylingo | POL | 190.4 | 1 | 3. GlaGla | ↓ 4 |
| 9 | Sofia Finer | MEX | 189.8 | 1 | 2. ProSayulita SUP Open | ↓ 4 |
| 10 | Jessica Matos | BRA | 181 | 1 | 1. Aloha Spirit Festival | NEW |
Men Sprint
Besides for Filippo Mercuriali this was pretty much a season opener he already won the sprint race at the Florence Paddle Games but the points there were so low that all the other racers from that race were not able to hold on to their position after the Spring SUP Race. Since SUP Sprints seem to be the least favorite race category we don’t anticipate for this list to change anytime soon.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Races | Last Result | Change |
| 1 | Filippo Mercuriali | ITA | 718.02 | 2 | 3. Spring SUP Race | → |
| 2 | Cameron Tripney | RSA | 616.8 | 1 | 1. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 3 | Normen Weber | GER | 539.7 | 1 | 2. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 4 | Sergio Cantoral | ESP | 416.34 | 1 | 4. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 5 | Iwai Sota | JPN | 370.08 | 1 | 5. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 6 | Rai Taguchi | JPN | 339.24 | 1 | 6. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 7 | Doukas Phaedon | GRE | 308.4 | 1 | 7. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 8 | Samuel Peska | CZE | 277.56 | 1 | 8. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 9 | Antonio Morillo | ESP | 246.72 | 1 | 9. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
| 10 | Linus Karlsson | SWE | 215.88 | 1 | 10. Spring SUP Race | NEW |
Women Sprint
This list pertty much represents the top results from the Spring SUP Race. We have three American ladies still in this race and recognize one of the OGs in the SUP Sport, Candice Appleby. Its great to see she is racing mostly in California. It sure would be great to see her sometime join some races in Europe.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Races | Last Result |
| 1 | Cecilia Pampinella | ITA | 385.5 | 1 | 1.Spring SUP Race |
| 2 | Susak Molinero | ESP | 308.4 | 1 | 2. Spring SUP Race |
| 3 | Kyriaki Logotheti | GRE | 246.72 | 1 | 3. Spring SUP Race |
| 4 | Sabine Fischer | SUI | 200.46 | 1 | 4. Spring SUP Race |
| 5 | Marta Apanasewicz | POL | 154.2 | 1 | 5. Spring SUP Race |
| 6 | Candice Appleby | USA | 131 | 1 | 1. Afterglow Series 1 |
| 7 | Maria Metta | ITA | 123.36 | 1 | 6. Spring SUP Race |
| 8 | Samantha Eastburn | USA | 104.8 | 1 | 2. Afterglow Series 1 |
| 9 | Laura Quetglas | ESP | 92.52 | 1 | 7. Spring SUP Race |
| 10 | Lindsay Weidner | USA | 83.84 | 1 | 3. Afterglow Series 1 |