Marie-Carmen Rivera and Shuri Araki are the Champions
The EURO TOUR 2025 has officially wrapped up after seven thrilling events, bringing together athletes from more than 30 countries worldwide. In its 11th consecutive season, the Euro Tour once again proved why it is considered the most comprehensive and inclusive SUP racing series on the planet.
From Juniors to Masters (40+) and Kahuna (50+) divisions, every paddler found their place on the leaderboard, with the rankings honoring every participant from first to last. This season delivered not only fierce battles at the front of the pack but also a true celebration of international paddling culture.
Women’s Division – Rivera Leads the Pack
Puerto Rico’s MarieCarmen Rivera sealed the title after a stellar season, confirming her dominance across European waters. She was closely followed by a wave of Spanish and French talent, underlining the depth of the women’s field in Europe. Marie participated in all the big races of the EURO TOUR winning the most important one, the 6-Star race World SUP Festival in Barcelona. Alba Frey was in 3 out of the 4 big races as she sat out the Sancti Petri stop of the EURO TOUR. Duna Gordillo was in the 3 big Spanish races doing really well and Esperanza really only participated in 2 races of the EURO TOUR. The top women results underlines how concentrated the race season was in May and June. Non of the top ladies participated in any race after Barcelona
Top 5 Women 2025:
- MarieCarmen Rivera 🇵🇷
- Alba Frey 🇪🇸
- Duna Gordillo 🇪🇸
- Espe Barreras 🇪🇸
- Iona Rivet 🇫🇷
Other standout performers included Lola Pelletier (FRA), Susak Molinero (ESP), and Jenny Kalmbach (CRC), proving the women’s field is as deep and competitive as ever. Rising stars like Katniss Paris (USA) and Brianna Orams (NZL) also showed they are forces to watch for future seasons.
Men’s Division – Araki Dominates
In the men’s division, Japan’s Shuri “Shrimpy” Araki lived up to his reputation as one of the sport’s biggest talents, taking the #1 overall ranking. His explosive racing style and consistency across all conditions made him nearly unstoppable. Shuri participated in all of the 4 big EURO TOUR races pretty much winning all of them. After Barcelona however he went back to Japan. Donato Freens had a bit of a slow start to the season with mediocre points in Sancti Petri and Costa Blanca. In the second half of the season he scored really well in Nordhausen, Namur and Royan. The same applies to Ethan Bry, is scores in the first half of the season were somewhat low but he did well in the 2nd half with a victory in Royan.
Top 5 Men 2025:
- Shuri Araki 🇯🇵
- Donato Freens 🇳🇱
- Ethan Bry 🇫🇷
- Arthur Arutkin 🇫🇷
- Aaron Sánchez 🇪🇸
See the full rankings here.
We covered the Big SUP Summer in Spain extensively and took some interesting statistics for all the SUP Race Lovers / Nerds. From our point of view we would hope that in 2026 the season will not be divided in half. The Spanish part of the tour really stood out with a large international participation but after Barcelona most big names went their own way.
Now we are looking forward to the 2026 season, as we are very curios on how the ESF, EURO TOUR and possible relaunch of the APP will play out. One thing remains for sure: The competitive SUP Sport is very fragmented.
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