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Swan song
Nicola: “Over the year many people volunteer to litterpick from paddleboards, so I thought it would be fun to recreate Bjork’s famous swan 2001 Academy Awards dress from rubbish and Paddle UK refuse sacks - litterpicking made glamorous. It...
Paddlers need to be counted - a message to the new PM
Taking a SUP to Westminster with Paddle UK to get that hashtag #Im not a bather talked about. There are about 4 milliion regular fresh water swimmers but if proposed legislation that might help clean up water ways included all paddlers then...
Let's get technical - a paddleboard fan guide to racing
Best view of the racers was probably from the promenade (in the distance) as the buoy turns, always tricky, were made fiendish by the waves bouncing off the harbour wall. Result: lots of athletes in the water – and close-up evidence of amaz...
Who’s got a job they love?
Finding a flair for a job you didn’t know existed. Meet the board butlers. © NB
It’s almost a rite of passage to feel you were given terrible career advice at school. To my astonishment in the 1980s the careers adviser at my posh girls’ sc...
Volunteering at the ICF SUP World Cup 2026
Volunteers in orange SUP World Cup 2026 events team uniform (l-r) Abbie, Kevin, JoJo, Simon, Jason, Nicola with Torquay organiser, Brendon Prince, in the centre (white hat). (c) NB
Paddleboarding has its own language (eg, T-bar grip, step...
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I'm a journalist and writer with a massive passion for paddleboarding and tackling the climate crisis. Come explore with me the canals, urban rivers and old gravel pits.
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