
Stand on a board.
Find your line.
99 badges. 8 weeks. A real race at the end. Send it. Stack the wins. Earn your line.
Real skills.
Real races.
This could be
your poster.
The SUP Academy Race Team — USA SUP sanctioned, carbon race boards, the real circuit. Sample posters below show the kind of racer the team builds toward. Apply, paddle-test, and the next poster page could carry your name.
Preview profiles · the real 2027 roster fills in as paddle tests finish. Every roster athlete is USA Surfing-affiliated in the SUP discipline.
In your seven hardest moments.
Twelve to eighteen is a long stretch of figuring it out. We coach seven things — on the water — that show up everywhere else.
- 01IdentityWho am I?
The clock and the water don’t lie. You meet yourself in race conditions you can’t fake your way through.
- 02BelongingWhere’s my crew?
The pod paddles together — 12-year-olds, 17-year-olds, all on the same lake. Real friendships, not group chats.
- 03AnxietyWhy am I so stressed?
Two hours a week outside is the science threshold for measurable mental wellbeing. We hit double that, every season.
- 04Your bodyCan I trust it?
SUP rewards skill + balance, not body type. Builds the core and proprioception your brain is still wiring up.
- 05Good callsHow do I decide?
You read the river flow, the wind, the temp. You decide if you push off. Real decision practice that transfers everywhere.
- 06Hard daysHow do I handle it?
Miss a stroke, reset. Fall, remount. Lose a race, talk to the instructor, try next week. The water teaches composure.
- 07What’s nextWhere am I going?
Water-confident in a desert state is rare. So is fluency in biomechanics + ecology. The path opens.
99 badges.
Yours forever.
Three teams.
One pod.

Sea Turtles
Steady. Curious. Joyful.

Dolphins
Smart. Fast. Together.

Manta Rays
Powerful. Focused. Free.


