About

This is a Stand Up Paddle board endurance event in its second year.  Last year the event went down a storm for its first outing.  The event runs for 12 hours from 7 am until 7pm with a very simple objective... who can paddle the most laps in 12 hours? No categories for board, just you against the TWELVE hours!

SUP 12 takes place on coastal water, over a course of approximately 3.5 km, all paddlers start at 7am and every lap of the course will be professionally timed & recorded. 

The 3.5km course has been designed to give maximum visibility to the supporter and greatest interest for the paddler for such a short course.  Repeating laps, time and time again, forces the paddler to 'dig deep' if they want to champion the 12 hours.  The course, more so than the time will challenge the paddlers resolve and mental strength to keep paddling when it would be so so easy to stop and rest.

Torbay has clear waters that 80% of the time is pan flat but if an easterly has blown into the Bay then waves will very much be part of the course.  Paddlers are required to return to the sand after every lap so if there is surf then 'paddling out' and 'surfing in' will be a big part of the race!  (It is very rare to get anything bigger than 2 foot surf in this corner of the Bay).