About

This is a Stand Up Paddle board endurance event in its FOURTH year that prides itself on a friendly, welcoming, inclusive racing atmosphere for all paddlers to fulfil their potential.  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? NEW for 2026, there are two categories for board- Hard or Inflatable, prizes will be for winners in each age category from that board type.

SUPTwelve 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 easy to stop and rest.

Paddlers are required to return to the sand after every lap so if there is surf, 'paddling out' and 'surfing in' will be a big part of the race!  (It is rare to get SURF on Paignton beach and VERY rare to get ay surf bigger than 2 foot surf).  We follow the weather very closely for SUPTwelve and if conditions are beyond 80% of the competitors we will either change the day to the Sunday and or change the location.  Depending on the direction of the weather, Torbay benefits from different beaches in the Bay that are sheltered in different weather scenarios.