Everyone is asking. My phone keeps pinging. I figure it’s easier to put a list up online than answer all the questions I’m fielding about stand up paddle races in the North East*.
Here is the list as I know it to date. If you have others, send ’em my way!
*North East = New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine. Got it?
A Not Very Comprehensive Guide to 2018 North East SUP Races
Run of the Charles, Boston MA
Sunday, April 29, 2018
24 mile relay & 19 mile/ 9 mile/ 6 mile races
Benefits: Charles River Watershed Association clean water initiatives
Essex River Race, Essex MA
Saturday, May 12, 2018
5.5 mile race
Benefits: Cape Ann Rowing Club
Treasure Island Pirate Paddle, Point Pleasant NJ
Saturday, May 19, 2018
3.5 mile/ 7 mile Sup, Prone, Surf Ski, Kayak, OC race
Hosted by: Paddle Surf New Jersey
Mystic River Paddle, Sommerville MA
Saturday, May 19, 2018
12 mile/ 9 mile/ 3 mile races
Benefits: Mystic River Watershed
Provincetown Coastal Regatta & Mini Tri, Provincetown MA
Saturday, June 9, 2018
4KM Sup race
Hosted by: Orleans Sweeps & Sculls
Charles Island Sup Cup, Milford CT
Saturday, June 16 2018
5 mile / 3 mile sup race
Benefits: Surfrider Foundation Connecticut
North Shore Sup Cup, Danvers MA
Saturday, June 23rd 2018
5 mile/ 2.5 mile sup race
Hosted by: Rising Reg
Brattle Paddle, Brattleboro VT
Sunday, June 24, 2018
3.5 mile/ 9 mile
Contact: Sandy Harris 603-363-4868
Benefits: West River Trail org.
Paddle for Plummer, Salem MA
Saturday, July 7th, 2018
1.5 mile/ 3 mile/ 5 mile Sup Race
Benefits: Plummer Youth Promise program for foster kids in MA
Stand Up for Veterans, Westport CT
Sunday, July 8th 2018
1 mile/ 3 mile/ 6 mile courses
Benefits: Companions for Heroes & Help Our Military Heroes
Waterman Eco Challenge, Narragansett RI
Saturday, July 14, 2018
1 mile swim & 3 mile paddle
Hosted by: Raw Elements sunscreen
Standup for the Lake, Burlington VT
Saturday, August 4th 2018
3 mile/ 6 mile sup race
Sponsored by: WND&WVS and the Burlington Surf Club
Conquer the Current Paddle Regatta, Essex MA
Sunday, August 5th, 2018
9 mile/ 22 mile
Benefits: The Connecticut Museum’s Education Scholarship Fund
SEA Paddle NYC, New York NY
Saturday, August 11th, 2018
24 mile/ 12 mile relay
Benefits: Surfer’s Environmental Alliance
Newport SUP Cup, Newport RI
Saturday, August 19th, 2018
5 mile/ 3 mile
Hosted by: Coastal Urge
SUP at the BSYC, Bayshore NY
Saturday, August 26th, 2018
6 mile/ 3 mile
Hosted by: South Shore Paddleboards
Cape Cod Bay Challenge, Cape Cod MA
Saturday August 18, 2018
30 miles
Benefits: Christopher’s Haven
SUP3Rivers Southside Outside Festival, Pittsburg, PA
Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018
10KM race
Hosted by:
Great Peconic Race, Shelter Island, NY
Saturday, Sept. 8th 2018
3 mile/ 9 mile/19 mile
Benefits: Cornell Cooperative Extension
PaddlePalooza, Greenwood Lake NY
Saturday, Sept. 8th 2018
1 mile/ 3 mile/ 6 mile
Benefits: Greenwood Lake Skate Park Project & Greenwood Lake Teen Center
City Paddle Festival/US Sup Open, New York NY
Saturday, September 15, 2018
7 mile
Sponsored by: APP World Tour
Paddle for The Bays, Cotuit MA
Saturday, September 15, 2018
5 mile/ 10 mile
Benefits: Barnstable Clean Water Coalition
Any other races you know of that you’d like to see listed? Give me a shout at evelyn@standupjournal.com!
