Michael Booth recaps the SUP World Champs, plus a 100 mile surfski race

About this episode

Michael Booth recaps the SUP World Championships and discusses the 100 mile surfski race with Bevan Manson.

The ICF Stand Up Paddleboarding World Championships in Abu Dhabi last weekend featured record-breaking performances, first time world champions, and shocking upsets. Paddling icon and multiple SUP World Champion Michael Booth, of Booth Training and Boothcast, joins Paddlecast to talk all about the racing. Boothy, SUP Racer’s 2019 #1 man in the world rankings, flew to Abu Dhabi to race the long distance race on Sunday. He won world titles for the same event in 2019 and 2022. But in a special treat for everyone spectating, Boothy also hopped into the commentary box on Saturday to cover the technical races. On this episode of Paddlecast, Boothy, Billy, and Betsy (say that five times fast) talk about the best moments of the tech and distance racing, who stood out and impressed Boothy the most, how Boothy’s long distance race went (6th place!), the biggest gap in his own 2025 training plan (ironically, time on his paddleboard), his plans for WA Race Week, why SUP draft trains look confusing to kayakers, THAT moment between Shuri and Rai, and whether 10 km is really a long distance race. And more. Then Billy and Betsy talk with Bevan Manson, the recent winner (and organiser) of the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Billy, Betsy

Guests: Michael Booth, Bevan Manson

Topics covered

• SUP World Championships
• surfski race
• paddleboarding
• training plans

Keywords

• ICF
• record-breaking performances
• long distance race
• technical races

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Booth Training, Boothcast

Books & works: Cook

Places: Abu Dhabi, Richard’s Bay, Durban, El Salvador

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