ICF SUP World Cup and Paddle UK SUPER Festival 2026


ICF SUP World Cup and Paddle UK SUPER Festival 2026
Competition
SUP
Date:Wed 24 - Sun 28 Jun 2026
Booking Window: Wed 13 Aug 2025 - Thu 25 Jun 2026
Location:Torquay, English Riviera, Devon

Paddle UK
Organiser Paddle UK
Main Contact
Brendon Prince

Event Description

From 24–28 June 2026, the English Riviera will come alive with the Paddle UK SUPER Festival and the ICF SUP World Cup. Set against the turquoise waters and sheltered bays of Torquay and Paignton, this five-day celebration of paddle boarding brings together elite athletes, community paddlers, and newcomers ready to try something new.

There are a range of entry options for those taking part with our ticketing system helping to navigate a series of options:

Membership - Members of Paddle UK, Paddle Cymru, Paddle Scotland and Paddle Northern Ireland will secure a 25% discount on entries so be sure to add your details if you’re already a member or join now.

Junior/Adult - Anyone under the age of 18 at the start of the event can purchase a junior event ticket at a discounted rate

ICF Race Entry/Festival Event Entry - Anyone can enter either event but there are some key differences and things to be aware of:

ICF Entries

The ICF races will be run in line with the ICF SUP Competition rules with competitions taking place for juniors, open, over 40s and over 50s age categories. 

Key things to be aware of from the rules include:

 - As per Chapter 3 of the rules, paddlers must compete using a hard board up to 14ft (these may be available to hire for the event.

 - As per 1.4 of the rules, age categories are determined by the age you are in the 2026 calendar year so:

  • Juniors must be born after 31st December 2007 and before 1st January 2012
  • Open entries must be born before 1st January 2012
  • Over 40s must be born before 1st January 1987
  • Over 50s must be born before 1st January 1977

Prize money is available for the Open categories. 

An ICF entry can be made for any combination of sprint, technical and distance races with prices reflecting the number of events you enter. 

Entry into the ICF events also gets you a goodie bag and entry to a competitor raffle to win prizes from our partners. 

Festival Entries

The festival ticket includes access to sprint, technical and distance races that are run in a more informal manner and are open to anyone with a hard or inflatable board

Ticket options are available for:

  • Saturday - includes sprint and technical festival races
  • Sunday - includes SUP 1,000 event and distance festival race
  • Weekend - includes all festival races and SUP 1,000
  • SUP 1,000 - access to the SUP 1,000 challenge only

These races will include categories for gender and age (Juniors, 18-39, 40-49, 50 -59, 60+) with the age taken from the first day of the event. 

Prizes will be available for each category within the festival races


Facilities
Parking https://superfestival.paddleuk.org.uk/location/
Toilets
Catering/Food

Cancellations

The cancellation policy for this event is the responsibility of the organiser. Please use the contacts for this to request details.


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