SUP AUSTIN
The Sport of Stand Up Paddling symbolically landed in Austin in the Summer of 2009 with the arrival of the SUP ATX Stand Up Paddle Journey from Malibu to Austin. A band of stand up paddlers assembled from Malibu and Austin embarked on a four-day road trip to begin the mission of spreading the sport of stand up paddle surfing from oceans to rivers and lakes across the United States and around the world.
SUP ATX has since become the #1 Stand Up Paddle Board Maker in the World as an Austin, Texas based company. Beginning in the Fall of 2009, SUP ATX has held free stand up paddle clinics and lessons for anyone interested in trying stand up paddling in the Austin area. The free SUP clinics are held five times per week and are available on Lady Bird Lake (Formerly Town Lake), Lake Austin and Lake Travis.
Stand Up Paddle Austin
Austinites have taken to the sport of stand up paddling with open arms, embracing the fitness aspect, having it be another way to enjoy the outdoors and particularly as an opportunity to take advantage of the many recreational lakes throughout Central Texas.
Stand Up Paddling has quickly become part of the unique culture of Austin, Texas with over 5,000 people trying out the sport in the first year of the SUP ATX free stand up paddle clinics.