It had been four years since I last visited Norway, and the world saw some huge shifts after COVID. After a long seven-hour flight, I landed in Oslo at 7:20 am on the 14th of June. I had yet another flight to catch, this time a short one from Oslo to Bergen. I reached Gudvangen camp at 7:00 pm. There I met Aman, an Irish paddler who works in Northern Norway as a SUP guide. There was a new caravan, new equipment, and new faces. The expedition would start in two days.

This was the third and final expedition of SUP Norway 2019. This time, we faced challenges of incessant rains, chill weather, extreme winds, and choppy waters. As an expedition lead, your most important responsibility is to take the decisions - and I realized how that would make or break the expedition. Overall, a grand finale to the 2019 edition of SUP Norway!!!

After discovering what I wanted to do and why I wanted to do it, then what to and what not to do, I started focusing on how to do it. From 2015 to mid-2017, PFF was a program for Discover SUP. Lots of RnD was going on to figure out all the logistics. If today an expedition can be planned and executed almost flawlessly, it is because of all the planning, grinding, and actually getting our hands dirty back then.

A Stand up Paddleboard Journey to Kuwait - Kumaran Mahalingam

The fire in your spirit finds its feet, funnily enough in the ferocity of a flowing river Stand-up paddle boarding is an exhilarating way...

The city of Chennai has many lakes, many of which are unexplored and even unnamed. Join Kumaran and team as they explore and paddle in an unnamed pristine lake, after the floods of 2015.