It has been stressfull, lot of good paddlers in the pro categorie and I knew I was going to have a hard time but all went well and I’ve won sprint and long distance.
Training + Awesome board have paid off.
I am still improving my technique and we are still improving the boards, next goal is to get a good result at the Battle of the Paddle in Dana Point in october, meantime I’ll take part in the Spanish SUP surfing Championship mid-september, I haven’t been waveriding much since last winter as I’ve focused a lot more on racing and downwinds but I’ll try to do my best !

To see the full report on the SUP World CUP 2010 :
http://www.nidecker.com/paddle/Stand-Up-Paddle-World-CUP-2010.html?annee=2010&lang=en

Over the last week we had excellent conditions for downwinds, yesterday the wind was lighter, not enough to enjoy a proper downwind so I took the Nidecker 12′6 All water Race for a ride in front of Anita’s camera, the colors in the channel between Corralejo y Lobos are just fantastics !

Windy session during my trip in France

Some pics from a session last April, by Anita Isande…

SUP magazine and “Get Up” SUPmagazine

Free surfing with my friends

I just come back from the Paddle Round the Pier 2010, I had an awesome week end, definitly one of the best beach festival I’ve ever seen.
Saturday I won the 20 miles Funky Puffin Euro Enduro SUP Race in stock class on the production 12′6 All Water Race Nidecker, I was pretty stoked, it’s been a tough race !
Sunday I won the BSUPA race on the same board, in stock class but also in front of the unlimiteds !
The course was a short dowwind, I love downwinds ! Thie wind was too onshore to be perfect, but it was fun enough, I would have kept going for a few more miles after the finish !

Results Funky Puffin Euro Enduro SUP Race, Paddle Round the Pier 2010 :

Stock Class :
Eric Terrien 3:28:45 (12’6 Nidecker All Water Race)
Renaud Noyelle 3:45:30
Rich Morton 3:46:20

Last Week end, June 26-27 2010 Anita and I drove to Marseille for the final of the Naish SUP Tour 2010. I wanted to take part in at least 1 stop of the tour and this was my last oportunity to do so. I knew the leaders of the tour would have their new 14’ boards and I wanted to see if I could win on my 12’6 Nidecker All Water Race, those guys are serious paddlers and they’ve been leading the first 3 stages, I was a little bit concerned about being able to be faster than them on their fast 14’ board. But I really trusted on the 12’6 Nidecker, the board is fast, stable, easy and after the 1st race I knew I was faster than the other competitors. I actually won the whole 5 races of the week end, another really good result for our 12’6 !

Results :
1 Eric Terrien, 12′6 Nidecker All Water Race
2 Gaetan Sene, 14′
3 Alex Gregoire, 14′

Big thanks to Isa and Sylvain for the pictures, to check their website : www.f150.fr

Next challenge is the Paddle Around the Pier in UK, July 3-4 2010 ….