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Candice Appleby

Candice Appleby was born in SAN CLEMENTE, California, USA. Her favorite SURF BREAK is her local spot SAN ONOFRE but also MAKAHA. Candice Appleby’s sponsors are INFINITY SURFBOARDS, QUICKBLADE PADDLES, NOW FOODS, VIRUS PERFORMANCE, PUALANI HAWAII BIKINIS.
Some of Candice Appleby’s biggest achievements include the PAN-AM GAMES SILVER MEDAL 2019, WOMEN’S PIPELINE PRO LONGBOARD CHAMPION 2009, 6 x BOP CHAMPION, 3 x PPG CHAMPION, 2015 APP WORLD TOUR RACING CHAMPION. 2008 DUKE’S OCEAN FESTIVAL OPEN PRO CHAMPION (AGAINST ALL MEN) & WOMEN’S CHAMPION.
Candice Appleby’s hobbies include SURFING, TRAINING, BEACH VOLLEYBALL, GARDENING, SINGING, HER DOGS & ANYTHING ATHLETIC.

From her years of experience as a champion athlete, our founder Candice Appleby is passionate about passing on the knowledge she has gained to help others build a confident lasting relationship with the ocean.

Renowned waterwoman Candice Appleby began surfing at the age of nine and competing at age ten. As the captain of her high school surf team, she led San Clemente High to four consecutive national titles. She went on to obtain her degree at the University of Hawaii and pursue surfing full force. In 2006, she decided to give standup paddle surfing a try. And with her amazing fitness level and surfing background, Candice was soon competing again – and beating – men in SUP racing and surfing. In 2008, at the Duke Kahanamoku Oceanfest, Candice became the first and only woman to beat men in a professional SUP surfing event, winning both the women’s and Open Pro divisions. She claimed victory six times at Battle of the Paddle and thrice after it became the Pacific Paddle Games —an event long considered the World Championship or “Superbowl” of SUP. She’s also been the #1 Female SUP Athlete of the Year three times, APP World Tour Champion in 2015, and has collected four gold medals for the United States over an international field at the ISA World Championships in 2015, 2016, and 2018. Candice qualified for the 2019 Pan-American Games and represented Team USA in SUP Surfing and Technical racing, taking home a silver medal in SUP Technical racing, and is the USA SUP Team’s Team Manager.

Beyond her skills as an athlete, Candice has been a dedicated coach to several athletes for many years. She has taught surfing for over 20 years and standup paddling for more than a decade. Her standup paddle coaching began in 2009 as SUP fitness trainer for the sports very first training club Paddle Core Fitness on the South Shore of Oahu. In 2012 she co-founded Performance Paddling alongside Anthony Vela, coaching a Junior National Team of the USA’s top young SUP athletes. Then in 2015, she co-founded the Performance Paddling Adult SUP Training Club that is still active today. Candice has taught standup paddling clinics all over the world and trained other athletes to champion titles. Ocean Academy was born from her years of experience as an athlete and a love for encouraging others on the water.

Today, Candice Appleby is known as a pioneer of SUP and also its foremost champion. ESPN W calls her “Abby Wambach, Serena Williams, Brittney Griner, and Danica Patrick all rolled into one. She’s talented, fiercely competitive, tremendously well-respected, and a true ambassador of the sport.”

 
New from Infinity SUP – the EVERREADY race board designed to make you faster in every race condition

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New from Infinity SUP – the EVERREADY race board designed to make you faster in every race condition

Dave Boehne and his Speedfreak squad at Infinity SUP are always ready to race and they now have a new board that, from the name alone, is ready to go. Soon to be seen on a start line near you here is the TotalSUP guide to the brand new EVERREADY race SUP Hi Dave, welcome […]

SUP Pirates Returns – Infinity SUP re-release their iconic film with TotalSUP

29 Jun 2023

SUP Pirates Returns – Infinity SUP re-release their iconic film with TotalSUP

Do you remember how you were using your SUP ten years ago? This was a little before SUP hit the mainstream, SUP surfers were still riding big boards and this relatively new sport was finding its way. And then Dave Boehne and the crew at what was the Infinity Paddlesurf Co released SUP Pirates, issued on […]

Carolina Pro-Am SUP Surf event – Meet the organisers

24 Mar 2023

Carolina Pro-Am SUP Surf event – Meet the organisers

The Carolina Pro-Am is the longest-running Pro Am Stand Up Paddle Surf event in the world and for the ninth edition of the contest event organisers, Haywood and Rob along with event sponsors Infinity SUP will be welcoming some of the top names in the SUP surfing world to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, USA from April […]

French Champion Arthur Arutkin joins the Infinity SUP Speed Freaks

24 Mar 2023

French Champion Arthur Arutkin joins the Infinity SUP Speed Freaks

Infinity SUP Welcomes French Champion Arthur Arutkin to the Team Infinity SUP Co. known for premium manufactured – performance driven race and surf SUP’s, is proud to announce that French waterman and veteran SUP star Arthur Arutkin has officially joined the #infinityspeedfreaks.  Already a seasoned pro in the sport of SUP and one of […]

RESULTS & LIVE WEBCAST – 2022 ISA WORLD SUP & Paddleboard Championships

31 Oct 2022

RESULTS & LIVE WEBCAST – 2022 ISA WORLD SUP & Paddleboard Championships

Between October 28 and November 6 you could follow the action of the 2022 Puerto Rico ISA World SUP & Paddleboard Championships here with TotalSUP! As Official Media Partner of the #ISAWSUPP, TotalSUP broadcasted all the livestreams both on our website and on the TotalSUP Facebook page with daily results, video highlights and Instagram stories. If […]

Results of the 2022 APP World Tour Stop #1 in Santa Monica

29 Jun 2022

Results of the 2022 APP World Tour Stop #1 in Santa Monica

Here are the official standing results of the US Open of SUP at Santa Monica Pier 2022, stop #1 of the 2022 APP WORLD TOUR. Congratulations to April Zilg (Team 404) for her two commanding victories in the Sprints and in the Long Distance race, to Maui’s SUP racing legend Connor Baxter (Starboard) who managed […]

USA Team selected for ISA World Champs in Puerto Rico in November

22 Jun 2022

USA Team selected for ISA World Champs in Puerto Rico in November

Some of the top American Athletes competed in Oceanside, California last weekend for a spot in the USA team for ISA World Champs in Puerto Rico in November. The US Surf Federation known as USA Surfing hosted three days of competition on June 16-18 which included 3 disciplines: Distance Race, SUP Surfing and Technical Racing, […]

Coming in hot! The 2022 APP World Tour introduced by Tristan Boxford

11 Jun 2022

Coming in hot! The 2022 APP World Tour introduced by Tristan Boxford

Tristan Boxford, CEO of the Waterman League and founder of the APP World Tour answers my questions as stop #1 of the 2022 AWT is fast approaching with the US SUP OPEN AT SANTA MONICA PIER on June 24-27. In this interview we learn that Maui/Brazilian Mo Freitas is coming back to the competition and […]

SIC Maui Rider Soryn Preston is ready to ‘crush the SUP battlefield’ at 13!

24 May 2022

SIC Maui Rider Soryn Preston is ready to ‘crush the SUP battlefield’ at 13!

At only thirteen, SIC Maui Rider Soryn Preston, has already competed in over hundred races taking some of the most acclaimed podiums on the SUP scene from Pacific Paddle Games to the iconic Gorge Paddle Challenge. But her ambitious plans don’t stop here. As part of the SIC Maui Youth Development Team she not only […]

Can this Custom Infinity Whiplash help June Mizoguchi earn the Chattajack 5-year belt buckle?

23 Feb 2022

Can this Custom Infinity Whiplash help June Mizoguchi earn the Chattajack 5-year belt buckle?

On the eve of the release of the highly anticipated 2022 Infinity Whiplash, TotalSUP caught up with June Mizoguchi aka “June the Machine” (a term coined by the Infinity boss himself Dave Boehne) to take a look at his custom Whiplash. June, who has been for years heavily involved in the USA Cycling circuit, is […]

April Zilg and Danny Ching win the Hano Hano Ocean Challenge 2022

1 Feb 2022

April Zilg and Danny Ching win the Hano Hano Ocean Challenge 2022

Here are the Long Course SUP results of the 2022 Hano Hano Challenge (27th edition) which took place on Saturday January 29th in San Diego, California. The Hanohano Ocean Challenge is one of the longest running Paddlesport races in California (OC-1, Surfski, Prone Paddleboard, Standup Paddleboard).  Huge congratulations to April Zilg and Danny Ching for […]

Candice Appleby celebrates her come back to the competition with a new USA National SUP Surf Title

9 Jul 2021

Candice Appleby celebrates her come back to the competition with a new USA National SUP Surf Title

Known worldwide as a Stand Up Paddle pioneer, Candice Appleby is also the winningest female SUP athlete in history. If she started SUP racing in 2008, and was still at the top of her game last time we checked in 2019, Candice’s history with the ocean started way before her love for racing and is […]

2019 Surf City El Salvador ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship: Results and Recap of the Event

2 Dec 2019

2019 Surf City El Salvador ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship: Results and Recap of the Event

It’s a wrap! 161 athletes from 27 countries  took part in the 2019 Surf City El Salvador ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship at El Sunzal. Taking SUP Surfing Gold Medals on the final day of the competition, Justine Dupont and Benoit Carpentier  led team France to their first-ever Team Gold Medal in the event and […]

Blistering Displays For The First Stop On The APP World Tour: The London SUP Open!

21 May 2019

Blistering Displays For The First Stop On The APP World Tour: The London SUP Open!

The London SUP Open delivered last weekend in a blistering competition on the Thames. The London SUP Open broke wide open with epic performances on the Thames River. The UK capital hosted a heated competitio where athletes crossed the finish line mere tenths of  seconds apart to set the bar for a competitive 2019 SUP […]