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How to Watch the 2025 ICF SUP World Championships

The 2025 ICF SUP World Championships is going off this week in Abu Dhabi, UAE!  I am here and so excited to participate in this year’s competition.

As promised, here’s all the info you’ll need to keep up to date and watch the 2025 ICF SUP World Championships.
The racing officially begins tomorrow, Wednesday October 29th and will run through Sunday November 2nd.
Although preliminary rounds, heats, and quarterfinals are running on Wednesday and Thursday, the official LIVE stream does not begin until Friday October 31st when the semi finals and finals being.
You can catch the live stream on the Planet Canoe YouTube channel, however you will need to subscribe to there channel and pay $9.99 to watch. (A super bummer, I know) 
Here’s the Link:
Youtube live broadcast

They will be posting free videos on the channel throughout the week as well. You can also follow Planet Canoe, the Official event page, and Total SUP on Facebook and Instagram for up to date results and coverage.

Event Facebook page
Event Instagram
Total SUP Instagram

Here is a website where you can look up the exact racing schedule and heat times for all events:
Schedule + Official Heat Results
There are MANY heats every day.
Use the filters or search for a specific athlete in the search box at the top.
*Note, the times shown are in local time GST (ET + 8hrs)

The gist of it is:
Wednesday: Sprint heats and quarterfinals
Thursday: Tech race heats and quarterfinals
Friday: Sprint semi finals and finals
Saturday: Tech semi finals and finals
Sunday: Distance races

SUP Fans, read a recent article by Total SUP about this year’s competition and competitors here:
READ NOW
Thanks for being here. I’m feeling good. Excited for the competition. Wanting to do my best, or course, and feeling surprisingly unattached to the outcome. Being here in Abu Dhabi right now already feels like a win.

With all my Stoke and Gratitude,