SEYCHELLE 

ATHLETE • HEALER • COACH

Seychelle is a world class athlete, coach, and mom. A trailblazer, a rebel, a health nut, and a manifestness. She is a highly decorated standup paddle athlete, World Champion, endurance paddler, and Guinness World Record holder, A certified Nutrition Coach, Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor, and licensed USCG Master. She coaches athletes to feel powerful, connected, and balanced in their paddle and life pursuits.

Seychelle was born and raised in the Florida Keys with a deep love for the ocean and travel. Competitive by nature, she never did what was expected of her and rarely did what she was told. Her journey to greatness has been nothing short of a rollercoaster as all great stories must be. In her programs she coaches women to increase their self-knowledge, intuition, self-care, and grace in their athletic journey.

Seychelle currently resides in Melbourne Beach with her Husband, son, and dog. She loves the ocean, the beach, being in nature, surfing, paddling, relaxing, preparing healthy food, nourishing her body, dancing, sunshine, learning, expanding, living her best life, and experiencing bliss.

"I believe that Life provides us with exactly the experiences we need to become the person we are meant to become, that everything happens for a reason, and that our greatest challenges are our greatest opportunities for growth. I believe that gratitude is the key to manifestation."

JADE HOWSON

OCEAN LOVER • PADDLER • SURFER

Jade's love for the ocean began in her hometown, Laguna Beach, California, at a very young age. She grew up swimming, surfing, diving, and paddling all along the southern California coast. As a child, Jade competed in many different sports. At the age of 7, her father, Robert Howson, introduced her to SUP, and Battle of the Paddle at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California, became her first SUP race. Shortly after, Jade began training with her coach, Mike Eisert, and his training group, The Paddle Academy. 

When Jade began high school, she entirely dedicated her time to paddling and was fortunate to travel around the world and compete against some of the top women in the sport. Her favorite type of race is the sprint and technical race. When she is not paddling, she enjoys playing the ukulele, guitar, and base, surfing, free diving, spending time with friends, and baking.  Jade attends the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a major in Marine Biology. When she is home, you can also find her working at her family's surf shop, Harbour Surfboards.

"No rainbows without rain"

DAVID LEAO 

RACER • ATHLETE • OCEAN LOVER

Sports had always been a part of David Leao's DNA. At the age of three, David followed in his father and brother's footsteps and perused the sport of Judo, where his father was a master. This ultimately is where his competitive drive began.  

Born on the south coast of Bahia, Brazil, David spent much of his life on the island with his grandparents soaking up the culture surrounded by sea and nature. This is where David's passion for paddleboard racing was born

"Paddling for a better world"

LUDOVIC TEULADE

RACER • SURFER • COACH

Born in land-locked Paris, the French capital, Ludo was perhaps not destined to live on and from the ocean! With both his parents being sports teachers, Ludo had the chance to try various different activities, a lot of swimming, skiing and skateboarding, and a lot of traveling, especially to the Atlantic coast, to surf small waves and have fun in the shore-break! It was later on, staying at his grandfather’s in Marseille, that Ludo, along with his brother Jeremy (already a total windsurf addict !) first saw and discovered SUP. The brothers’ passion for their new shared activity grew fast, especially wave surfing and downwind.

It was a win-win situation, the boys loved the physical side of paddling and the unique sensation of gliding over the water on an SUP. The resulting endorphins made for an intoxicating cocktail!

"Enjoy the glide, train and believe in yourself !"

RYOHEI YOSHIDA

FATHER • PADDLER • ATHLETE

Ryohei Yoshida was born in Yamagata, Japan. His father is a restaurant owner, and his mother is a farmer. As a child, Ryohei loved baseball. After a shoulder injury during a high school game, he could no longer play, so he joined a surf lifesaving club and started paddling for rehabilitation.

"Stay Humble Hustle Hard"

RIKA OKUAKI

RACER  • SURFER • WATERWOMAN

Ever since she was a little girl, Rika has loved the ocean and dreamed of being a lifeguard. When she entered her university, she joined the lifesaver club, fulfilling her dream. After graduating from school, Rika moved to Zamami Island, where she worked as a SUP, kayak, snorkeling, and yoga instructor.

Rika fell in love with paddling after taking a paddleboard class at her home beach, which hosted the Kerama Blue Cup in 2017.

"No attack, no chance"

CAMPBELL CARTER

RACER  • SURFER • WATERMAN

Campbell is from Wilmington NC and calls Wrightsville Beach his second home. It is Wrightsville Beach where he trains multiple water sport disciplines. Starting sup racing at 10, he has gone on to enjoy sup surfing, surfing, outrigger canoe, wing foiling or anything salty and he eventually wants to try big wave surfing. Campbell has competed on his high school swim team for the past 4 years.

Between SUP/Surf training and swim, he also enjoys CrossFit, skateboarding, and mountain biking. Campbell shares his passion for the water by working summers at Wrightsville SUP.

"The ocean is life"

CAROLINE KUNTZEL

ATLHETE  • COACH • WATERWOMAN

Caroline grew up in Denmark Cold Hawaii, watching her dad do all kinds surf sports, But as a kid, she wasn’t feeling comfortable in the ocean herself. Instead, she grew up doing many other sports, like biking, swimming, climbing, fitness and rhythmic gymnastics. When she was 15 years old, she watched the ISA Worlds in SUP when it was hosted in Denmark.

The passion and skill of these SUP athletes inspired her to start. Soon she began SUP surfing every day after school, taking the bus with her boards. Her passion grew and the Danish cold winter became her happy place. Caroline is now an all-waterwoman and she loves to learn and explore limits within watersports.

"Push limits, stay creative and see that everything is possible"

ETHAN BRY

ATLHETE  • STUDENT • WATERMAN

Ethan grew up and still lives on one of Brittany and France's most beautiful peninsulas, the Presqu'ile de Crozon. Its "cruciform" tip makes it a magnificent playground for expressing yourself on the water any and every way you want. Living so close to the sea, Ethan has become a true master of all. He's non-stop, changing sports for whatever the weather conditions may be. Surf, SUP foil, surf foil, prone, windsurf, wing foil, and a bit of Mountain Biking allows him to burn off energy. But it's Foil, SUP Race, and SUP Downwind where he best expresses himself.

“Being on the water makes me feel like my real self. It's the perfect wake-up every day. It's an addiction!”

"If you can dream it, you can do it!"

LINCOLN DEWS 

RACER • SURFER • SAILOR

Hailing from a family of four generations of watermen, whether commercial fishermen, professional surfers, or sailors, it seemed the ocean was always going to be close to Lincoln's heart. At age 14, he raced his first Molokai 2 Oahu, a race he grew up idolizing and watching his dad and cousins compete in each year. It was here that his love affair for the challenge of open ocean racing began. 

SUP racing has dominated Lincoln's life and became his obsession to one day become world champion. After eight years of hard training, Lincoln emerged with three Australian titles and ranked number one SUP athlete in the world. Ticking that box summoned an internal hunger to explore a magnitude of challenges found within some of Earth's most uncharted waters. This was when project foil Bass Strait was born, along with the desire to challenge himself with any possible water challenge that pushes Lincoln outside his comfort zone.

"Don’t let what you cannot interfere with what you can do."

RAI TAGUCHI

RACER • SURFER • SPEARFISHERMAN

At 17 years old, Rai Taguchi is the youngest member of the global Team and was moved up from the Youth Development team for the 2020 season. Rai lives on Okinawa Island, Japan, the perfect location to train for downwind and surf all year round. 

Rai became hooked on SUP at the age of 12 after winning 1st place in a local race and trained hard with his father ever since. Rai dominated the majority of race events in Japan this past year, was crowned the U18 ICF Champion, placed 2nd in the U18 Technical Race at ISA, and was in the Top 10 Male racers overall ISA. Rai is looking forward to competing in the World Tour this year, and we're looking forward to following along!

"Find peace in the ocean paddling or below swimming."

BODIE VON ALLMEN

OCEAN LOVER • PADDLER • RACER

Bodie Von Allmen, a 16-year-old from Lake Oswego, Oregon, has been paddling competitively since he was nine years old. Bodie was introduced to the sport initially through his dad, Corey Von Allmen, and quickly added to his list of mentors as his skills progressed and accomplishments accumulated. Some key influences throughout his nascent career include Kody Kerbox, who gave him his first SUP lesson on Maui, downwind legend Livio Menelau, owner of Stoke on the Water, Joel Yang, and SIC Ambassador Russell Pert, just to name a few.

Since becoming a member of the SIC Youth Development team, Bodie has excelled quickly in the SUP racing community, competing in key races such as Battle of the Bay, Gorge Downwind Champs, SIC Gorge Paddle Challenge, Santa Cruz Paddlefest, and many more.

"Slow down, enjoy the ride. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”