S t u a r t M u r r a y
After 25 years chasing waves globally Stuart began surf coaching in 1999. This included performance coaching culminating in an Australian championship.
In 2008 after surf coaching thousands Stuart saw Stand Up Paddle. He saw Sup as the key to introduce the love of nature and standing on a board globally. He saw the inclusive nature of Sup (worldwide locations) and noticed the barriers to entry were low (most people achieve success on the first day). He set about mastering and pioneering the sport. In Australia he completed the 2008 111km Hawkesbury Classic, the first person to do so and that year made the Sup surfing final at the Dukes Oceanfest amateur finishing third. He also founded Sydney's first Sup schools and started Australia's first waterman clinics for kids and the International brand Suplove.
Stuart then set his mind to racing and his international record is listed below. With a Battle of Paddle victory and third at M20 World Championships (ACP#4) his standing within the Sup community is well documented.
2013 saw him launch of the International adventure company SupExplore. He created Adventure Concept Paddles (ACP). An ACP is a character driven story mixing natural wonder, risk, adventure, tradition, culture, history where paddling comes along for the ride. It’s the story that is important and each ACP aims to assist a charity. He is the only person to complete the West to East traverse of NZ (ACP#1), The circumnavigation of Auckland (ACP#2) and The Circumnavigation of the Sydney basin (ACP#4) supporting the reduction of marine debris and Tangaroa blue.
He says "It’s about one day getting that feeling I am going to paddle around the next corner and I know I can do it and come back safely"
Follow your Zen, inspire others, put out a hand, Dare to Believe, SupExplore
completed studies.
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Certificate IV
- Trainers and Assessors - Life Coaching - Community Services with Distinctions - Disablity Services Diploma - Youth Work with Distinctions Degree Level - Behavioural Science Paper - Surf Coach - Master Coach - Stand Up Paddle - Master Coach - Surfing Level Two - Stand up Paddle Level One - Bronze Medallion - Senior First Aid - Advanced Resuscitation |
ORCA Training The Coaching Institute VIC Loftus TAFE NSW Integrated Care Management Loftus TAFE NSW Catholic University Academy of Surfing Instructors ASI Academy of Surfing Instructors ASI Surfing Australia Surfing Australia SLSA VTAB VTAB |
sup competition
2008
3rd Noosa Surfing festival 22km <12ft
3rd Dukes Oceanfest Hawaii - amateur
1st Hawkesbury Classic 111km
2009
5th Noosa Surfing festival 5km <12.6ft
3rd Snowy Mcalister festival Sup race <12ft
2010
2nd Fenn Cup Series -Sydney
2nd Bridge to Beach – Sydney
1st Sydney Paddle Surfing Club Open Racing Series
6th Sydney Paddle Surfing Club Sup Surfing Series
3rd Manly Surfing Festival Race
7th Battle of Paddle California distance race 40-49
2nd Grand Masters Sup Surfing Merimbula Classic
2011
1st Sydney Cockatoo Cup
1st Coreban River race - handicap division
3rd Noosa Surfing festival Race >45 yrs
3rd Noosa Surfing festival Surf >45 yrs
5th Surf Race to Victory Huntington Beach <12ft
2nd Battle of Paddle California <12ft division
2012
3rd Sydney Paddle Surfing Club Open Racing Series
4 x NSW State Titles SUP-A
7 x Australian National Titles SUP-A
1st Lion Island Challenge Unlimited class
2013
3rd Sydney Ocean Series >40 yrs
1st Sydney Cockatoo Cup
8 x NSW State Titles SUP-A
2 x New Zealand National Titles <12ft division
ACP#1 First West to East traverse of New Zealand "Two Oceans"
ACP#2 First Circumnavigation of Auckland "Portage Road Sup"1st Battle of Paddle California <12ft division
ACP#3 World Ocean racing Championships, Molokai to Oahu - M2O third solo > 50 "Talk Story- MyMolokai"
1st Ocean Series >50
1st Twenty Beaches >50
Bora Bora Kainalu KXT - Top 20 finish
2014
ACP#4 First Circumnavigation of the Sydney Basin
3rd Noosa Surfing festival 22km <12ft
3rd Dukes Oceanfest Hawaii - amateur
1st Hawkesbury Classic 111km
2009
5th Noosa Surfing festival 5km <12.6ft
3rd Snowy Mcalister festival Sup race <12ft
2010
2nd Fenn Cup Series -Sydney
2nd Bridge to Beach – Sydney
1st Sydney Paddle Surfing Club Open Racing Series
6th Sydney Paddle Surfing Club Sup Surfing Series
3rd Manly Surfing Festival Race
7th Battle of Paddle California distance race 40-49
2nd Grand Masters Sup Surfing Merimbula Classic
2011
1st Sydney Cockatoo Cup
1st Coreban River race - handicap division
3rd Noosa Surfing festival Race >45 yrs
3rd Noosa Surfing festival Surf >45 yrs
5th Surf Race to Victory Huntington Beach <12ft
2nd Battle of Paddle California <12ft division
2012
3rd Sydney Paddle Surfing Club Open Racing Series
4 x NSW State Titles SUP-A
7 x Australian National Titles SUP-A
1st Lion Island Challenge Unlimited class
2013
3rd Sydney Ocean Series >40 yrs
1st Sydney Cockatoo Cup
8 x NSW State Titles SUP-A
2 x New Zealand National Titles <12ft division
ACP#1 First West to East traverse of New Zealand "Two Oceans"
ACP#2 First Circumnavigation of Auckland "Portage Road Sup"1st Battle of Paddle California <12ft division
ACP#3 World Ocean racing Championships, Molokai to Oahu - M2O third solo > 50 "Talk Story- MyMolokai"
1st Ocean Series >50
1st Twenty Beaches >50
Bora Bora Kainalu KXT - Top 20 finish
2014
ACP#4 First Circumnavigation of the Sydney Basin
