An effect of the new governance? Now chaired by the German Thomas Konietzko, the International Canoe-Kayak Federation (ICF) is strengthening the stand-up paddle (SUP) calendar. The discipline already had a world championship. It will add a World Cup next year. Three stages are on the program for the first edition in 2022. They will take place successively in Thun, Switzerland, at the beginning of May, then in Budapest, Hungary, in mid-June, and finally in a third city still to be announced. determine, in August. The ICF explains that it is in discussions with potential hosts in Spain, Czech Republic, Austria, Greece, Ukraine and Turkey. The winners of each stage of the World Cup will automatically qualify for the Worlds in Poland, scheduled for September 2022. The governance and organization of stand up paddle have long been the subject of conflict between the international bodies for canoeing (ICF) and surfing (ISA). The case was brought before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The court based in Lausanne chose… not to choose. It decided in August 2020 that the two bodies would have the right to organize official stand-up paddle events, but that the ISA would have management at Olympic level, in the event that the discipline is one day included in the program Summer Games.
