Martin J Patumsuwon

11/11/2024

Well it's been a while since I last posted but a lot has happened! A couple of months ago I was invited to join a modelling competition in Thailand on Channel 7 and somehow made it to the finals, which took place in October. This week, I will be featured on their Sports Life TV program. Super excited to share my love for SUP and promote this great sport to a national audience!

05/09/2024

You guessed it…time for another race report!

Hard to believe the SUP Addict Championship race series is over, what a great and challenging six months of events. The final race was held Sunday with the 2024 Pattaya Beach Games.

The race conditions were good, a lot of wind and small waves. Most of us have spent the year racing on flat water so this was an extra fun way to end the series — the very same beach we competed on last year at the ICF World Championships.

On Sunday I raced in the men’s open category and came in 2nd🥈 in the short distance 2km race, 🥉3rd in the 6km race and 🥈2nd in the 200-meter sprint.

I also won the award for having the most improved performance over the course of the SUP Addict race series! That one is super special to me as I have been putting in a lot of time on the water working with programs from Training Week.

Board: NSP’s 14*20’ Ninja
Paddle: QB V91

A huge thanks to PuAy Polly for putting so much time and energy into the first SUP Addict Championship series, giving all of us athletes a reason to push even harder and get more race experience.

To my fellow racers, I have had so much fun battling it out with all of you this year, thank you for pushing me harder and cheering for me to get stronger. Let’s hope they bring this one back for 2025!

Race photos: โคจัง

Special thanks to:
NSP - Surf and Stand Up Paddle Boards
SURF SUP Warehouse Thailand
SUP Station Thailand
Sup&Surf East Side

23/08/2024

My weapon of choice!

QB Gang.

👍👍👍👍

19/08/2024

ถ้ามีใครสนใจอยากซื้อไม้พายดีๆผมเเนะนำเเบรนQBครับ ดีสุดในการพายซัพเเละเป็นไม้พายที่ผมใช้ตลอดเพราะมันดีจริงๆครับ ใครสนใจซื้อผมเเนะนำซื้อจาก Sup&Surf East Side. เลยครับ คนขายชื่อพี่ลอยนิสัยดีมากครับบริการดีสุดๆ 🙏🙏

18/08/2024

Race report! Last weekend I traveled to Nong Kai near the Laos border to race in the second event of the Thai national King’s Cup series. I got the gold medal 🥇in the 1km technical race and the bronze 🥉 in the 200m sprint. It’s my first time standing atop the podium for a King’s Cup race so I am really happy with my results. Wasn’t my day in the sprint race but I had fun battling and I know what I have to work on in the coming weeks. Next up: SAC Championship final race in Pattaya, Sept 1, followed by the ICF World Championships national team trials! Going to be a busy few weeks.
Thanks so much to my supporters and sponsors!
NSP - Surf and Stand Up Paddle Boards
SURF SUP Warehouse Thailand
Amino VITAL Thailand
Sup&Surf East Side

31/07/2024

On Friday I loaded up the board to head for Kanchanaburi’s stunning Sai Yak National Park to join Asia’s longest paddling race — Route 97, a grueling 106 kilometer journey on the famed River Kwai.

As soon as I arrived at the registration desk, the atmosphere was tense. It had been raining non-stop for a few days, causing flooding at many resorts on the riverside while creating dangerously strong conditions that us racers would have to paddle through.

The organizers were forced to monitor the situation and make a call on the eve of the race: Can the event actually happen?

In the end, they came up with an alternative for a safe but challenging race for all of us athletes, cutting the route to 34 kilometers, ending at the first checkpoint, right before the Mae Nam Not and Kwai Noi stretches of river meet, where things got really rough.

On the morning of the race, I made my way over to the starting point to join the 200-plus athletes from all over the region. It was pitch black, and the rain refused to let up. Finally, at about 7:30 a.m., board is In the water and we’re off! I was fighting with Daniel Hasulyo for 20-23kms till my body just couldn’t stay with him any longer and I slowed myself down around the 24-25 km mark. The last 7km I felt like I was gonna die😂, not gonna lie, I even sat down just to take a break.

But luckily I had a solid lead over the next SUP racer so I finished in second open overall 🥈

A huge thank you to The ROUTE 97 and PuAy Polly for organizing this amazing event, and all of my supporters. Next up on my race calendar is the next event in the Thailand King's Cup series, which will happen next week in Nong Khai. Can't wait!

SURF SUP Warehouse Thailand
SUP Station Thailand
NSP - Surf and Stand Up Paddle Boards

02/07/2024

Over the weekend I entered a 28km river race in Nonthaburi, outside of Bangkok, and I got 1st place in the open pro men's SUP category. It's my first race over 10 km so I was a bit worried about managing my energy levels but am satisfied with my pace as I have been focusing on improving my endurance and pacing for long-distance races. Next race is this weekend, at SUP Area, and will be a 8km technical night race.
Big thanks to my sponsors and supporters!

SURF SUP Warehouse Thailand
NSP - Surf and Stand Up Paddle Boards
SUP Station Thailand

28/05/2024

Race report time!

Last weekend I traveled to the beautiful province of Tak to compete in the first race of the annual King’s Cup series in Thailand. This is an important national paddling event organized by the Rowing and Canoeing Association of Thailand, so I was excited to go compete in the two races in the junior under 18 SUP category.

As part of the competition rules, all juniors competed on the Shadow SUP Class One-Design board.

I got the silver medal 🥈 in the 1km technical race, coming in just a couple of meters behind the front runner. I will continue to work on my pacing and drafting skills, I made a judgement error at the end that cost me an opportunity to try to take the lead.

In the 200 meter sprint I got the bronze 🥉. I won first in my heat but fell short of the silver by less than a second. (There were no finals, medals were awarded based on the times of the one race.)

Overall I am happy with my results and am motivated to keep pushing and learning.

Huge thanks to P’Puay and P’Tay for letting me join them on their journey to Tak, I really appreciate you both! 🙏

02/05/2024

See you on the river this Saturday!!!

SUP Addict Championship สนามที่ 3 เจอกันวันเสาร์ที่ 4 พฤษภานี้ ที่ SUP Station Thailand งานแข่งสนุกๆที่นักพายมือใหม่มีเก่าไม่ควรพลาด🤙

👉 ลิงค์การสมัคร/ Registration Link
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🎶🎤 มามะ มาจอยกัน จอยกัน มาซิมา มาเจอกัน เจอกัน 🥰 มาเม้ามอย มาแลกเปลี่ยนความรู้ มาหัดพาย มาแข่ง มาดู ได้หมดเลยจ้า ไม่รู้จักใครก็มาหาเพื่อนเพิ่มได้เลยที่งาน SUP ADDICT CHAMPIONSHIP ค่ะ!

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🏁SAC #3
Place: SUP Station Thailand
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Date: Saturday May 4th, 2024
** Lucky draw for everyone **
รางวัลใหญ่ที่พักเกาะล้านเชียวนา

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Race Meeting : 7:0AM
Race Start: 7:30AM

ค่าสมัคร 500 บาท / Entry Fee 500 baht
Pay on the race day!!!
โอนเงินหน้างานค่ะ 🤙

Race Category
Open Technical Long Distance - 6 KM
U15 Technical Long Distance - 6 KM
Sprint 200 m
Beginner Short Distance 1.5 KM

เจอกันวันงาน 🤙🏄🏄🏻‍♀️🏄🏻‍♂️
See you this weekend 😊

09/04/2024

The second race of Thailand’s SUP Addict Championship (SAC) series took place at Bangkok’s Taco Lake over the weekend. So happy to be back on the water with my friends and have another opportunity to test my strengths and weaknesses.

It was a close one but I came in 1st place 🥇 in the men’s open sprint…my Training Week programs have really helped me with my intensity and I think my posture/paddling technique has improved a lot. �

I had less success in the 8km technical men’s open, finishing in 7th place. This race is made up of five laps, featuring 50 turns in total, in Bangkok’s summer heat. But these are the conditions everyone must face, so we can’t make excuses. 🤷

After a strong start I was able to take the lead, but about 1 km into the race I struggled to keep up my energy levels. By the final few laps of the race I was feeling great again but it was too late to gain back all the ground I lost. This has been a problem for me for a while, and I will continue to work on my endurance and warmup/performance strategies. But I’m willing to put in the hard work and am really excited about the results I’m seeing so far.

The next SAC race will take place in May at SUP Station, where I will be in my element — racing on Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River!