Learn how to SUP, take SUP lessons and SUP tours with BigStyle, an ASI accredited stand up paddle school, located at Dublin, Ireland. 

The school is based at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, just 10km from Dublin’s city centre. Steeped in over 200 years of history, the harbour is the perfect place to learn to stand up paddle as it’s sheltered from almost every wind direction.

Take a SUP tour, have SUP lessons or go on an adventure with BigStyle and come off the water with a fun experience and a new skill learned.

BigStyle is owned and operated by Kris Goodbody. Originally a kitesurfer, Kris started supping in 2012.   He has been kitesurfing instructing, since 2010, in Dublin, west of Ireland and the south east. And has organised multi trips abroad to Kenya, Tanzania and Sri Lanka. Kris has also run many successful SUP trips down the River Liffey and in Dublin’s Dun Laoghaire harbour. 

Kris is an ASI Level 2 SUP instructor with rescue and first aid qualifications, is a senior kitesurfing instructor and lifeguard, and coasteering guide. 

BigStyle was originally a kitesurf school and started offering SUP as an alternative.  And was also a great option when there was no wind for kitesurfing.   

He is assisted in the school by experienced ASI accredited SUP Instructors, holding first aid and rescue qualifications.

BigStyle offers group and private lessons, SUP Wise learn to SUP certificate courses, SUP tours, team building and rentals for kids, adults, backpackers, parties, hens and stag parties, school groups, and corporates.

SUP trips are also conducted down the River Liffey which flows through the centre of Dublin. 

There are cafes nearby, perfect to relax in after your paddle.
Parking is nearby for a small fee.

The school is based at Coal Harbour, with Dun Laoghaire Harbour, just 10km from Dublin’s city centre. 

Steeped in over 200 years of history, the harbour is the perfect place to learn to stand up paddle as it’s sheltered from almost every wind direction.

SUP lessons run in and around Dun Laoghaire harbour.   The harbour offers people a calm water option with a vast area to explore and the opportunity to engage with local wildlife such as seals which always come to check out what’s going on. 

SUP trips down the River Liffey into Dublin, has interesting natural scenery and an urban landscape. See Dublin from a different perspective !