Some Highlights of Stellar in 2012
- Stellar Launches innovative18S surfski with hatches and bulkheads.
- Stellar is Major sponsor of Molokai World Championships.
- Stellar sponsored paddlers Tim Altman(SEL) and Matt O'Garey(SES) place 10th and 16th.
- Richard Germain of Canada, 4x finisher of Molokai paddles SEL to personal PR with no capsizes.
- Reid Hyle breaks Blackburn Record in SES along with Dorian Walters and Borys Markin.
- Reid Hyle places 18th in Surfski Champs in SES ultra.
- Massachusetts paddler Francisco Urena ties for 2nd place in the SurfskiRacing.com race series in his SE Ultra.
- Wesley Echols places 12th in time of 2:53 in SEL ultra at Blackburn Challenge.
- Dana Gaines wins his class in 18S excel after paddling for first time the day before race!
- Dana Gaines circumnavigates Martha Vineyard in 18S, 55 miles.
- Joe Zellner, endurance paddlers breaks record at Dakota 72 mile race in 18R. Joe wins at Missouri 340, and Phatwater Challenge 42 miles.
- Traverse City Surfski opens in Traverse City, Michigan.
- Naples Kayak Shop pick up Stellar.
- Durbin, South African Richard Philips picks up Stellar Line.
- Australian Sean Smith, "Fat Paddler" has great season paddling Stellar SR.
- Chris Chappell of SurfskiRacing.com has two excellent races in his SR ultra at L2L and Maine Downwind Race.
- Chris Hipgrave joins Stellar Team.
- Joe Shaw in his second season in SES places 5th in SurfskiRacing.com Race Series.
- Stellar introduces Apex K1 via Facebook proving they can not only design surfskis, kayaks, and now K1's.