SUP Downwinding: Catch Your First Bump
Read the water and link open-ocean bumps
How-to guides, tips and tricks
Read the water and link open-ocean bumps
Clip the lanyard on before the engine fires.
Cross on slack or the first of the flood.
Foil through the wind first, flip the wing last.
Relax, cover up, and let the wave pass
Carve wide, stay low, ride out still flying.
A preventer is not a vang. Know the difference.
Clear your ears early to dive pain-free
Why 5 m for 3 minutes ends every dive properly
Step back, unweight the nose, let the board spin.
Hop a plastic over the lip on a run-out tide.
Spend bottom-turn speed to get back to the pocket.
Midships spring docking, phase by phase.
Position better, catch more waves at any break
Reduce sail before you wish you had
Compress, look, and drive off the rail
Where the wind scale came from
Sail back on a close reach and stop, not run.
Convert drop speed into a high line on the face
Stall a sloop safely when the wind builds
Body, board and wing: getting upwind on a foil
Gear, signals and pacing for diving after dark
Carve a gybe without dropping off the foil
Float rigs and berley for winter garfish
Plan and execute drift dives in any current
Find sandbars, read peaks and use the channel
Estimate wind by sea and shore
Pressure systems steer every wind shift
The kite skill that saves sessions and riders
Small early pumps beat one big desperate heave.
Get up and stay level without the bow hunting.
Finesse lure tactics for winter estuaries
Reef before you need to, not after
Why your arms stay tired - and how to fix it
Timing and nose push: slip under clean every time
Cold-season setup, wetsuit choice, and wind reads
The kite lifts you; standing up comes last.
Stop slapping the wake. Load the new rail early.
Nail buoyancy and transform your diving
Step back, sink the tail, spin on the spot
Three points of contact beat balance every time
Time the foam, not the face, off the sand.
Point the nose off the wind, then sheet in.
A field guide to coastal clouds and what they mean
Your first steps on a paddleboard, made easy
Stay upwind on your kiteboard
Find gutters, holes and rips to catch more
Late winter clarity, and how to use it in August.
Park the boat at sea in any conditions
Bung, cords, jackets, then the key.
Watch stints, handovers and sleep that holds up
When and how to reef before the wind wins
Skip the uphaul and step onto a moving board
A 200-year-old scale still wins
Stay locked in when the wind is up
Swap edges through the flat, not with a flick.
Build speed, then lift onto the foil
Highs, lows, fronts and isobars made simple
Carve on the rail first, flip the sail last.
Spot the gutters and you have found the fish
Nearby |
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North Head, NSW |
6 kn W |
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Little Bay, NSW |
5 kn WNW |
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Cronulla, NSW |
6 kn WSW |
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Windiest in Australia |
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Geraldton Offshore, WA |
26 kn S |
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Most Windless in Australia |
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Coolangatta, QLD |
Calm |
18° | ||
Hottest in Australia |
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Karijini North, WA |
21 kn SSW |
31° | ||
Coldest in Australia |
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Goulburn Airport, NSW |
3 kn ESE |
0° | ||
Wettest in Australia |
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Kununurra Airport, WA |
38.8 mm | |||
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