Where are your pants mate? Kite Rescue Gone Wrong!
A rescue in good faith turns out to get a little ugly for this guy, when both the guy and girl he drags in start grabbing the bar.
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A rescue in good faith turns out to get a little ugly for this guy, when both the guy and girl he drags in start grabbing the bar.
Would you wear a wetsuit that was made with hundreds of thousands of little fur fibers sticking out of it? What about if it kept you totally dry, and toasty warm?
Almost as famous as the event itself, the Mambo Poster (as it was formerly/still known) is a living legend, drawn by a bloke named Stan Squire.
In good news for board riders, SUP is now joining surf ski in a combined event at the 2016 Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games (JPPMG) on the Gold Coast to be held on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 November.
With three carbon fiber masts reaching 900ft in height, and NO stays, this superyacht is just as incredible, as it is ugly!
If you're into fun downwinders, testing new boards and surfing pristine beachies, then the Merimbula Classic is the event for you!!
While sharks are scary, so are stand up paddle boards, so here's three reasons why you are NOT going to be attacked by a shark on your next session, or the one after that, or the one 5 days from now.
While sharks are scary, so are stand up paddle boards, so here's three reasons why you are NOT going to be attacked by a shark on your next session, or the one after that, or the one 5 days from now.
Surfing into a closeout to avoid the modern day dinosaur, Tyler Gunter sparked a search of the lineup in this weeks QS3000 Essential Costa Rica Open.
Go behind the scenes with Pete and Keahi as they travel around Fiji on board the Cabrinha Quest - a luxury catamaran designed for kiting!
The team from NP go exploring in spectacular South Dakota, in the dead of winter.
12 months after a ban was placed on fishing the Tilligerry Creek and Fullerton Cove, the NSW DPI have lifted it once again, proving that contamination from Williamtown Air Force Base has subsided.
Smearing that sunscreen all over your face this summer might be a fruitless endeavor.
Smearing that sunscreen all over your face this summer might be a fruitless endeavor.
In Glenn Ashby's famous Aussie style, he says the Kiwi Team is going great guns with their in house designed and built AC45 - and this video proves it.
Don't worry, the traditional 'Starboard Blue' colour scheme stays, it's board production and shipping that's going green with Starboard, and Director Svein Rasmussen is shouting it from the rooftops.
It turns out, that Strawberry Picking is the glue that holds many kiters and their time in Australia together, thanks to a little place on the Sunshine Coast in QLD. Danni Durant knows all about it.
These two guys will surfing anything that floats, but so will everyone else in the lineup these days. Surfing as a sport isn't about the performance thruster anymore, it's about the lifestyle and having fun. Just how it should be...
Compete in sailing, ski, SUP and outrigger canoeing at the 10th biennial Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games, to be held 4 - 13 November 2016, on the beautiful Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
On a windy day, out on a dry lakebed, one guy sat in a three wheeled buggy with a GPS taped to his handlebars. That guy was doing over 100kmph, powered by nothing but wind, and it looks just as fast on camera as it would have in real life.
After a successful launch event in 2015, the Red Bull Water Maze returns to Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast in November - bigger and better than before!
These whitewater paddlers tackle some of the most extreme conditions possible on a stand up paddle board...
North's Jeremie Tronet unboxes the new North Click Bar, and takes you through how it works, how it rides, and why North say it's a 'Game Changer'.
This fish was caught in the Maldives, but amazed the world.... All you can see is his eyes, brain and little tiny spine!!
If you've struggled to teach your kids about fishing in an easy to understand way, then 8 year old Hailey from the Sunshine Coast has written a book for you!
Ever tried standing on foot while you're out on trapeze? This woman takes it to a whole new level!
The waterway cutting Copenhagen in half is the perfect oasis for the metropolitan SUP paddler. Interesting, clean enough to swim in and full of great things to see...
Watch the new 2017 SUP range from JP in action in their promo clip shot on Maui, and around the incredible coastline of Croatia.
When the shorebreak was threatening to break shortboards, this bunch went to Costco and grabbed a cheap foamie each!
In March, one of surfing's most beautiful surfers came to Australia. Victoria Vergara. On her trip she surfed the legendary point breaks and stole the attention of every surfer in the lineup those days, and now you get to watch.
Hilarious, full of action and gorgeous locations - must be time for another episode of Toms Kitchen from North Kiteboarding.
You know how much it hurts when you kick a cleat with bare feet, so imagine what Tom Slingsby is feeling after getting thrown at a winch handle on board Oracle Team USA!
It's on again, and it's going to be huge! West OZ Downwind Week is five SUP Events held in the first week of December, each unique and each making the most of the clockwork seabreeze that hits WA in summer.
This scary story highlights the importance of wearing a leash, and it's backed up by an equally scary video filmed right here in Australia.
Controversy abounds in the USA this week, as the outcome of a multi-million dollar fishing tournament goes to court.
While out training at Lower Trestles, California this week, Medina felt a little bump during a top turn. Oh well, just a local!
Given the choice between a tropical beach with palm trees and sunshine; or the muddy slicks and slider park outside Real Watersports? They'd drop that coconut in a heart beat.
Laci Kobulsky and Aaron Hadlow find a spot in Sicily with flat water. Mirror Flat water, with not a single ripple despite having plenty of wind for freestyle.
Will the F4 top the G4 and bring foiling to the owner/racer/cruiser market? We'll find out soon once the boat begins its trials in the US.
Neil Pryde have begun testing a new one-design class that could be used for the Youth Olympics, and perhaps even the major Olympics in the future!
A new tax on tourist surfers aims to provide some income for the local communities in the Mentawai Islands. But should you pay for the privilege of enjoying what nature provides?
Fanatic have launched their 2017 line of Stand Up Paddling equipment, and to show it off they've brought together every facet of the this great sport in one amazing video. You'll be impressed!
Set amongst the oh-so-Australian backdrop of Balmoral, 40 stand up paddlers embarked on on a race that sums up the Aussie weekend paddling scene beautifully.
Whether you're the type of kiter who spends more on gear, than they do on a new car - or you like a arrive at the beach in style. Here's a few tips to help choose the perfect kiteboarding car this summer!
If you've ever wondered how hard it would be to make your own yacht mast, or repair a breakage, watch this video to find out how they're made in the first place.
You might have seen some strange looking surfboards in your time, but have you seen all five of these ones?
Are you a qualified Stand Up Paddle instructor or avid SUPer who is interested in working part-time outdoors over the summer season?
It'll be South Africa VS France in the race to cross the Atlantic by SUP - a 7000km journey that will take four months.
Turns out the extremely rare phenomenon happens in our scaled friends too, as you can see here! This Albino Barra was caught in North QLD this week.
Cure the winter blues with a magical highlight reel from a trip to the Maldives, with the girls from Kaloea Bikinis.
The National Kiteboarding League is back for the 2016/2017 kiteboarding season, and this time it's set to be bigger than ever, with some key changes to make the NKL better for both spectators and riders.
Truly Revolutionary, the new Click Bar from North kiteboarding has features that you probably never knew you needed. But after riding one for just a few sessions, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
What does the Greyhound Racing ban have to do with fishing you ask? Well, recreational anglers might be lead down the same path in the near future - and the industry won't have a chance in the world to stop it...
The sport of Stand Up Paddling wouldn't be the same without these 5 influential paddlers, who have helped shape the exciting world of SUP today.
Kelly isn't so sure about Olympic Surfing... But then again, he's got 11 good reasons to prefer the World Tour...
With high aspect ratios, come efficiency and high performance. Could the Cabrinha Apollo break the barriers that inflatable kites face today?
Along the coastline of Croatia, lie over one thousand islands. This guy, can fit between all of them, right down to their individual rocks, in his little dinghy.
This week Airush kiteboarding released their core range of equipment to complement their more specialised pro collections, and shared a little more information about their "Load Frame' technology in 2017.
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