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Did you know the ideal weight for surfers is between 50 and 70kg? If you don't happen to be in that weight bracket, don't stress! Try these tips to improve your pop-up technique.
Watch out for this ugly little guy on your next walk down the beach!
A recent ruling by NSW Maritime has changed the rules relating to Kiteboarders and Life Jackets. Now, kiters must wear a life jacket. All the time. No matter how close they're kiting from the beach!
Fresh off the cutting room floor - Airush have shown a sneak peak of their 2017 lineup in an appropriately titled video 'This is 2017 Airush'.
While racing on Lake Garda, a GC32 has t-boned a photography RIB while in full flight. Luckily, nobody was hurt.
"What makes me most excited, is when you see somebody riding something a little off the bat, but they're RIPPING. That's where it's at, and that's where we haven't been before."
9000 square foot, 17 overhead cranes, $10 Million. Not to mention the priceless boats it houses!
Every stand up paddler experiences foot cramps when they start- good news! Fixing it is as easy as applying a few techniques.
"The three things you should know that went into making this clip... Geoff Breen, Dogman and Jackson Close. Keahi de Aboitiz can fly a drone. There are three fins on a thruster. Three is a magic number."
This movie promises an incredible story of the sport of kiteboarding, delivered in a full length feature film, shot in 4k.
Watch Robby Swift throw down some insane moves at Pozo during his annual training trip to the windsurfing mecca.
French doctors have proven, and published a paper sharing the secret that every stand up paddler already knew. Stand Up Paddling (or being in the ocean in general) is good for both body and soul.
The new official Australian distributor for Jimmy Lewis Boards has just released a new online store, serving direct to customers Australia-wide.
Everyone who's tried hydrofoiling knows how difficult it is, but even the great Kelly Slater couldn't ride Kai's foiling surfboard!
The first video of a twintip hydrofoil have just hit the internet, complete with
Why design a system for unhooking, when 90% of riders will never do it? Cabrinha have designed the first connection system exclusively for the sport of kiteboarding, called the Fireball.
The route for the 2017/2018 Volvo Ocean Race has been released, and it will see sailors sailing further, in less time than ever before.
These kids have got foiling sussed already, with some flowing turns and sweet little lines on these tiny waves!
A long standing record in the UK has been broken by two brothers on kite foils, with the womens record being broken by their mum!!
Would you try to drive off from a set of lights in third gear? Try starting in first gear, while you're out paddling!
It's a great move to learn just after the Railey, and when done right, an S-Bend is one of the best looking tricks in the book. Learn how to do one, with Ewan Jaspan.
What would you do, if you were sitting out the back at Teahupoo, on a short, fat stubby board - and an 8ft set rolled in? You'd paddle into if you were Rob Machado, but how would the story end?
The Kite and SUP industry are ever changing and this is an exciting opportunity to fully embrace the sports you love with your work.
The SUP and Kite industry are ever changing and this is an exciting opportunity to fully embrace the sports you love with your work.
Aroona has lauched the Australian web store in conjuntion with its retail network.
This one isn't your typical 'boardies over the wetsuit' debate, these girls tell all about what they wear UNDER their wetsuits.
A group of paddlers on a picturesque lake in France. What could be strange about that? Add a few bottles of chocolate milk, and it gets a little whacky...
Watch these super fun little tricks with a twintip and surfboard in the beautiful St Martin.
Sandy bottom. Lefts and rights. How hard can it be? Aussie surfer Jamie Mitchell takes on a MASSIVE Puerto Escondido Challenge with a perfect 10.
32 kids under the age of 15 will compete in the Americas Cup next year, during the half time entertainment on the final day of racing. The boats they'll be sailing? O'Pen Bics!
Red Bull have just announced Stand up Paddling's most extreme event. With the most prize money EVER, and it's happening in just a couple of months from now.
Victorian anglers are set to cop up to a 60% increase in their recreational fishing permits from July 1.
Teaching kids to kitesurf isn't an overnight process, but there are a few tricks to make their first experience an overnight success!
High wind blasting, surfing hawaiian waves; these boats might only be 9ft long and sailed by kids but they're incredible to watch!
Goliath Groupers can weigh up to 300kg, and this angler hooked one while fishing from a stand up paddle board!
Solid overhead. A couple of guys out. Not a cloud in the sky. Blue Water. Lefts and Rights. Beachie bliss.
What a legend! This bloke celebrated his birthday on Maui with a few of his mates, by hitting the water with a kite and a catamaran.
That's right, a tractor inner tube, with no propulsion except a pair of bright yellow flippers. One of a kind, that's for sure!
Part 2 in our Kiteboarding for Kids series, explains the difference between a kite that's been scaled down to 6m, and a kite that's built to be a 6m. Or 4m. Or any size for that matter!
Sure the world tour is high octane action, but where's the soul? This surf comp had it, held by Deus in Bali, they say that the Canggu Rivermouth was the best it has EVER been, for a 4 day festival for single fins.
A French man is part-way through a multi faceted adventure in the arctic, and along for the ride is his pet chicken Monique. They're going to break some records, write a children's book and have a lot of fun together.
A handstand on a stand up paddle board? Maybe for a second... These girls could stay up there all day!
A place known to locals as 'ours', has become the worlds most known break this week, which is funny considering that 360 days of the year, it doesn't break at all!
This kite instructor gets tangled with a learner, extracts the two kites, gives away his own kite and then has to pay for his own rescue in Mauritius.
The Lancelin Ocean Classic is one of the world's best known water sports championships, supported by Tourism Western Australia and held in one of Western Australia's most beautiful coastal pockets.
Starboard SUP looks to the future of ECO production and reducing the carbon footprint of production. Teaming up with ECOBOARD Project to create and connect more ocean minded community.
Watch these two anglers haul a monster swordfish on board after half a days struggle. They call it the Gladiator of the Sea, with good reason! This fight is EPIC.
Have you ever thought about starting your own SUP business? This company is making ready-to-go SUP stores out of shipping containers.
Poor bloke... All he wanted to do was go sailing, and his mate on a kite couldn't help but show off!
Part One of our series on getting your kids into kiteboarding. This installment, we explain why trainer kites are the best way to start, and why NOW is the time to fly one!
Tag along with proud SW owners Tim & Avalon on their morning family ritual.
From the waves to the brightly coloured bikini bottoms, this video is gorgeous. And bye-golly those girls can surf...
Watch as Australia's best surfers try to squeeze themselves into barrels that way waaaaay to small. They do make some though!
This tiny island looks like a postcard, blue water, palm trees, miles from anywhere; and designed specifically for stand up paddle fishing!
Like a drunk bloke riding a mechanical bull, this bird clings on for dear life as the autopilot fights to control a cruiser sailing downwind.
Canadian kiteboard Sam Medysky chose to spend his life in search of friendship, kiteboarding locations and adventure. So this year he packed his stuff, and chose to stay in Canada but travel 5000km to Squamish - kiting the whole way.
Ten years, hundreds of thousands of dollars raised and 150+ kiters are each event, the Kiteboard 4 Cancer has become a seriously big deal for the sport, and people living with Cancer.
The World Surfing League have just purchased a majority stake in Kelly Slater Wave Company, but have said that their focus is still on real world surfing conditions, and it will continue to be for the foreseeable future!
As your family grows older and continues to enjoy new, exciting experiences it's a great idea to include fishing into the mix.
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