How to get into Wakeskating
Bored with regular twintips? Tired of surfboards? Try a wakeskate! Alex Lewis-Hughes tells you how to get started, and answers all the questions you have about kiteboarding's most niche discipline.
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Bored with regular twintips? Tired of surfboards? Try a wakeskate! Alex Lewis-Hughes tells you how to get started, and answers all the questions you have about kiteboarding's most niche discipline.
Tucked away between Molokai and Maui is a relatively unheard of little island called Lanai, where a giant cargo ship met its doom, and a small group of kiteboarders went camping for the weekend.
The kid from Yallingup who showed the world how to get their fins loose, has called it quits this week at the Margaret River Pro, ending an 18-year professional surfing career.
When three sailors capsized and damaged their boat off the tiny island of Fanadikin Micronesia, there was no other option but swimming to shore and sitting there, waiting three days for rescue.
16 of the worlds best kite loopers are prepping for a summer in waiting, as the Red Bull Mega Loop Challenge event window opens today.
Popular fishing locations all along the east coast are seeing vending machines pop up, offering not cans of soft drink, but live bait!
Back for the first time in a long time, the Indoor de France put on a spectacle for those lucky enough to get a ticket to the best show in the world.
Down in Tasmania, a group of stand up paddlers assemble each year to celebrate the turn of the seasons. They do so with a surf comp and a couple of races! Don't miss out on the Tassie SUP Winter Classic this year, it's fifth!
It's tidal bore season, and while lots of the bore fans are heading for Sumatra, Burma and China to ride the longest, largest bores; locals in Alaska were ready and waiting for a spectacular ride on a little tidal bore on the Turnagain arm of Cook Inlet.
This week Kai Lenny was snapped carrying a hydrofoil over the rocks, bolted to the bottom of a little Naish SUP. Is it time for hydrofoils to become mainstream in paddling?
Brisbane's Moreton Bay will play host to the worlds best raceboard sailors this Summer, with the 2016 Raceboard World Championships being held from the 20th to the 25th November.
After the last few swells that rolled into Snapper Rocks spreading around the world, crowding at the spot known as the 'Superbank' is at an all time high. Crowds are the words on everyone's lips right now, but what can we do about it?
Grab the winter woolies and join Ryan Coote on a big boosting adventure in Brandon Bay, Ireland, where the wind is howling and the water cold.
Paddling out with a mate is always better, but to paddle out on the same board is a little weird. Unless you're into tandem surfing, in which case it's totally awesome!
Who needs a SUPsquatch? Two guys jump on a Naish inflatable MANA SUP, and have an absolute ripper of a session in France.
Back in February, a monster swell rolled into Hawaii. That very same day, a catamaran tried to cross a bar it shouldn't have.
At this weeks Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast, mother nature took it upon herself to show the world that she, and she alone has the power to make or break a surf contest. But the WSL says it's up to them.
This week Naish released their 2016/2017 promo video featuring the Ride, Trip and Fly, but it also showed off a shiny yellow hydrofoil, completing the list of major kite brands to release a foil for the masses.
It's that time of year where the Formula One Racing Teams are unveiling their top secret liveries to the world, and the guys from Renault thought; 'What better way to show the world, than on a stand up paddle board!'.
Last week one bloke had to make the heartbreaking decision to ask his mates for help, as he battled for over three hours with an 800lb Black Marlin of WA's Exmouth Coast.
Airush have been known for some pretty crazy photoshoots in the past, but this one certainly takes a bit more than a glance to understand.
Over in the middle east, a kiter chick has just deflated her kite after a 17 hour session on the water, riding nearly 300km from Bahrain to Doha, Qatar. And she could have gone further!
Cast nets are some of the best fun a kid can have, but getting the perfect cast takes more time than some kids attention span will allow. Here's an easy way for a kid to throw a cast net - even a four year old can do it!
Alex Thompson is the guy you might have seen do crazy things with his IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss, but this stunt puts even the best kiteboarders to shame.
When one stand up paddler had to kick out of a wave in Maui, because of a surfer. He took a leaf from his Hawaiian ancestors and hurled a modern day spear at him - his paddle!
Call him crazy, but Peter Ralph has just spent 29 days paddling up the North Island of New Zealand on a Stand up paddleboard, and judging by his latest video, it got pretty lonely out there!
The worlds best are shacked up on the Gold Coast right now, at a Snapper Rocks which is far from the picture perfect it was last week. But that's not stopping them from breaking out the big moves, and some new boards.
The girls from Liquid Force aren't just for promo shoots, Malin Amle, Kristiin Oja and Sensi Graves can ride with the best of them. On a winter time dash to Brazil for some training, the three proved that they're all having a love affair, with kiteboardin
The Darwin Sailing Club say they're getting back to their core mission, offering sailing and hospitality, but no pokies. This week throwing them on the rubbish pile to make way for more 'sailing stuff'.
Whether its a fun race, an epic downwinder or a gruelling endurance race, there's a style of Stand Up Paddle racing for everyone. Even if you're new to the sport, Stand Up Paddling clubs all over Australia are keen to get you out on the water as part of t
Two boys from third world countries, both world champions, both love the ocean. Stick them in a place like Mauritius, and a freestyle showdown was bound to happen.
Eddy Aikau is looking down on Waimea Bay this week, and smiling to himself. What an incredible competition, and it was held in his name.
In 2006, Alex Thompson suffered a keel failure in his IMOCA 60, Hugo Boss which forced him to abandon the boat and step aboard a fellow competitor's yacht. 10 years later, it's been found.
A new Moth is being developed by an Australian designer, which promises a competitive boat for less than $15,000. That's small change for a foiler!
Ever wondered what it's like to throw a megaloop? Watch Steven Akkersdijk huck one of the best you'll ever see, from his view.
Neil Pryde Ltd is looking for a talented Brand Manager, and Product Manager to oversee the Cabrinha Brand from their Hong Kong Office.
Four surfers you may have heard of from the Gold Coast, are starting their own brewery in Currumbin, planning on having beers in hands by Christmas.
Australia's best kiteboarders in both waves and freestyle flew in to the Gold Coast this weekend for the National Kiteboarding League's grand final, and were greeted with perfect conditions.
Forget stand up paddling, did you know there's guys out there paddling out on bodyboards, and then standing on them!?
8 years before the event, Neil Pryde has released their dream for the 2024 Olympics, and it might just cement Windsurfing's inclusion in the sailing program for the foreseeable future.
For Fanatic paddlers Kai-Nicolas Steimer and Lena Albrecht, a trip to Norway in the dead of winter turned out to be the SUP trip of a lifetime.
You might know that hydrofoils aren't a new invention, but did you know that windsurfers were foiling in the heyday of the sport, back in the 80's?
Chris De Abotiz has been wooing the general public once again with his dogs and a SUP, currently on a trip around Australia to show off what can be done with a little training and some smart puppies.
With the end of summer upon Australian shores, it's time for kite stores to sell out their summer stock and get into winter mode - the perfect time for you to grab some bargains!
Details of the long awaited 2015 Molokai to Oahu winning board to the market arrive.
Super Sunday in South Africa delivered all that the riders, and spectators wanted at the Red Bull King of the Air. Aaron Hadlow made the best of the conditions, busting out his signature mega-loop KGB to nab the win from Kevin Langeree and Jesse Richman.
Finally, SUP has moved up a notch in the lineup, because finally there's another sport out there that surfers are going consider less cool!
This week in Dubai, the Extreme Sailing Series was launched, announcing 8 teams competing in 8 stops around the world, with an all new boat that's set to wow spectators.
A popular surfing mag once called Mitch Parkinson a 'Tube Pig', and that was BEFORE he scored this once in a lifetime wave at the Superbank.
Imagine motoring up to your crab pot, pulling it up and seeing this monster inside! (It's not a monster because it's big, but because it's wielding a knife!)
Of course it's not just about the beers, Hamilton Island Race week is Australia's highest profile yachting regatta and this week the NOR is available and entry open.
Once a year the crew clear out boards at bargain prices
The Red Bull King of the Air never fails to deliver in the crash department, but with such extreme conditions at this years event, the wipeouts were flowing thick and fast.
Don't miss out on your chance for a run down Australia's best stretch of coastline for downwind paddling, past the Twelve Towers on the Gold Coast.
NSW Councils have taken to shock tactics in an attempt to curb the ongoing deaths at the hands of rock fishing along their coastlines.
The return of the legendary Airborne Kitesurfing Car park sale. Bigger and better than ever with lots of gear and the chance to catch up with crew old and new.
Teaming up with Airborne kitesurfing for their legendary car park sale to offer Stand Up Paddle products new, used and superseded SUP gear.
So it wasn't just a case of the worlds media going into a frenzy, 2015 did actually have the most shark attacks ever recorded!
Literally, three kiteboarders Richard Flindall, Andre Schlotz and Geza Scholtz embarked on a three week expedition to Greenland for Cabrinha, and they scored some incredible footage.
It was megaloop city in Capetown South Africa this week, as the third day of the event window saw 25+ knots blowing from Table Mountain and rounds one and two of the Red Bull King of the Air were run.
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