Fishing store trades computer games for fishing rods.
A US based fishing store is this weekend offering trade-in deals for computer and console games in an attempt to get kids outside and enjoying the world of recreational fishing!
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A US based fishing store is this weekend offering trade-in deals for computer and console games in an attempt to get kids outside and enjoying the world of recreational fishing!
Last weekend an 18 year old from the Gold Coast burst onto the world stage with a paddle shattering performance in what was considered the World Championship for 200m sprints - doing it in just 52 seconds.
Paddle in Pink in a flat water short course fun paddle around Noosa Sound on 30th August 2015 with all proceeds being donated to National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Moving from 6/203 Gympie Tce Noosaville to 136 Eumundi Rd Noosaville
Masters of stand up paddling Robby Naish and Kai Lenny are stars in the latest short from Jon Long.
Holly Beck is a surf instructor extraordinaire. She's also a pro surfer, but today we're marveling at her instruction technique, because she's released one of the best how-to video's for beginner surfers you'll find on the internet.
At a stormy and choppy beach called 'The Spot' in Zandvoort, Holland. Invited kiteboarders from around the world took the biggest kites they dared, and sent them hard during the Red Bull Mega Loop Challnge.
6ft swell and smooth faces were all Hawaiian stand up paddle surfer Zane Schweitzer needed to win the 2015 Sapinus Pro Tahiti this week, beating rival Caio Vaz before a critical event in Brazil.
One of QLD's biggest and longest running fishing events is about to kick off this weekend, with an exceptional forecast and giant boat-loads of prizes on offer.
Get a stand up paddle board before the end of financial year.
The only thing better than meeting Sir Richard Branson himself, would be to boost off the roof of his very own island mansion on Necker Island. At least for Nick Jacobsen anyway!
Have you ever looked back on a video of yourself catching a fish, and thought "I'm sure that fish was bigger than that!" Have you ever looked back and thought "Geez, I squealed like a girl when that monster popped up!".
Surf photographer Chris Burkard tells the world about why he LOVES being a surf photographer, even when he's shivering in below zero temperatures.
Ever wondered what goes through the mind of the guys hitting those monster obstacles in Cape Hatteras?
Chris Bertish took a small group of explorers into the Okavango Delta in April, with a few experienced paddlers and some who'd never even stood on a SUP before!
Dates announced for the 2016 Lancelin Ocean Classic and for the first year ever, the windsurf and kitesurf marathons will follow the same course!
Sean Yoro, or Hula as he's known online, paints incredible artwork on suburban walls. Unlike his back-street counterparts however, you might be hard pressed to label this guy a graffiti artist.
As the sport of kiteboarding nears 20 years of life in its modern form, things are changing
You thought stand up paddle boards are huge! Check out this 42 foot monster being prepared at Huntington Beach in the USA to set a new world record for the most people ever on a surfboard.
They say it's the next big thing, the future of the sport of stand up paddleboarding
This incredible sequence of images was taken by a local photographer in Manly, NSW this week, just 24 hours before a fishermans body washed up at nearby Grotto Point - highlighting the incredibly danger of rock fishing on ocean coastlines.
What was formerly the worlds fastest sailing craft - Hydroptere, is planning to break the world record for the fastest transpacific crossing from Los Angeles to Honolulu, doing it in just 4 days.
Far, far away in the land of aloha, there's a surfer named Patri McLaughlin who is blowing minds with a trick that simply defies gravity. The strapless double frontroll.
Four years in a row was the plan, but alas our team of Aussie paddlers couldn't walk away with the ISA World Stand Up Paddle and Paddleboard Championship in Mexico this week.
A kiteboarder has been attacked while relaunching his kite off Casuarina in the Northern Territory. The 2.5m croc latched onto Chris Keeping's shoulder and arm, before being poked in the eye and swimming off.
Australia was one of 27 nations to paddle it out at the 2015 World Standup Paddle and Paddleboard Championships in Mexico. While the Aussies failed to claim a fifth straight win, they still managed to come away with a quiver full of medals.
That little speech at the beginning of a commercial flight is sometimes interesting, but usually not. This one uses surfers as hosties!
The Audi Hamilton Island Race Week isn't all about super maxi's and IRC divison yachts, nor is it about the glitz and glamour of the on-shore activities on Bob Oatleys very own island.
Recreational anglers have been campaigning for years to ban commercial fishing in Port Phillip Bay, and just when it looked like laws were about to be laid down the Greens Party leader from Victoria, Greg Barber has objected.
Featuring St Kilda, Dolls Point and Brighton to name a few, chances are your local has been graced by the presence of Liam Whaley and his mates as they did the rounds of Australia last season.
'River Walkers' is a short film by Waterlust in conjunction with Imagine Surf, about the possibilities that can be explored with an inflatable SUP, some running water and a few serious balance skills.
Spectacular pictures are spreading around the sailing community this week after a massive squall swept through a fleet of small yachts and dinghys on Lake Garda, Italy during the annual Centomiglia regatta.
This year, Hadlow wants the title, he wants number six, and if he continues riding like he has been in training, he just might get it.
Kiteboarding company turned wakeboard company, turned stand up paddling company - Slingshot Sports has this week wowed stand up paddlers around the world with this picture of. well nobody knows what to call it.
It's been a long wait since Susi Mai announced her split with long time sponsors Cabrinha in early January this year, but finally, she might be gearing up to let the world know which kites she will be flying!
Bursting onto the surfboard freestyle scene in a big way this week, was a trio of boys from the Strapless Society based in Cabo Verde, riding balsa surfboards branded with their own brand - HB Surf Kite.
We all know the local 'old bloke' at the kiteboarding beach. The age varies, from guys in their late thirties, to the occasional bloke in the 60+ club.
Second rower for the North Queensland Coyboys, Scott Bolton is out of action after a fishing trip gone-wrong this week. Proving that fishing can be more dangerous than NRL football.
In the second major league event to be cancelled this week, Germany's SUP World Cup in Fehmarn has been cancelled due to lack of funding three months before the scheduled dates.
For the fourth year running, Californian based 'Stand Up For the Cure' has raised an incredible amount of money to promote the early detection of breast cancer, with 1000 stand up paddlers attending the 2015 event, collecting over $100,000 for the cause.
2015 Australian Slalom, Freerace and Freestyle Championships - June 7 thru 11, Green Island.
The Kansai Yacht Club in Japan has this week announced their intent to challenge the Americas Cup in 2017, proving that maybe the second downsizing of the boats has in fact been beneficial to the worlds most high profile sailing series.
David, a 77 year old pensioner who after the sudden death of his wife, decided to live life to the fullest by taking up kite surfing.
"I knew this board was going to work, it feels the best under the arm out of the batch and I kinda felt that straight away. It was fast, super responsive, exciting."
The world's first self-inflating, self-propelled SUP will open up the wonderful world of stand-up paddle boarding (SUP) by providing extra convenience, safety and fun to water sport enthusiasts of any age.
This week the second of what was once three Kitepower Australia stores has closed it's doors, citing poor weather this season and fierce competition in the kiteboarding industry as the reason business owners Jon and Jo Ashmore have called it quits.
After 9 years of hosting the worlds largest Stand Up Paddling race, the Rainbow Sandals Battle of the Paddle, chief sponsors and organizers Rainbow Sandals have decided to pull their funding.
In one of the biggest achievement for the Tassie SUP club since last years Winter SUP Classic, they've filled what was a very blank event poster with sponsor logos!
With an exclamation of "Dad I think there's something big in here!" Young Kye pulled this beauty in.
Long boards are cool. Pretty girls are nice. Put the two together at Noosa, arguably the worlds best longboard break and you have yourself a coffee break well spent.
A HUGE Sale on everything in the Bondi shop starting this Friday the 1st of May.
With storms continuing to sweep through Sydney this week, experienced kiteboarders made the most of the conditions to clock up some airtime, as evidenced by the WOO leaderboards this week.
Against some fresh faces in the stand up paddle racing world, Travis Grant has once again shown he's the man to beat in 2015 at the Carolina Cup in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
The only way to slow the process, is by sticking to bag limits and practicing good catch-and-release techniques when you're out on the water.
It would be quite a humorous scene if it was in a movie, but unfortunately for Chris Blowes, the situation was real, and he's got one serious job ahead of him as he fights for life in Adelaide.
A battle of epic proportions was played out off the Tasmanian coast this week, when two professional anglers were put up a fight with a 200kg Tuna that continued for over 19 hours, before disaster struck.
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This week, during racing off the ultra-swish island of St Barths, the G4 came unstuck on a downwind leg, capsizing spectacularly and ending up completely upside down.
It's all about the sliders at this years Triple S, but it kind of always was.
The "Starboard Astro Starship giant inflatable SUP" - The biggest, funnest SUP ever on the planet.
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214 cm
JP Hydro foil 135 with Unifiber nose protector. Included Slinghost Ghost...
$750
12 metre
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$1,400
Great condition, not much use. Will be passing through Perth mid-April. Can...
$800
9 metre
Near NEW. Suit new buyer. Bought from Kitepower end of year sale 2025. Flown 3...
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$300
5.2 metre
5.2m MACH5 Luderitz edition speed sail (2022). Only used a few times and has...
$600
I have 2 as NEW slim travel Batteries, only used for a week $450 EACH. !! Bot...
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