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It's the biggest charity fishing event in Australia, and last year raised a whopping $130,000 for Prostate Cancer. For just $20, you too can join the effort for next year!
As you've probably seen, SUP Yoga is taking over the world. If you (like us) are struggling to stroke a pose, we've got some tips on how to perform the coolest Yoga position around, the headstand.
The breeze is pumping and the north Queensland sun is blazing as crews competing in the 8th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week prepare for five days of hot competition starting tomorrow. Townsville's most famous sailing son, Will Oxley, was on hand at the
Don't try this at home. Don't even try it at the Beach. Don't try it anywhere. When a movie from the troublesome trio of Kevin Langaree, Nick Jacobsen and Youri Zoon begins with this statement, you know it's going to be nuts. Rest assured, it is.
The warm north Queensland welcome mat is out for the large monohull and multihull fleet competing in the 8th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week which starts tomorrow.
When Mr Slater speaks, everyone listens. So when he says Round Three of competition at Teahupoo was possibly the best day ever, it must have been good.
It's been a week of ups and downs for the sailors competing in Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with light winds at the beginning of the event, and strong gusty conditions to end it.
A new class of kiteboard racing, in a world class event with consistent trade winds & warm water
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The prize-wheel of bindings VS footstraps keeps on goin' around and around, and this year the wheel has stopped on Bindings. With several of the major brands releasing their own sets of 'boots' this year, the closed toe revolution is here, but will it sta
Poor dolphin, he was just having a surf during the Vintner's Surf Classic in Jongensfontein, South Africa. He pulled in, lined up the lip and then BOOM!
Despite warning signs in several languages, The Department of Primary Industries in NSW are still finding anglers recreationally fishing in the waters West of Sydney Harbour Bridge, which for years have been banned from commercial fishing.
This week a woman from Paris was staying in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. A lovely seaside holiday destination in France, when she decided to go for a paddle. So despite it being quite late, she grabbed a stand up paddle board and headed off.
You know the feeling. Looking at the horizon you spot a monster, it's building fast and you know you're stuck on the inside. Arms burning, you reach as far as you can in a desperate bid to make it before the lip throws.
Light winds have hampered racing off Hamilton Island with the first two days of racing being held in winds in the sub 5 knot range, allowing the high performance divisions to shine.
Every year in winter, small groups of shop owners get flown all over the world by kiteboarding companies showing off shiney new kites and slick looking boards.
Entries for this year's SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, being held from 28th August to 2nd September 2014, close this Friday, 22nd August.
The Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week fleet continued to experience strong winds and close racing on the penultimate day of the seven-day anniversary event.
Amazing new technology allows you to view kiteboarding from the perspective of a rider - AND control the viewpoint with your mouse
Five, Four, One, BOOM! The cannon off the Hamilton Island Yacht club will be firing in a couple of days time for the 2014 Audi Hamilton Island Race week.
Hidden in the backcountry is a not-so-little place Jennie likes to call home. With smooth, reliable wind flow, untracked Aussie Pow and plenty of hills to glide from; welcome to Snowkite Base Camp, Thredbo NSW.
It's the age old question that helps beginners stand out from the crowd, but to many it is a chance to show off their personal discoveries in the scientific field of fish bait.
The tragic death of an Australian Surfer in Western Sumbawa this week shines a spotlight on the dangers of surfing, both locally and overseas in bigger swells. Peter Luke, 27, died while surfing Scar Reef in a swell reported to be around five meters.
Today Fanatic pushed the big red button and sent their SUP/Surf Collection for 2015 out onto the internet. Their all new website not only looks fresh, but has all the product info you could ever ask for. Here's the low-down on what's changed, what's new a
For those sailors who saw the forecast and the rain, and decided to stay tucked up onshore today , they missed out on a perfect final racing day for the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week.
Day 4 of the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week saw the monohull, multihull and Sports Boats fleet saw the record fleet encounter another day of challenging racing conditions and plenty of action.
Could this be the start of Kai Lenny's departure from competitive stand up paddling? He wouldn't be first to wind down competiting in search of an acting job!
But when done right, a little bit of artwork on a board can go a long way, as surfers have been showing off for years. Alex Lewis-Hughes has done just that with his newly designed graphics on the Axis range in 2015. Not too hot, not too cold.
With Lay Day almost over the 135-boat record fleet competing in the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week regatta and the Whitsunday Sailing Club race management team are starting to turn their attention towards the next three day's weather and races
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The Multihull Racing Division for this year's Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week, which starts on Saturday, has attracted a surprising and impressive team of sailors to its ranks.
Tony Kirby's Ker 46 Patrice showed the IRC fleet how it is done when they took centre stage on Pioneer Bay today in the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week winning two from two races to remain in first overall.
The record fleet of 135 monohulls and multihulls have spent today carefully checking and re-checking every piece of race equipment as they prepare for tomorrow's start of the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week regatta.
The weather models said there would be wind and rain today, and they were right as the south-east kicked up high on Pioneer Bay for Day 1 of the Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week.
The life of a kite model is a complex thing. Every year, undergoing careful and calculated refinement from it's companies R&D team, before emerging 'All New!" at the beginning of the season. Some change for the better, some for the worse, and some have be
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Hadlow and Winkowska Top the Singles in Germany
It's not every day that you see a guy honking down the face of a fun sized wave, with his legs crossed, floppy hat waving in the wind and a Bintang in hand.
A cast like that isn't a big deal for some, but when you can't see, things are a little bit harder. Cynthia is legally blind, but has achieved the personal milestone completely unassisted.
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Day 7- Riders Prepare for Action in Germany
We've all seen it, and most of us have done it. You know, that old trick where the wife's standing on the ramp, the kids are in the boat, the car is parked and the day is gorgeous. Where's the key?
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Teasing Winds at the PKRA Germany
Peter Townend, the grandson of the local Publican was one of two standouts of the era, him and Rabbit Bartolemew, world champ of 1978 and known for being 'that guy' everyone knew was crazy. In contrast to Peter, known as 'PT' who was polished, professiona
In the interest of safety, Transport WA in conjunction with WAKSA have implemented new laws requiring the use of PFD (Personal Floatation Devices), Flares and EPIRB devices when kiteboarding more than 400m offshore.
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Day 4 - Think Blue Kitesurf World Cup Continues
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The modern form of stand up paddling has been around for over 10 years now, and developed into a major discipline in both the surfing, and paddling world. But who are the guys and girls who shone the spotlight on stand up paddling? We've found five paddle
Have you ever had an invite to a party that seemed too good to be true? You know, the kinds of party where there's pretty girls, sunset beers and professional kiteboarders everywhere you turn? Everybody knows!
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Day 3 - Beach Day in St Peter-Ording
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After 58 days on the water, Will Schmidt has just surfed into Mexico. He's paddled all the way from Canada, and broken two records along the way. What an amazing paddle!
The close of entries for this year's SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, which is being held from 28th August to 2nd September 2014, is just around the corner.
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You know you've got a serious boat, when fixing the internals of your mast requires a guy to get inside it.
There is just one day left for skippers to enter their boat in the record-breaking Vision Surveys 25th Airlie Beach Race Week being held from 8th to 15th August 2014.
Prized game fish, and dream catch of Anglers around the world, the Striped Marlin is probably number one on the 'must catch' list. But when this guy hooked a 147kg monster off the NSW coast, he wasn't expecting to reel in his whole line.
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