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Lined with spectators, the grassy areas outside Real Watersports are the place to be this week, with idea winds for 9m kites providing the perfect recipe for what can only be described as the worlds biggest playground for kiteboarders.
The Seventh Annual Rainbow Sandals Battle of the Paddle is certainly in for a big year in 2014, with not only a location change but an entirely new course for paddlers to negotiate.
While it's still more than 3 years away, work is already underway for the next Americas Cup Event. With new rules released this week, the 2017 event is set to be beyond expectations yet again after making a dramatic comeback last year.
Fishing license fees and the government's Recreational Fishing Initiative funds are going back into the fishing community, quite literally as this week approximately eight million fish were re-stocked into Victoria's lakes and rivers.
They call him the goofy footed Frenchman, and he loves barrels. But then again there's probably a lot of goofy footed Frenchman out there, so to be a little more specific we're talking about Marc Lacomare.
Angie Jackson from Currumbin on the Gold Coast has finally taken a well deserved win at the Stand Up World Series European Cup, in Bilbao, Spain.
WINDSURFERS! WINTER IS HERE, IT'S TIME TO GO WAVESAILING!!!
After five days of action, that's it for this years Triple S event on the Outer Banks in Cape Hatteras. Riders spent the competition battling for over $40,000 USD in prize money across the Sliders, Slicks and Surf (Hence the Triple S name) with Sam Light
The Burton Toyota King of the Box was completed in perfect two-to-three foot surf on Sunday, 8th June
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Local superstar Jessecia Mauboy has this week hit the headlines after being snapped with quite the catch about 140km from Darwin in the Northern Territory. Aboard the Dundee Explorer, on a chartered fishing trip, the pop star caught at least two fish, the
Mark our words, this won't be the last time you see this image. It's spreading fast around the world and warms the heart of not only surfers, but anyone who's ever seen the joy surfing can bring to a child.
With winter fast approaching, gone are the days of tropical afternoons on the water and sailing in board shorts. Ahead you're looking forward to wetsuits and thermal underwear, cold water and frigid winds.
Lets face it, the inflatable stand up paddle boards just aren't the same as riding a good old fashioned foam and epoxy board. So when we found this video of Glyn Ovens in the UK, we were pretty stoked with the level of stand up paddle surfing on show.
Some say; our logo is not actually a set of waves pitching in perfect unison, but the aftermath of a powerful slash on that 'one last run' before sunset. All we know, is that carving turns are one of the best feeling tricks in the sport of kiteboarding.
There's nothing better than flicking your feet around to ride toeside, then whacking the bajeezus out of a piece of chop. Water simply explodes from your kiteboard, it glints in the sun, floats for seemingly forever in the air then settles back to earth l
When a movie all about kiteboarding gets featured on the front page of YouTube, that's a big deal. It's an even bigger deal when it's made by one of the top 5 content producers for the site, someone with almost two million followers , who frequently enjoy
In the latest exhibit of stand up paddling laziness, also known as stand up motoring, these guys have more than outdone themselves. (Albeit on a windsurfing board, not a SUP)
We've got five fishing tips for you that will not only improve your chances of catching something, but help you look the part too. It all starts with the right equipment, or fishing tackle.
This 75 year old from Sweden is like no other. He's going to sail around the world in a boat he's built by himself, the smallest every to make such a journey. It's only 10 foot long.
It just takes one wave to end your campaign, and unfortunately that's what happened to Aussie surfer Nikki Van Dijk this week in Fiji at the ASP Fiji Womens Pro.
Head down to creeks (Currumbin or Tallebudgera creek) Gold Coast at any time of day and you're almost guaranteed to see at least one stand up paddler on the water. But there's so many more people out there who would love to give it a go, but just haven't
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Size really doesn't matter at the Airlie Beach Race Week when you have as much fun as the Royal Brighton Yacht Club's Where's Wal? crew. They have been towing their little Thompson 870 up the highway from Melbourne to Airlie Beach...
Andrea Cucchi from the Point 7 team wins the 14th DEFI WIND
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Title This week it would seem that kiteboarding is all about the girls. Not because it's womens week or anything logical like that, just because there's all of a sudden been an influx of media surrounding the fairer sex and our sport of kiteboarding.
A compilation of sending it clips on the Weta
With the latest release from Alex Campat and the Kiteskate Lab, we thought some of you might be wondering why kiteboarders decide to ditch the straps, lace up a pair of old Nikes and try kiteskating.
This week the SUPAA have set out to standardise the distance we paddle in our race format. Much the same as other racing based sports, most notably running.
Townsville's Guilty Pleasures team are more than delighted that last year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Race handicap winner, Victoire, will be competing in the IRC Division in this year's SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week.
With one week to go before the worlds best surfers descend into Fijian airspace, Taj Burrow is looking forward to a week of perfection in Namotu, Fiji.
Wildlife Victoria put out a plea to Melbourne's fishing fraternity, in a bid to prevent the influx of Swans requiring rescue or treatment as a result of wayward fishing equipment.
QLD's biggest boat show is on again this weekend and tipped to be the biggest in the events history thanks to the coinciding Riviera Festival of Boating.
Your local Starboard Dealer is taking orders for 2015 Starboards now.
A new kite specially designed for the waves from the Blade Kites
Antill Marine's Jason Antill, is a willing helper in introducing cruising boat owners to the experience of racing in fun regattas such as the SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week, being held from 28th August to 2nd September 2014.
The worlds news outlets were first in a flurry after he turned up on Bondi, but what began as a simple star-spotting exercise quickly became a bit of a bagging match when Hamilton misjudged a knee-whacker of a wave and fell off his SUP.
Kiteboarding might not yet have reached the magnitude of sports like skydiving when it comes to the tourism industry, but it's certainly been used to spruce up several countries advertising campaigns this year.
Missing out on this year's Vision Surveys Airlie Beach Week and 25th birthday party is not an option. There are lots of choices for how you can join in the fun at this year's regatta being held from 8th to 15th August 2014.
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Drag out the sunnies and dust off the boardies, it's time to head north to Mooloolaba for the Etchells Australasian Winter Championship. Brisbane's Mark Bradford is calling the Etchells Winters a "perfectly timed event" for him ...
If you love sailing, Sail Mooloolaba 2014 has something to share with everyone
That makes three years in a row, Australia have been crowned the best team of paddlers in the world at the ISA World Stand Up Paddle and Paddleboard championship.
Get offshore to explore new places to kitesurf!
PKRA Superstars will be on the Moon Tour in Zanzibar
It's strange seeing pictures of kites flying around, tiny black figures beneath them, but no spray from boards. We better get used to it though...
School Manager needed for a busy QLD kite store next summer.
When the big boss at Oracle says he's wants a water feature in his man made lake, you give him a water feature in his man made lake. But when that water feature happens to be USA-17, the very same trimaran that won the Americas cup in 2010, things might n
Nobody ever really doubted that Slater was still at the top of his game, as evidenced by his performance in round five of the 2014 Billabong Rio Pro.
Big catches sometimes require taking big risks, but what these guys are up to is simply breathtaking. This is as extreme as rock fishing gets.
The SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week event organisers are offering a very special incentive for boat owners that enter Race Week sooner rather than later.
Hats off again to the crazy paddlers from down south who are running one of the most fun events of the Australian Stand up paddling calendar, the TassieSUP Winter Classic 2014.
This week thirty five kiteboarders had their hearts crushed, dreams shattered and plans ruined, when they got knocked back from the Triple S invitational in Cape Hatteras.
There is going to be Cookson conflict on the IRC race course in the Vision Surveys Airlie Beach Race Week, being held from 8th to 15th August 2014.
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