Are these guys crazy? Chasing Sharks by Stand Up Paddleboard
This week there's been two videos emerge of stand up paddlers off the beach in California, literally chasing baby great white sharks around with stand up paddle boards.
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This week there's been two videos emerge of stand up paddlers off the beach in California, literally chasing baby great white sharks around with stand up paddle boards.
Spending time at the beach is a normal family activity for most, but the Bridge family from East Devon in England take it to a completely new level with a combination of six world championships for Kiteracing and numerous other awards and a world record t
Seeking a level 1 or level 2 IKO qualified teacher to join our school team on a full-time seasonal basis.
New Zealand's Auckland Viaduct harbor will be swarmed by a sea of pink stand up paddlers when they participate in the Starboard Paddle for Hope on the 2nd of November.
Every year the worlds fastest kiteboarders pack their little kites, take hacksaws to their twintips and head to Namibia, for a little place called Luderitz.
Check out the video of the Jervis Bay Regatta
Surfers may joke that you could fit your whole family on a stand up paddle board. But it's probably a good idea!
Our favourite brothers are hanging out in the Hood River for some big air, a charity event and some good old fashioned freeriding.
Fishing from a weta catamaran
Steph Bridge (4 times World Kiterace Champion) and Olly Bridge (European Mens Race Champions and World Youth Champion) will be travelling to Perth to hold a free acceleration training camp!
Jervis Bay Yacht Club in New South Wales really delivered over the weekend with an awesome regatta, even dolphins turned up!
What a story, it's got tropical water, beautiful girls, aeroplanes, pirates, fantastic riding and good music.
The Weta West Coast Champs, held on the 21st and 22nd of September out of Richmond Yacht Club was good fun, with great race management by the women's Byte fleet (and some good AC related banter!) on a tricky tidal and shifty race course and with a great a
With all this wind the southern states have been getting, we were wondering if Ewan Jaspan had been getting any action
The guys and girls from the Botany Bay area have finally got a club to call their own after this week, the new "Botany Bay SUP Club" was announced.
High profile sailing and yacht charter group spend more than $1 million on new boats.
Inaugural "One Design Challenge" World Championships set for Dec. 5-6th in San Juan, PR
Surfboard freestyle is the art of flicking a board with no straps around in the air, then landing on it without slicing your feet off on the fins...
While the worlds eyes are on Doheny Beach today for the Battle of the Paddle, lets take a look back at last weeks Huntington Beach Pro to see some incredibly surfing from the worlds best stand up paddleboarders.
Monday October 7th // 8.00 am - 1pm Balmoral StandUp Paddle school at Balmoral Sailing School (Balmoral Sailing Club) - The Esplanade Balmoral Beach.
New video release from Kevin Pritchard and Graham Ezzy
Annabel Anderson has hit the record books, being the first to ever win both the Battle of the Paddle and the long distance racing, for two years in a row!
Johnny Heinekin is one of the nicest guys you'll meet in the kiteboarding world. He's always happy to have a chat, share his racing secrets or get technical with his equipment.
We're talking about the original, the one and only Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle!
Naish have been in it from the beginning, and what better way to celebrate than for Robby himself to break out some old gear and share it around with his team.
This position is an opportunity for you to work in an industry that you are passionate about! Ocean Addicts is seeking a highly motivated individual and require someone to manage and run our kitesurfing school.
To celebrate 13 years in the sport of kiteboarding, Naish are giving away a 2014 model Naish Park kite!
After last years fourth place, Lenny had some serious catching up to do.
Intheloop is looking for a professional, motivated and passionate instructor to teach from now till end of April 2014 in at our Intheloop Pro centre in Tannum Sands/ Queensland
The October long-weekend inaugural Audi Centre Sunshine Coast Mooloolaba 200 regatta has cash prizes up for grabs for each of the division winners.
8km Paddle around iconic Lion Island from Palm Beach, NSW, Australia
7am. Hayling Island beach off the south coast of England. 300 kiteboarders. Not the average day at a kite beach, but how incredible must it have been to be there!!!
Now available for public viewing, the new Fanatic range is going to be a showstopper this year with both old favorites and all new designs...
Stoke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, swap sides, stroke stroke. Training can get a little repetitive when you're a racer
Cue the lights, cue the electronic music and prep the kiteboarders. The boys from Hidden lines are putting on one of the best shows that kiteboarding has ever seen
Take a look into the future of kite racing with Johnny Heineken, who's got his hands on one serious bit of kite related kit...
The Surf FX boys from the Gold Coast get down and dirty with Keahi about the new small sizes in the surf range from JP...
The inaugural Audi Centre Sunshine Coast Mooloolaba 200 Offshore Classic will go ahead on the weekend of 5th and 6th October.
One of the biggest importers and retail shops in Australia has closed its doors this week
It's the biggest expo of its kind in the world, so when you want to know who's got the best new gear, you head to the Surf Expo, Orlando Florida.
The art of paddling downwind is something only a stand up paddler knows fully. There's just something about picking up those little bumps that mother nature rolls your way...
Registrations are o for the 2013 #KiteOceanicsWA!
The course was tricky and breeze fickle as nine teams contested the Queensland Match Racing Championship in the Open, Youth and Women's categories on the river at Mooloolaba.
Have you got what it takes to work for Kitepower Australia? We want YOU!
You've gotta love a kite event that has wind non-stop! That's what greeted the guys and girl (yes one) who attended Sail Townsville this week.
Meow. Those are some expensive cats, but when you add up all that carbon fiber, crew wages and shipping costs, you're probably looking at 1000 times the cost of a top end SUP campaign.
Want to improve your windsurfing? Join one of these renowned coaching sessions that will guarantee your improvement and a great time!
While the big boats are Match Racing in the America's Cup in San Francisco, the Sunshine Coast is turning on its own little America's Cup in the form of the Queensland Match Racing Championships.
One of the biggest companies in the kiteboarding game have just put a great story online about how they started.
After being damaged in the January flood and after spending almost seven months on a trailer at the Bundaberg Sailing Club undergoing repairs ''Matilda'' sits at the top of the boat ramp waiting for the tide and her long awaited relaunch.
Before you say it, no, it's not a new stand up paddle board... Or a paddle... It's better!
At least that what we think it's called... Keahi and the JP Australia crew get together with a big board, a long stretch of open water and someone with a big fuel tab.
The long awaited Sail Townsville event kicks off this week and conditions are set to be perfect!
Day 6: An unforgettable day for Delphine Cousin as she claims her maiden world title
Yet again this year it's a case of the Lenny and Baxter story, but how long will they last?
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Lake and Boenniger Win the Slalom in Turkey
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Light winds at the Burn Kitesurf World Cup
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Lake and Kalinina take charge in Turkey
Day 5: The Meltemi wind returns to deliver an intense day of ballistic slalom
Day 4: The waiting game continues as light winds halt the proceedings
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