Two kite foilers and a sailor girl...
Nic Douglass caught up with two of the fastest foilers in the series, Ricky Lecesse and Nico Parlier to find out what's what, in the world of kite hydrofoil racing.
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Nic Douglass caught up with two of the fastest foilers in the series, Ricky Lecesse and Nico Parlier to find out what's what, in the world of kite hydrofoil racing.
Are you a qualified Stand Up Paddle instructor or avid SUPer who is interested in working part-time outdoors over the summer season?
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News from WAKSA on events in the upcoming kitesurfing season..
The 2015 Australian National Racing Titles are held in sunny and windy Townsville. It is shaping up to be a cracker event.
It's the southern Hemispheres longest kiteboarding race, and entries are now open for the 2015 edition of the Lighthouse to Leighton in Western Australia.
Work with the sports you love in Perth this summer
The most responsive autopilot on the water is now available from Garmin
Despite the blustery winds roaring between the canals on the Gold Coast, Stand Up Paddlers from all over Australia (and NZ) paddled into the unknown for the first ever Red Bull Water Maze this weekend.
From longboards to no boards, the Noosa Festival of Surfing celebrates all things surf, at one of the worlds most iconic breaks - First Point, Noosa.
If you ask a sailor the question, most would tell you of one place they'd love to sail one day.
Easily confused for dolphins and sharks at a distance, they're always startling when you're paddling on a SUP, but Dugongs and Manatees are harmless.
Wanted: Dead, not alive. It's that time of year where recreational anglers in NSW train their sites on Carp, in an attempt to reduce their population.
It's a popular and well known technique to extend your kiteboarding lines in light winds, but this is taking it to a whole new level.
Three men from politically opposed countries have spent 12 hours on the water in an attempt to end conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
You can win a 2016 Park HD of your very own! Get started now by writing a caption for one of Naish's promo pics, share it and enter the draw...
Tucked away in a shed on the Central Coast of NSW, is a small group of guys who build what was the wet-dream of every young sailor in the world. The 18ft Skiff.
With Spring in the air, and kids off school - why not take the opportunity to take them fishing?
Adventure Sports had the pleasure of hosting Sir Richard Branson for a downwinder in Noosa
Burning Man is the yearly festival of all things alternative. Held in the middle of the desert, somewhere in Navada, it's something that has to be experienced to be truly believed.
Top award in the Surf Industry goes to Liquid Force Kiteboarding
Barnacles grow everywhere underwater, and you might be surprised to know just how many critters are living inside it all!
It's been a big couple of months in the surfing world. First the shark frenzy (by the media that is), then the backflip, and this week, it's this thing by Kelly Slater. Nobody knows what to call it.
It's on the internet, so it must be true! English newspaper 'The Daily Star' reported this week on a group of stand up paddlers choosing to paddle to school, comparing them to Aussie workers.
Like the sport or not, our windsurfing brethren play a huge part in the equipment we use as Stand Up Paddlers! Fanatic are one of those companies who moved into the stand up paddling game when the sport kicked off several years ago, but that old windsurfi
At 115ft long, the Finnish yacht maker Nautor's Swan 115 is turning heads, with many calling it one of the most beautiful yachts of all time
Shocking the world with the ultra-high-aspect race kite, the Chrono early last year, Ozone kiteboarding just followed it up with the Chrono 2, a kite more akin to a paraglider than anything else.
She used to be the up-and-comer female surfer of the Starboard SUP team, but a few years later, the still-in-her-teens Izzy Gomez is surfing with the best, this week in Tahiti.
Ex 'Big Brother' contestant, ex gymnast, current advocate for having fun in the surf: Dor Damari paddles into a tiny wave on a foamy. He pops up, looks around and launches into a backflip.
It has all the quality ingredients of a good kite movie - surly looking locals, crystal blue water and crispy new kites. The riding isn't too shabby either, with the biggest baddest freestylers on the North team strutting their stuff on the all new North
Russel Bierke is a name you may not have heard before, but rest assured, after this clip of him dropping in to a slabby left in Western Australia, he'll be on screens all over the world.
If a huge eruption of water comes flying towards your ankles, you're pulling too early! Instead, let the blade enter the water cleanly first, then pull it towards you once it's submerged.
A feature length movie 'The Search for Freedom' has just been released online, after much anticipation from the action sports community worldwide.
Commencing on the Gold Coast in November 2015, the 7-round Classic Holidays' National Kiteboarding League (NKL) series will travel to five Australian states plus Christchurch, NZ, for a 4-day event in each location, boosting the profile of the sport in Au
While you won't be seeing a single handlepass or even any air-time in this movie, you will be seeing some incredible kiteboarding talent from Alvaro Pastor. He's six years old...
The California based Surf company Infinity has announced that one of stand up paddlings fastest females has just left her major sponsor to join their 'Speed Freaks' team.
No joke, they were actually out there targeting catfish, when a kitten (the furry, paw licking kind) paddled up to their boat.
Who would have thought that lee-boards would see a comeback in competitive sailing? The brand new Gitana Mono 60 'Edmond De Rothschild' has just been launched, and quite literally blew itself out of the water.
Elemental Surf are looking for team members for the coming season in Western Australia
If you're a regular in the kiteboarding forums then you'll know all about the hundreds of home-made hydrofoil projects being started around the country.
Nobile is back in Australia with the new 2016 range!
Aaron Hadlow's back on top of the VKWC podium for the first time in years, and his mum has just decided to sew up some handbags out of his old kites!
While the rest of Australia froths over new product releases for 2016, Keahi De Aboitiz has already done some extensive testing of the new JP surfboards, and if this video is anything to go by - they surf alright.
If you're looking for the perfect lifestyle business and the perfect location? Look no further!!
Two months after giving birth to her first child, Tobias, Beth Hamilton has posted a photo on social media of her going for a surf, but it hasn't all been praise.
This weekend in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Stand Up Paddlers from all over QLD battled their way across a wind-chopped bay in pursuit of the state title.
It's certainly that time of year! Airush this week released their 2016 line of kiteboarding equipment, featuring a new technology they're calling it the Dyneema Load Frame.
Right now, there's twelve yachts embarking on a 'round the world journey of a lifetime. The crews, have no prior sailing experience, and the yachts, are 70 foot racing thoroughbreds designed exclusively for the race.
Elayna & Riley are two young Aussies who bought a yacht called La Vagabonde in Italy, and are sailing around the world. Along the way, and to fund their trip, they're making highly entertaining video blogs to document their adventure, and this episode was
Latest kitesurfing news from WAKSA
With a week full of decent wind in the Whitsundays, racing is getting a little heated at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. None more so than the Multihull division!
Mixed results for Bundy members
After an early release back in July, Fanatic SUP have just broken the banks and flooded their website with some seriously cool new toys, just in time for spring!
Have you ever been walking along the pontoons at your local marina, and wondered what's swimming around under there?
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he Naish lineup in 2016 has something for everyone, from tiny little kids shortboards to Unlimited race boards for competing in endurance racing, and everything in between.
A world first stand up paddling event is making it's debut on the Gold Coast in September - the Red Bull Watermaze.
A french stand up paddler has just spent five days paddling the Mediterranean during sea trials of his ocean-going stand up paddle board.
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7 metre
Selling my 7m Contra Aether. Great kite suited to foiling or waves because of...
$600
4.5 metre
Good condition Duotone Unit 4.5m with handles - 2 small repairs. Includes...
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Cosmic craft foil/prone tow board great condition
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88 litres
goya custom quad 88ltr. current model. used about 7 times. amazing board in...
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Blue line 90 - 460 SDM - in great condition
$200
4' 3"
Ex demo like new - Surf 28 - 4'3 x 18 1/8" x 2 3/8" Selling for $1150 with...
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