Reports, Happenings, Events
With summer winding down and wetsuits starting to appear on Sydney's northern beaches (and on a couple of wimps in QLD), you might be thinking about your winter stand up paddling holiday destination. This week we've found a real beauty you might not have
What happens when the World Surfing League spends $100,000 extending the Quiksilver Pro competition window by two days on the Gold Coast? It pumps two days after they all leave! This week TOS, Currumbin and of course the Superbank are going off for the lu
Since it's inception, the Pirtek Fishing Challenge has raised over $600,000 for Prostate Cancer, and this weekend it's back once again to live up to it's title of the biggest fishing event in Australia!
Last week a video of Reider Decker swept through the internet like a 40 knot front in winter, and we've had so much interest in it, we thought it was best to go straight to the source.
Down in Sydney, freestyle kiteboarders spent the weekend competing for the title of Australia's best freestyle kiteboarder, in what many said were perfect conditions.
This week Jon and the boys from Surf FX threw down a challenge to every SUP store in Australia ,by simply posting a video here in the Seabreeze stand up paddling forums.
With a cyclone building off North QLD, the head honchos at the world surfing league are putting their money on a decent swell at Snapper Rocks towards the end of the week.
By now you've seen the pictures, heard the story and probably watched the video of when the Volvo Ocean 65 ran aground on a reef near Mauritius last year. Team Vestas Wind was torn nearly in half, losing most if its stern, stranding the crew on a tiny isl
Don't lie to the Fisheries guys when they know what you've been up to! In fact, don't lie to them at all when it comes to how many fish you're carrying in the boat, because chances are they'll find the ones you've stashed.
In the rush to get on the water it's easy to overlook some kite-mares waiting to happen. Items like loose screws, knotted lines or an activated leash release can quickly turn your kiteboarding session into a disaster, so why not spend 30 seconds doing the
Dual Australian Unlimited Superboat champion Phonsy Mullan has opened his 2015 championship account in perfect fashion in front of a record crowd under lights at MAX HIRE Park in Temora, after dominating the opening round from first practice.
Two years ago we went on record saying that stand up paddle boards were the future. Now, they're considered mainstream for recreational paddling, but there has always been one big problem.
As predicted, the strapless revolution is well underway in the sport of kiteboarding, with riders strapping (excuse the pun) surfboards to their car roofs in flat water locations all over the world.
In a week of out-of-the-box promo videos, Naish has followed up Cabrinha's effort this week with 'All The Way' an inspiring tale of a young kiteboarder and his relationship with the elements.
The Australian V8 Superboat Championships will return to its unofficial home at MAX HIRE Park in Temora on March 7 for the first round of the 2015 season, promising another exciting battle between the country's best drivers.
Opportunity to work at Airborne Kitesurfing and Stand Up Paddle Sports in WA
The Southern Cross Universities National Marine Science Centre in Coffs Harbour has successfully bred Mangrove Jack fingerlings in captivity, which is the first time ever in New South Wales.
After experiencing Tahiti in 1999, founder of F-One, Raphael Salles was anxious to get back and once again surf the incredible coasting that the island has to offer.
Windsurfing School in Brisbane seeks windsurfing assistant to help with general windsurfing duties at shop/school
Nick Jacobsen and Cabrinha: we have some questions. This is the strangest promo clip ever created from a kiteboarding company, but it might just be a work of art.
The footage just keeps rolling in from Cyclone Marcia's epic swell on the QLD coast in February, which not only provided the best surfing conditions of the summer, but claimed it's fair share of boards too.
Those surfboards steal the spotlight though, with embedded LED lights under the glass, they're works of art that will surely be replicated in the very near future.
It looks like hydrofoils really are the future of sailing, especially for the younger generation who care about nothing, but speed.
Would you imagine kiteboarding to make a good reality TV show? What about if you put four contestants who know nothing about the sport, into one house on Mauritius, for two weeks, with the aim of entering one in the prestigious Mauritius Kite Jam?
Call it background music, or an ode to what's likely going to happen, but this guy managed to play the classic song 'Wipeout' by the Surfaris in 1963. While surfing a wave on his stand up paddle board!
You might have heard about America enduring their coldest winter ever recorded, which would automatically mean staying on dry land for most stand up paddlers. Especially the Queenslanders!
This week it seems that the trendy thing to do in kiteboarding is jump over your mates. While trolling through the kiteboarding forums on Seabreeze.com.au forums and various social media, countless numbers of kiteboarders are seen soaring overhead without
Foilboarding is all the rage in kiteboarding and sailing right now, but for the surfers, foils are still very very niche. Except in Laird Hamilton's case, he is the master of the hydrofoil.
The perfect tropical cyclone would be the one that slides a hundred kilometers off the coast of Queensland, all the way south to the Gold Coast then out to sea again. But alas, they don't work like that, and while Central Queensland mops up after being ba
In what's being likened to a soap opera tv-series, the Team New Zealand Americas Cup skipper is now calling in the lawyers to settle a bitter dispute amongst the ranks.
What happens when an enthusiastic angler in Brisbane hooks a giant Pike Eel in the Brisbane River? Hilarity, as we found out when we read the story of Rick van der Drift's big catch this week.
Some sorely needed new moorings installed at Rottnest Island, WA
Work in the watersports industry
While QLD cleans up after Cyclone Marcia, stand up paddlers are making the most of some epic downwind and surfing conditions on offer between the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.
With waves in the 1ft region last weekend, Dongara in WA became a freestyle paradise during Kitestock 2015.
Change is in the wind for the month-long Sail Mooloolaba celebration of sailing regatta which is held each year throughout June.
Bored at work? Wish you were out sailing? Try this technical sailing game from the guys who made the Sail Racer App. It's frustrating, but fun!
Still reeling after last the news of Sailing's axing from the 2020 Paralympic games in Tokyo? Same here, but there's good news! No, it's not back in the games, but there is a chance for it to be!
After collecting more than 8.7km of fishing line, 1743 fishing hooks and sinkers, 254 lure packets and 1508 bait bags in specialized bins around Perth, the WA Department of Fisheries is planning to spend another $20,000 on expanding the scheme.
It was a final day full of mega loops, handlepasses and much to the crowds delight, wipeouts of epic proportions. For Aaron Hadlow, the day ended atop the coveted King of the Air podium, but for Ruben Lenten, the event favorite, his day ended in hospital.
It seems that every year we get a story about a Tidal Bore delivered to our inbox. Those standing waves of murky brown water, slowly moving down a river and occasionally big enough to stand up paddle surf. But this ones a little different!
After an apparent win in the 'Save our Broadwater' campaign to prevent a cruise terminal being built on the gold coast, the popular surfing location TOS or 'The Other Side' is now being included in a proposal to protect some of the Gold Coasts most iconic
Mooloolaba Yacht Club and Mates4Mates have joined forces for a regional wounded veterans sailing program.
Job opportunity to be involved in SUP in NSW..
With an entire week of sitting around and little in the way of wind, the boys at the top of the Woo leaderboards got up to some serious mischief in Cape Town this week, while they waited for the Red Bull King of the Air to begin.
An award winning animator, a representative of the American Canoe Association and a stand up paddler walk into a bar..
Port Douglas in North Queensland was the scene of quite an exciting catch this week, when a recreational angler hauled in a very rare species of swordfish. The Green Swordfish measuring 4.2m long was caught off the beach, but retrieving it could have resu
Worried about paddling out this week after last week's double shark attack on the northern NSW coast? Fear not! Well, actually, fear less! There's an app for that.
A casual afternoon on the water ended in tragedy for a young sailor and his mate, when their Flying 11 capsized on Lake Macquarie this week.
While the rest of the worlds kiting elite are shredding in Cape Town for the Red Bull King of the Air, where's Youri Zoon? Surely someone who can boost, loop and show off with the best of them should be there right?
In a video released today, professional surfer and all round inspirational surfer girl - Beth Hamilton announced she's pregnant. But wait! She's been surfing Teahupoo!!
A short day on the beach for the races with a grim forecast which ended in racing being postponed for the day at 12pm finalised the results for the 3rd and final day of the Downunder Pro - Formula Windsurfing Oceanic & Australian Championships. Steve Alle
Western Australian boat owners are being given the chance to participate in a review of the use and management of boat moorings in WA.
What an awesome Kitesurfing getaway for the winter months.
By the time fundraising is over, the Across the Bay to Conquer Cancer charity event will have raised over $70,000. When you consider the trek was 75km from Rosebud to St Kilda, that's some pretty good mileage, almost $1,000 per kilometer kited!
In an interesting contrast, the company that makes billions of plastic ball-point pens is now producing what they call the most environmentally friendly mass produced stand up paddle boards ever, dubbed 'Earth - Deep into Nature'.
It's not all blue skies and board shorts this time of year; half of the world is freezing their butts off and wishing they lived on the Sunshine Coast. People like Manca Notar, a Slovenian stand up paddler for Naish, who had to take her board up the slope
It's a sad day for the sport of sailing, (and for 7 a-side football) as it was booted out of the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo due it not being 'fresh enough'.
Ever wondered what it looks like when 30,000 people go ice fishing on one lake? You probably haven't wondered; but just in case you did, it looks like this.
Nobody can deny that Kelly Slater is on the move, whether it's the rumoured departure from the world tour, or simply doing getting on with his life outside of the surfing world. Either way, you now have the opportunity to sit on a Kelly Slater inspired co
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