Noosa Festival of Surfing kicks off this weekend
Things are hotting up at Noosa, with the annual Noosa Festival of Surfing beginning this Saturday at the iconic First Point break on the Sunshine coast.

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Things are hotting up at Noosa, with the annual Noosa Festival of Surfing beginning this Saturday at the iconic First Point break on the Sunshine coast.
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
ALL CHANGE
It's a big deal when Australia has the best SUP team for two years straight, but if you had a chat to the guys, you'd think it was any other day...
It seems that the lack of olympic kite racing hasn't dampened the spirits of Australias Kiteboarders, as the list of entrants grows steadily for Sail Brisbane.
OVER THE SEA
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Eudazio Da Silva ready for 2013
ISLAS CANARIAS AWARDS
Strapless freestyle is fast becoming the flavour of the month in kiteboarding, but when you mix that with powerful surfing and ballsy barrels, you've really got something!
This week at the world stand up paddle (and paddleboarding) in Peru, Aussies well and truly ruled the roost. All four of the long distance races concluded with an Aussie standing on the podium.
BURSTING BUBBLES
MAGIC MATISSEK
THE BLACK TEAM
THE MORENO TWINS
After signing with Ozone, Andy Yates has been living it up in New Caledonia, riding the new Zephyr when it's light and the C4 when its windy....
How do you fit 130 people into one little watersports store? You put on beers, barbecued yabbies and stick Jason Polakow in the middle of them.
Pro rider joins the ASV team
PWA WORLD TOUR
Stand up paddle boards are big, they're unwieldily and when it's windy, a light board is your enemy. But the Seabreeze.com.au forums have come up with some absolute genius ideas to help.
It's not the first time the Safety Bay sandbar has been done, but you don't see it on video very often. And you certainly don't see Jesse Richman doing it!
YOUP'S BACK
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Johonno Scholte signs with Future Kiting
TOWN OF CHAMPIONS PTII
TOWN OF CHAMPIONS
BRUCH ON FORM
What an incredible week of stand up paddle surifng it's been over in Hawaii for the Sunset Beach stop of the Stand Up World Tour!
Every year we look forward to the annual Kite Stock event, this year it's later than usual in February, but all the usual faces are there.
Due to their stability and size, stand up paddle boards are the perfect vessel to get someone from the water, to the beach.
It's been a while since we've seen anything big from the BWS crew. But finally Rylands come out of the woodwork and released a new video called Knots and Lines.
MAS ON THE MOVE
PWA INSIDER TIPS
SLALOM IN THE SUN
PURE BRILLIANCE
Travis makes it 2 in a row in Australia's biggest races.
Helly Hansen joins Middle Harbour as Major Sponsor of the 2013 Sydney Harbour Regatta
Wow! That was the TP52 Southern Cross Cup...
FANTASTIC TRIO
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Kevin Langeree Interview
Light winds, sideshore bumps and 100 paddlers off Kirra Beach. Must be the 12 Towers SUP race!
It's smack bang in the middle of the big surf season, and Sunset hasn't failed to deliver this year for the first heats of the Stand Up World Tour.
WINTER POZO
NEW TEAM RIDER
It was only a matter of time before Naish brought out a dedicated race kite to go with their Venturi race boards. And now the Draft is out, Ozone and North must be quaking in their footstraps...
Well, it happened. After a few lay days waiting for the ideal conditions, Big Bay in South Africa finally delivered in a spectacular fashion.
Calling all IKO Kitesurf Instructors, come and work the off season in Egypt
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Youri Zoon interview
PWA RACING RULES
FABRIZI FREESTYLING
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Rider Interview Liam Whaley
ISLAS CANARIAS AWARDS
Are you interested in kite boarding safety in WA? The WA Kite Surfing Association in conjunction with the Department of Sport and Recreation and Surf Life Saving WA, invite you to have your say about kite boarding safety in WA. An online survey and wo
Prepare to see some amazing footage in the coming weeks, because as we speak Jsckson Close is heading to Sunset beach for the Hawaiian leg of the Stand Up World Tour.
CYCA - Ocean Point Score: -AFR Midnight Rambler scores the trifecta...
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Rider Interview Michele Ratti Morales
ISLAS CANARIAS AWARDS
In another staggering change of sponsors, Ruben Lenten this week has left the Slingshot International team, for the new flavour of the month, Best kiteboarding.
Andy Buchanan
Do you like stand up paddle racing? Do you like downwinders? Do you like slow motion movies and technical analysis of every aspect of a stand up paddle board?
Mr. Schuester from TV's 'Glee' however, seems to be more adept at reading lines on a script, not on the water.
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - New Media Director on the PKRA
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