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Welcome on Board - F-One in Tahiti

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.

Kitesurfing

'All The Way' an inspiring tale about a young kiteboarder

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.

Windsurfing

Windsurf Assistant required - part time

Windsurfing School in Brisbane seeks windsurfing assistant to help with general windsurfing duties at shop/school

Kitesurfing

Fly me to the moon - Kiting's strangest video

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.

Stand Up Paddle

Cyclone Marcia claims a stand up paddle board

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.

Surfing

Light Surf in Iceland - LED Surfboards

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.

Sailing

Red Bull's Foiling Generation

It looks like hydrofoils really are the future of sailing, especially for the younger generation who care about nothing, but speed.

Kitesurfing

Big Brother cross Kiteboarding - a reality show about kiting!

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?

Stand Up Paddle

Play your own SUP theme music - while surfing!

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!

Stand Up Paddle

Paddlers still surfing though the USA's coldest winter ever.

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!

Kitesurfing

Jumping your mates with a kite - 5 Reasons Not To!

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

Surfing

Foil Surfing in Raglan - Laird Hamilton

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.

Surfing

The double edged sword of Cyclone Marcia

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

Sailing

Send in the lawyers - Team New Zealand and the Americas Cup

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.

Fishing

An Eel, Bull Shark and a Teenager in Brisbane

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.

Power Boats

New beach moorings at Rottnest Island

Some sorely needed new moorings installed at Rottnest Island, WA

Stand Up Paddle

Dream SUP Job in NSW...

Work in the watersports industry

Stand Up Paddle

Twelve Towers Postponed - Paddlers score epic conditions!

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.

Kitesurfing

Freestyle steals the show at KiteStock

With waves in the 1ft region last weekend, Dongara in WA became a freestyle paradise during Kitestock 2015.

Sailing

Sail Mooloolaba 2015: change in the wind for annual regatta

Change is in the wind for the month-long Sail Mooloolaba celebration of sailing regatta which is held each year throughout June.

Kitesurfing

Lenten crashes out, Hadlow wins the crown!

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.

Stand Up Paddle

Stand Up Paddle Party waves in Costa Rica

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!

Surfing

TOS to be included in world surfing reserve bid.

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

Fishing

WA to install more 'fishing debris bins'.

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.

Sailing

Play a game of tactics, sailing upwind.

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!

Sailing

Your Chance to Reinstate Sailing in the Paralympics

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!

Sailing

Mooloolaba Yacht Club and Mates4Mates join forces

Mooloolaba Yacht Club and Mates4Mates have joined forces for a regional wounded veterans sailing program.

Stand Up Paddle

Looking to work in the SUP world?

Job opportunity to be involved in SUP in NSW..

Stand Up Paddle

Tips for Safe Stand Up Paddling Animation.

An award winning animator, a representative of the American Canoe Association and a stand up paddler walk into a bar..

Surfing

Pregnant Mum surfs Teahupoo

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!!

Stand Up Paddle

Don't forget to check the shark forecast before you paddle!

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.

Sailing

Flying 11 claims young sailor on Lake Macquarie

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.

Kitesurfing

Where in the world is Mr Youri Zoon?

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?

Fishing

Two eyes, a rare specimen and one lucky fisherman.

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

Kitesurfing

Stir Crazy in Cape Town - Pre King Of The Air.

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.

Windsurfing

Steve Allens wins the 2015 Downunder Pro

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

Power Boats

Comments sought on changes to boat mooring in WA waters

Western Australian boat owners are being given the chance to participate in a review of the use and management of boat moorings in WA.

Kitesurfing

Kiteboarding the Cocos Islands

What an awesome Kitesurfing getaway for the winter months.

Kitesurfing

$1,000 per Kilometer Raised for Cancer, by Kiteboarders!

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!

Stand Up Paddle

From Ball-Points to Boards - BIC gets back to nature.

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'.

Stand Up Paddle

Powder Hawaii - Stand Up Snow Paddling

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

Sailing

Sailing axed from 2020 Paralympics

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'.

Fishing

Swimming through a minefield

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.

Surfing

Kelly Slater and his extra curriculars.

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

Kitesurfing

Red Bull King of the Air - On this week!

Right now, the worlds best kiteboarders are sitting around in Cape Town, waiting. Just waiting. for the first signs of sand lapping at their knees and salt stinging their eyes. The one week window of the Red Bull King of the air is on, and this year is go

Kitesurfing

2015 WAKSA Kite Racing State Titles - Foil & Formula Class

After a busy season of free-ride racing & course racing, Perth now boast the largest and growing racing fleet in Australia for Formula & Foil racers. WAKSA now kindly invites all racers to compete at the State Title Championships. Results rankings c

Kitesurfing

Sea Turtle Rescued by Kite

Have you ever seen injured or trapped wildlife while you're out kiteboarding? Mitu Monteiro has; and completed his good deed for the day when he saved this stricken sea turtle with a surfboard and his kite.

Stand Up Paddle

Jarrad Batza takes on Teahupoo

Teahupoo is known as one of the worlds best waves for barreled, and when Aussie surfer Jarrad Batza was there this week, he filmed some of the best we've ever seen of a stand up paddler.

Kitesurfing

A letter to the kiteboarders of Currumbin.

Since the 70's, windsurfers have enjoyed the unique conditions offered by Currumbin, on the southern end of the Gold Coast. So have kiteboarders since the sport began back in the early 2000's. But before that, before the windsurfers, were the swimmers, an

Surfing

Tyler Wright on the fence during Aussie Boardriders Battle.

In a terribly unlucky heat last weekend, Tyler Wright found herself quite literally sitting on the fence at Cronulla, when she went down in a heat of the Australian Boardriders Battle.

Fishing

Pirtek Fishing Challenge

Last year it raised a whopping $130,000 for Prostate Cancer, and it's back once again to live up to it's title of the biggest fishing event in Australia. The Pirtek Fishing Challenge! Entries are now open, and for just $20, you too can join the effort thi

Sailing

Muddy waters for Olympic Sailors in 2016.

Well, muddy is the least of their problems if the current state of Guanabara Bay is anything to go by.

Stand Up Paddle

12 Towers Ocean Paddle Festival

The 12 Towers Ocean SUP Race is back for it's fourth year in a row, and this year it's going to be bigger than ever before with not one, but two events in once.

Stand Up Paddle

Currumbin SUPerstars leave team Fantatic

It's been a long paddle for Currumbin SUPerstars Paul and Angie Jackson, from starting their own little store called Roar Industries several years ago, to chasing down world titles in racing divisions during 2015. But now, they've both turned a corner in

Kitesurfing

Chapter One - The biggest kite movie ever

That's what they're promising. The biggest and best kite movie ever! The Art of Fight of Snowboarding, the Endless Summer of Surfing, big movies that define a sport. This is what 'Chapter One', seeks to become for kiteboarding.

Kitesurfing

Kelsick gives up Island life for a bit of travellin'

If you've got aspirations of becoming the next big thing in kiteboarding, you better get in line, and if you look way up to the very front of such line, you'll notice a guy named Jake Kelsick standing there.

Stand Up Paddle

The worlds gnarliest Battle of the Paddle Race

Boards were broken, paddles were lost, blood was spilled and still, everyone emerged with a huge smile on their faces. It was an epic day, with some epic shots to prove it.

Sailing

Race record safe for another year, Bunbury and Return

The Farrawa Cup Series concluded with the 67th Bunbury and Return Ocean Race over the weekend of 17-18 January. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club is proud to host the annual event, WA's oldest blue water event. The 169 nautical mile race is rewarding and ch