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Sailing

Weta USA West Coast Champs 2013

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

Kitesurfing

Massive kiteboarding jumps with Ewan Jaspan

With all this wind the southern states have been getting, we were wondering if Ewan Jaspan had been getting any action

Stand Up Paddle

New Stand Up Paddling Club in Sydney - Botany Bay

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.

Cruising

Eastsail celebrates birthday with heavy investment in future

High profile sailing and yacht charter group spend more than $1 million on new boats.

Stand Up Paddle

Bic SUP Paddleboard World Championship

Inaugural "One Design Challenge" World Championships set for Dec. 5-6th in San Juan, PR

Stand Up Paddle

Sydney Long Weekend SUP DEMO - Monday 7th October

Monday October 7th // 8.00 am - 1pm Balmoral StandUp Paddle school at Balmoral Sailing School (Balmoral Sailing Club) - The Esplanade Balmoral Beach.

Windsurfing

Tourists of the Sea Video

New video release from Kevin Pritchard and Graham Ezzy

Stand Up Paddle

Double win for Annabel Anderson in the Battle of the Paddle

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!

Kitesurfing

Up close and personal with Johnny Heineken - Kite racer

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.

Kitesurfing

Inspirational strapless surfboard tricks - Ride with me Ep2

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...

Stand Up Paddle

A look back at the Huntington Beach Pro

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.

Stand Up Paddle

Aussie SUPer stars head to California for the BOP

We're talking about the original, the one and only Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle!

Kitesurfing

13 years of Naish greatness... Laid out on the driveway

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.

Kitesurfing

WANTED: Kitesurfing instructor - Sunshine Coast

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.

Stand Up Paddle

Kai Lenny wins the Huntington Beach Pro

After last years fourth place, Lenny had some serious catching up to do.

Kitesurfing

InTheLoop is hiring - Tannum sands kite instructor

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

Sailing

Mooloolaba 200: cash prize for division winners

The October long-weekend inaugural Audi Centre Sunshine Coast Mooloolaba 200 regatta has cash prizes up for grabs for each of the division winners.

Kitesurfing

Naish are giving away a 2014 Park kiteboarding kite!

To celebrate 13 years in the sport of kiteboarding, Naish are giving away a 2014 model Naish Park kite!

Stand Up Paddle

The Lion Island Challenge Sat 12/10/13

8km Paddle around iconic Lion Island from Palm Beach, NSW, Australia

Stand Up Paddle

Fanatic release new 2014 Stand Up Paddling lineup

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...

Kitesurfing

New world record: The most kiteboarders ever

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!!!

Stand Up Paddle

Candice Appleby doing a little freestyle for fun

Stoke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, swap sides, stroke stroke. Training can get a little repetitive when you're a racer

Kitesurfing

The Hidden Lines Crew get all Neon Nights on us

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

Kitesurfing

The Johnny Heineken Time Machine

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...

Stand Up Paddle

Getting down to business with Keahi about the JP Surf

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...

Sailing

Mooloolaba 200: we have a race

The inaugural Audi Centre Sunshine Coast Mooloolaba 200 Offshore Classic will go ahead on the weekend of 5th and 6th October.

Kitesurfing

Board Crazy closed

One of the biggest importers and retail shops in Australia has closed its doors this week

Stand Up Paddle

Sharing the stoke of Downwinding

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...

Kitesurfing

Register to race the 2013 Kiteracing Oceanic Championships!

Registrations are o for the 2013 #KiteOceanicsWA!

Sailing

QLD Match Racing Championship: coach and student battle for

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.

Kitesurfing

Kite Instructor Wanted - Kitepower QLD

Have you got what it takes to work for Kitepower Australia? We want YOU!

Kitesurfing

Surf Expo shows off what's hot in 2014

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.

Kitesurfing

Marvin Baumiester wins Sail Townsvile Kite Racing

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.

Stand Up Paddle

AC Open - Stand Up Paddling with mega-million dollar cats

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.

Windsurfing

Simon Bornhoft returns to WA & Brisbane in Dec 2013

Want to improve your windsurfing? Join one of these renowned coaching sessions that will guarantee your improvement and a great time!

Sailing

Little America's Cup, Sunshine Coast style

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.

Kitesurfing

The history of Airush & the longest running kiteboard ever..

One of the biggest companies in the kiteboarding game have just put a great story online about how they started.

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - New Dates for Hainan November 1-6

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - New Dates for Hainan November 1-6

Sailing

''Matilda'' ready to go a waltzing again.

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.

Stand Up Paddle

Best fathers day present ever

Before you say it, no, it's not a new stand up paddle board... Or a paddle... It's better!

Stand Up Paddle

Stand Up Wake Surf Paddle Boarding... The Piros Wave Machine

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.

Kitesurfing

Sail Townsville brings Australia's best kite racers together

The long awaited Sail Townsville event kicks off this week and conditions are set to be perfect!

Stand Up Paddle

The Chicago World Series - the usual story

Yet again this year it's a case of the Lenny and Baxter story, but how long will they last?

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - Lake and Boenniger Win the Slalom in Turkey

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Lake and Boenniger Win the Slalom in Turkey

Windsurfing

Pwa Alacati World Cup

Day 6: An unforgettable day for Delphine Cousin as she claims her maiden world title

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - Light winds at the Burn Kitesurf World Cup

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Light winds at the Burn Kitesurf World Cup

Windsurfing

One dollar to rule them all.

Carbon Art pricing change means saving big.

Sailing

Mooloolaba 200: Alegria V to use new race as Hobart qualifie

Queensland big-boat skipper Rod Jones, will use Mooloolaba's newest sailing event, the Mooloolaba 200, as his qualifying race for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.