Friday, 12 March 2010

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Specialty-Rated Boost Mobile SurfSho presented by Samsung was off to a flying start today with world class surfers Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, Owen Wright and Jordy Smith hitting Bondi's famous waves this morning. The surfers provided a taste of the aerial action to come over the three-day event, the first international surf competition Bondi has seen in more than 20 years. Champion boxer Danny Green joined Kelly and others at the launch as he...
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Thursday, 11 March 2010

Mark 'Scratch' Cameron and Jill Noble are the new Scottish Surfing champions. The national competition was held in the famous wave located at Thurso-East. Surfers battled in five divisions and the winners will represent Scotland in the ASP's O'Neill Cold Water Classic and qualify for a place in the Scottish National Surfing Team.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010

"Volare" is finally finished! [`Volare` is the Latin and Italian word for the verb `to fly`; adding an acute accent on the final `e` (volaré) it is also the Spanish word for `I will fly`]. Late 2009 Flysurfer teamrider Gunnar Biniasch, Flyboards shaper and Flysurfer rider Eddy Lansink travelled to Brazil with a vision in mind, to create a video about flying and riding their own style in kiteboarding. During this project Toby Brauer, the founder of Kiteforum joined them in their quest to...
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010

The SkySails-System was successfully placed into operation aboard Germany’s largest fishing vessel – the ROS-171 “Maartje Theadora” – on the North Sea near Ijmuiden, Netherlands on March 8th, 2010. This innovative SkySails wind-propulsion system will henceforth help save large amounts of fuel and emissions. The maiden voyage of the ROS-171 “Maartje Theadora” with SkySails propulsion, which will take the ship across the Atlantic to South America and then into the South Pacific,...
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Friday, 12 March 2010

According to the forecast, we thought today wouldn't be a good day, but when we woke up this morning, it was already quite windy in Corralejo. The organization went around the North Shore of the island to check where the conditions could be suitable to compete and surprisingly, it was looking very nice at La Caleta once again. Skipper's meeting was a bit late : at 11:00, but once on-site everyone rushed and was quickly ready to go on the water.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010

On tuesday all the FWC riders did have a very good day sailing at Entubadera, a famous surfing spot next to Flag Beach. The conditions didn't look great at first sight, but finally everyone took some good waves and was reeping! Though, we couldn't launch any competition because the wind was too gusty. Also, the wave was quite short and finally it was very busy on the water: some crashes were avoided at last minute! Antony Ruenes was unlucky and broke his mast, while washed off by a small...
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Attica Wetsuits welcomes Matt Lackey as our 1st official rider to sign with the label. Attica is a culmination of 2 ½ years of testing cuts and materials before its release May 2010. Attica’s vision is a dark edge combined with bold logos, solid colours, epic cuts and durable quality materials. This is what will set us apart and add strength to our product. More information will be released shortly. In the meantime, keep your eyes on www.atticawetsuits.com SOURCE: Attica Wetsuits
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Sunday, 07 March 2010

The Cape Classic is Cape Town's premium Bodyboarding event. It will be the first "Green" Bodyboarding event of its kind in the world. It is the start of the national tour that is governed by the South African Bodyboarding Association (SABA) and the event will be held over the weekend of 20-22 March 2010. The venue will be a roaming venue to secure the best possible conditions for the competitors. This year WPBA has chosen to step up their focus on creating awareness of the state of our...
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