A Fleetwood kitesurfer feared he was going to drown as he was dragged beneath waves. But today Mark Taylor was able to thank the RNLI for his life after a dramatic rescue more than half a mile off the port.

Tom Butler and Sebastian Steudtner had a busy winter chasing huge swells around Europe.
When they're not surfing, Butler and Steudtner never stop training and getting fit for the next big wave surfing session. Road cycling is a big part of their training program as is boxing. In the beginning of the year, two huge swells invaded the Atlantic. On the 13th January, Shane Dorian pushed the both European surfers to paddle into the biggest waves to date in the Old Continent. Praia do Norte, Nazar [ ... ]

Oney Anwar has taken out the 2013 Oakley Pro Bali Trials, at Keramas, and secured a ticket to the main event where he will battle Jordy Smith and Matt Wilkinson.
One of Indonesia's most promising talents, Anwar defeated Putra Hermawan in the final, staged in 2-3 foot waves at Keramas, leaving his opponent requiring a near perfect score of 9.10 on the siren. Oney attended Palm Beach Currumbin High School, in Australia's Gold Coast, and was apart of the schools sports excellence program.

The inaugural Kiteracing Oceanic Championships will be sailed in Leighton Beach, Western Australia, between 10th-15th December.
The new annual Course Racing event is run by the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) and International Sailing Federation (ISAF). There will be kite racers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America, Great Britain, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Poland, and more, competing at the Kiteracing Oceanic Championships.

Sam Light has taken the overall 2013 Triple-S Invitational title, held in Cape Hatteras, USA.
The 2013 Triple S Invitational is over. Male and female winners have been crowned in Surf, Slick, Slider and Overall Divisions. The overall trophies were stolen by Sam Light and Colleen Carroll. This year, the iconic kite competition saw a new format being introduced, with heats, a scoring system and a panel of judges.

Antoine Albeau has conquered the 2013 PWA Catalunya World Cup, in Spain. The final took four hours to be completed, due to the gusty and shifty winds.
Albeau has tasted his inaugural season triumph, on the beautiful shores of Costa Brava, to halt Bjorn Dunkerbeck from claiming the title, for the first time, in three years. The French sailor demonstrated his perfectly timed starts time and time again, along with a phenomenal top speed to blow the competition out of the water.

A group of video game developers are working on the "Ultimate Windsurf Game", an update of the "Windsurfing MMX".
It is still work in progress, but the windsurfing community can already test the early version of the "Ultimate Windsurf Game". The team behind the windsurfing game has been listening to the first impressions in order to improve and build a future solid release. "We are aiming to make the game as an update of the game 'Windsurfing MMX', which is a great game, but has stopped in d [ ... ]

Jake Stone has landed the first 720 air in competitive bodyboarding. Will this move set a standard in the future of the sport?
The first 720 rotation in skateboarding was completed, for the the first time, by Tony Hawk in 1985. Two full mid-air rotations. Fourteen years later, the same Tony Hawk would upgrade it to 900, at the X Games. Skaters have already pushed the limits of aerial rotations. In 2012, a 12-year-old rider by the name of Tom Schaar landed the "impossible" 1080, on the Woodwa [ ... ]

Amaury Lavernhe has claimed the 2013 Itacoatiara Pro, in the waves of Brazil.
The rider from the Reunion Island defeated Jeff Hubbard in the final heat of the Brazilian event, held in 4-6 foot waves. Ben Player and Lavernhe are now tied at the top of the IBA World Tour rankings. Amaury edged out Hubbard with an amazing backflip off a heavy closeout section, which earned him the points he needed to take a stunning victory. A total of 14.76 against the Hawaiian's 13.56 points.