November 7th, 2009
When you strap your prize board to your ankle in anticipation of a great session, you want to know that you have the best leash in the market keeping you and your board connected. Compromising on leash quality compromises your safety, comfort and most of all, your performance in the surf, so make sure you use a superior leggie from Curve!
Thain Leisure
Leashes are essentially about safety, comfort, reliability and durability, which is why at Curve we use the very best materials and superior workmanship, accompanied by thorough testing in all surf conditions to bring you a leash that outperforms the competition in all respects.
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Tags: Curve Surf, Surf Leash, surfing, Thain Leisure
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September 23rd, 2009
The Airhead found this in The Times News Paper The Times News Paper
Standing on his18ft-long surf board, eight-time world paddleboard champion Jamie Mitchell was being filmed for a documentary off the east coast of Australia on Monday when he had an unexpected surprise.
Liam O’Brien / Jason Muir
A playful humpback whale breached (leaped clear of the surface) just a few feet in front of the 32-year-old Australian, dwarfing him on the water, but giving Mitchell — who was about 1 mile off the coast of Tweed Heads on the border of NSW and Queensland — an experience he will never forget.
“We were just out there doing our own stuff and mother nature was on our side,” Mr Mitchell told The Times.
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Tags: Paddle board, SUP, The Times OnLine, Whales
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September 22nd, 2009
Big Salty has launched a new and unique service to all water sports users to help them keep up to date with conditions that they are interested in as soon as the latest data hits our servers. Users can either set Wind Alerts or customise swell and wind conditions to trigger their email alerts.
The alert system works alongside the Watchlist concept of having a series of beaches that are of particular interest to a user. A user may decide to setup email alerts for one or more of his locations and also decide whether he wants to set the conditions manually or opt for the Big Salty Wind Star Rating.
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Tags: Big Salty, Kitesurf, Surf, Weather, Windsurf
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September 10th, 2009
The Airhead team have had fresh information passed to us by Bracklesham Board Riders regarding Kitesurfing around the Pagham Harbour Area … please take time to check it out and make sure you stay within the guide lines so that everyone can enjoy the area.
Kitesurfing codes of conduct:
Be sure you can handle the prevailing weather conditions
Always assist fellow kitesurfers when launching and landing
Always use an effective kite safety leashing system
Wrap your lines when not in use and secure kite properly
Keep a reasonable distance between you and your fellow kitesurfers / beach users
A kitesurfer must know the navigation laws and abide by them at all times
If you ride alone, let someone know you are out and what time you will be expected back
If you lose your kite or board whilst on the water, always report it to the coastguard General Information
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Tags: BKSA, Bracklesham BoardRiders, Kitesurf, kitesurfing, Kiting, Pagham
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September 9th, 2009
Let’s face it, there are times when having a phone with you on the water can pay dividends. Of course, with the advent of the iPhone 3G and its plethora of GPS tracking apps there’re now even more reasons to take your phone out with you: “Look, honest, I SUPed 40 miles in a day. No really, check out the Google Maps track!”.
AquaPac UK
Whether you’re planning an epic down-winder or just like to multi-task while waiting your turn in the lineup, a waterproof phone case can be a handy accessory for the connected water sports fanatic. Current offerings can be pretty costly, so it was a treat to find a solution promising a reasonable level of access to the iPhone’s functionality at a £20 price point.
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Tags: AquaPac, iPhone, kitesurfing, Paddle board, SUP
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August 31st, 2009
A1Surf.com, the original website for the UK and Irish surfing community, has announced a partnership with film distributors Metrodome Distribution to help bring surf documentary Bustin’ Down The Door to surfers by supporting the UK cinema tour and DVD launch.
A1Surf.com will be promoting the tour to the thousands of surfers who visit the site every day, as well as promoting out via it’s other online and offline channels.
The UK cinema tour starts on Friday 4th September at the BFI IMAX in London and runs there until the 18th September. The tour visits 19 cinemas in towns and cities across the UK. A full list of venues and dates is available on A1Surf.com.
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August 28th, 2009
In April 2009 Tarifa witnessed the birth of a UK Kiteboard clothing brand with an epic launch party that echoes in the Spanish streets even today – Kamikaze Boarding had touched down.
With 12 months in creation it has been a roller coaster ride for the Kamikaze Boarding team. Pairing up with professional illustrators, photographers and riders to capture the ideal that is Kamikaze Boarding. No more straight lines, no more off the shelf surf clothing. Kamikaze Boarding have succeeded to provide fresh, urban off the hook styles put together with 100% quality.
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Tags: kamikaze, Kamikaze Boarding, kite boarding, kitesurf clothing, kitesurfing
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August 25th, 2009
Do you think you have got a cool VW T5 ??? well if the answer is yes then you need to enter yourself into the Coolest T5 competition being run by Euro Vans VW…
Euro Van are on the search to find the coolest, rudest and most stylish Volkswagen Transporter T5’s in the UK. So if your vans got some styling, you’ve done a cool internal conversion, chipped it, or customised it in any way, Euro Van would love to see it. In return, you get to show your van to the world on the Euro Van web site and Flickr, and be in the chance to win some VW goodies:
Prizes…
1st Prize - a FREE Service for your van at a Volkswagen Van Centre of your choice (there’s no deadline, so whenever yours in next due), £100 worth of Genuine Volkswagen Accessories (you choose whatever you would like to spend it on out of the extensive catalogue) & £75 worth of VW merchandise from their merchandise store.
2nd Prize - £75 worth of Genuine Volkswagen Accessories & £50 worth of VW merchandise
3rd Prize - £50 worth of Genuine Volkswagen Accessories & £25 worth of VW merchandise
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Tags: Paddle board, Surf, Volkswagen, VW T5
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August 21st, 2009
The all brand new mountain bike magazine first edition in out now… IMBike Mag… The sister magazine to IKsurf Mag/ that we have all grown to know and love over the past few years…
Mountain biking is still as strong as ever in the UK and I am sure that this new fully interactive online magazine will prove very popular with the biking community… make sure you book mark the site so you dont miss any issues in the future
The Airhead will be back with more news and reviews very very soon….. ride safe and live life to the full because this is the real deal…
Tags: ATB magazine, IKSURFMAG, Mountain bike
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August 14th, 2009
Issue 16 of IKSURFMAG was launched this week, on the first day they had over 2800 readers, or biggest hit of readers in one day yet!
IKSURFMAG
The kitesurf magazine is going from strength to strength and this issue is packed full of some fantastic kitesurf travel articles, as well as the first tests for some of the 2010 equipment. There is also the ever popular technique article with Christian Black and Karine and a great interview with Mallory de La Villemarque, arguably the man with the greatest name in kiteboarding! Add to that some of the best kitesurfing pictures they have ever run and you have a recipe for an awesome magazine! Be sure to check it out! IKSURFMAG
Tags: Kitesurf, Kitesurf Magazine, kitesurfing
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