If you were to mash up skateboarding, surfing, sailing, waterskiing, snowboarding, and wakeboarding into one super sport, you would probably end up with windsurfing. It is an exciting sport enjoyed by thousands across the country. It takes a huge amount of practice and skill in order to get the techniques down, but once you get [...]

Kite Surfing is the fastest growing water sport in the world. It is not wind surfing, it is not wakeboarding, it is not surfing; it is not kite flying. It is the fusion of these disciplines with other influences to create the wildest new water sport for years. Popularized by French and Hawaiian stars in [...]

It’s very rare to break a leg surfing. But surfing carries its own inherent dangers. Forewarned is forearmed.Drowning is the most obvious risk from surfing and there are a dozen ways to unintentionally raise the odds.Not being prepared to surf is the first way. Surfing requires being fit, being able to swim well and then [...]

Among the sixteen hundred athletes participating in the study, 71% listed kite surfing as the most exciting and dynamic extreme sport. Only a third had actually attempted the sport yet nearly all indicated that intended to “give it a try” before the end the year. Participants were between the ages of 18 – 35 and [...]

Waves swell and crash because of a complex interaction between the wind, the ocean, and gravity. A surfer doesn’t need to be a scientist to learn how to judge the waves. But being aware of some of their behavior and how to react to them will keep you safer.The wave tube is formed by a [...]

Kite surfing Road Rules adopted by the British Kite Surfing Association have been adopted by the American Kite Surfing Association. The key message is, “If in doubt don’t go out.”• Be sure that you can handle the prevailing weather conditions and never sail in offshore winds unless it is in a suitable location.• The upwind [...]

Steamers Lane can be found near by Santa Cruz’s Surf Museum. If you are used to go in populated areas then this is the great place to visit. You can walk over the blunt and look down the wave. I have an experience of surfing there very much due to when I used to normally [...]

City governments across the country are realizing that in order to successfully contribute to society at large, they must provide recreational resources suitable not only for the community, but also for visiting skaters and their families. The best skateparks are areas whose designs mimic the elements that skateboarders find in backyard pools and on city [...]

Action Sports are very popular these days and there are many types. They include sports such as Motocross racing, Surfing, Waterskiing, Parasailing, Rock Climbing and the list goes on. Here is a brief history of the beginnings of a few of the more popular Action Sports.History of Skateboarding.Skateboarding began in Southern California sometime in the [...]

For sunshine, a friendly welcome and a great holiday destination in both the winter and summer, Lanzarote seems to have it all.And for the surfer looking to catch great waves in a top beach destination, Lanzarote has just been recognised as being one of the best locations in the world to pursuit the sport – [...]