MOVING tributes have been paid to a windsurfing legend hailed as “one of life’s good guys” after he died suddenly while walking along a beach in France. Farrel O’Shea, 60, had just set ...

When it comes to windsurfing, all you really need is wind and water. Which might explain why so many places claim to be the "Windsurfing Capital" of the world. But it takes more than a rental shop and ...

With the introduction of products like a self-inflating electric board and paddleboard-tent, the inflatable stand-up paddleboard (SUP) market has seen its fair share of innovation. Now the inflatable ...

The World Wave Tour (WWT) today confirms that Spain's Gran Canaria will host the 2026 5-STAR MAJOR World Cup event, delivered ...

Everyone knows what ‘surfing’ means – it’s deceptive in the straighforwardness. Take a board, grab a wave. We all know it’s not actually that easy, but the idea of it is. That seemingly simple act – ...

Windsurfing had been knocked out of the Olympics by a 19-to-17 majority during an ISAF council vote during back in May, but Spain, as well as a few other countries, claimed that “language difficulties ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s a slow, relaxed rush, and perhaps the closest thing to walking on water. Windsurfing is personal water-riding without waves. “There’s nothing like ...

SPLASH! I’ve just landed in the water on a hot, breezy day at Snohomish County’s Lake Ballinger. I’m learning to windsurf, a sport that combines sailing and surfing — neither of which I’d ever done ...

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