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Information on the New Zealand Designed Blokart
The Blokart is a unique, land based sailing kart. Blokarts are growing in popularity throughout the world as a recreational and competitive wind-powered cart. more...
Windsurfing During a Lightning Storm
Sailboarding in an electrical storm might be fun with the strong winds, but it can be dangerous. The risk is not huge winds or water spouts, but being hit by lightning. more...
Windsurfing On Lake Cootharaba, Australia
Every sailboarder in South East Queensland knows Lake Cootharaba. The Noosa River flows through a series of lakes to the Pacific Ocean. The largest is Lake Cootharaba. more...
Impact Of The Sun While Sailboarding
Sailboarders spend many hours in the sun when windsurfing. With skin cancer a significant killer, especially in Australia, sailboarders need to take precautions. more...
A good wetsuit can keep the cold at bay and, because any heat lost from the body is a form of energy, can lead to a longer day sailboarding on the water. more...
How To Tie Knots For Use In Sailboarding
Knots play an important part in sailboarding. Good technique and equipment are useless if a knot comes undone during a race or when facing a three metre wall of water. more...
How To Improve Sailboarding Technique
Every beginner windsurfer at some time would have watched the 'hotshots' carving fancy gybes and other tricks and wondered why they can't master those techniques. more...
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Windsurfers, Kiteboarders Swarm to Hood River
By: Chester Allen
Hood River, in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge, boasts world-class windsurfing and kiteboarding - thanks to afternoon winds that "Nuke" through a natural wind tunnel. more...
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