Tag Archives: SUP

Wheely Wheely good SUP Wheels

Posted in: Products, Stand Up Paddle | May 11, 2012 at 10:05 am , by Kitepower QLD

As you may have noticed, we’re now offering SUP hire and lessons from the QLD store! Outside the shop is one of the most perfect locations for SUP we’ve ever seen, so we just had to offer you guys the chance to experience it from the water, but we had...

Street SUP is here by popular demand!

Posted in: Land Kiting, Products, Stand Up Paddle | March 29, 2012 at 10:58 am , by Kitepower QLD

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At first we laughed, we pointed and made fun of the ‘street sweepers’ who pushed their way down the street with nothing more than a broomstick and a skateboard. But then we had a go – and it’s fun! Street SUP, as you can imagine is simply stand-up paddling on...

Check out this amazing surf video

Posted in: Kiteboarding | March 6, 2012 at 7:50 pm , by Kitepower QLD

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We know we post a lot of vids up here and many of them have to do with brands or riders, but this vid is outstandingly, truly, rooly amazing because it is devoted to the love of surf and all the ways you can into it, onto it and, in...

Aussies the first to SUP?

Posted in: Stand Up Paddle | December 9, 2011 at 10:56 am , by Kitepower QLD

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Controversy in the stand-up paddleboarding world today… despite Hawaiians laying claim to the invention of the sport of SUPing sometime after WW2, these images show some groovy young people in 1939 SUPing in Moana, South Australia. Imagine that! Well, better still, visit this thread on Seabreeze.com.au to see more incredible...

How to catch waves on a SUP

Posted in: Stand Up Paddle | November 17, 2011 at 7:48 am , by Kitepower QLD

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Stumbled upon this great little instruction video for those who want to take their flat-water fun into the waves. Stand-up paddleboarding is a great new sport with heaps of options and potential. As this video shows, it’s heaps of fun to get out in some small waves and surf them...

Giant SUP in world record

Posted in: Stand Up Paddle | November 10, 2011 at 7:16 am , by Kitepower QLD

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Ok, so stand-up paddleboarding is one of the biggest new sports in the world, but this is just ridiculous! These crazy kids over in Hawaii have set the world record for the largest stand-up paddleboard in the world with SUPZILLA, a 32-foot (9.8-metre) SUP powered by 31 paddlers. Now so...

SUPs and summer storms

Posted in: Stand Up Paddle | October 19, 2011 at 2:03 pm , by Kitepower QLD

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Thought we should pass on some good advice from our friends at Coreban. They reminded us recently that, with summer upon us so are the summer storms. Now, it may come as news to some to learn that carbon fibre (used in the boards and paddles) is an excellent conductor...

Have you discovered stand-up paddle yet?

Posted in: Stand Up Paddle | August 18, 2011 at 11:46 am , by Kitepower QLD

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Are you yet to discover the joys of stand-up paddleboarding? If not, then now is the time! Here in Queensland, we have ideal conditions for this fast-growing sport – whether you’re into being pounded by waves or cruising on flat water. Stand-up paddleboarding is the perfect off-season sport for kiteboarders...