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Surf apparel brand Six Foot and Pumpkin relaunch with 6 fresh tee designs!

Surf apparel traditionally stands for identity. Wearing your fave surf, windsurf, skate or whatever action sports brand logo you choose told everyone which tribe you belong to. In recent times, big surf brands haven’t had the impact they once did. Instead, homegrown, cottage industry companies are more the go. Enter Six Foot and Pumpkin – a fun take on the […]

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Wetsuit care: EXIT brand’s unique take on watersports accessories.

Wetsuit care is a big talking point. Not only does looking after your wetsuit properly impact the cost of watersports accessories. It’s also about sustainability keeping petrochemical materials out of landfill. Thereby being kinder to the planet. Enter Irish brand EXIT and their unique and innovative take on wetsuit care and watersports accessories. The EXIT XRail wetsuit hanger. Wetsuit hangers […]

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Wing foiling apparel brand FLYTE launches in the UK.

Wing foiling apparel brand FLYTE launches in the UK with clothing products aimed wingsurfers of all skills levels. Sam from FLYTE got in touch to tell us more. ‘Being keen water people and recently taking to Wing Foiling we became hooked with the sport and became inspired to create something unique for the Global Foil community.’ ‘When we started building […]

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UKWA 2023 Windsports Personality of the Year is Lucas Meldrum.

UKWA 2023 Windsports Personality of the Year is Lucas Meldrum! In the whole history of this award, the voting has never been this close. The top two were only separated by 2 votes and the top four had only 42 votes between them. This is amazing considering the 5 athletes nominated are all from different disciplines of our sport, (including […]

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Windsurfing UK winter 2023/24 digital issue now FREE to read.

Windsurfing UK winter 2023/24 digital issue is now FREE to read. Scroll down to find the new mag. You can even download it to read for later. Perfect for the time of year when there can often be a few down periods during the festive season. Windsurfing UK winter issue features a whole host of good stuff including a firsthand […]

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Windsurfing long distances with Henry Cartwright – the Journeyman.

Windsurfing long distances is a pretty niche activity. No less there are some who indulge. Henry Cartwright is doing things his own way and one of those aforementioned. Using his windsurfing kit as a vehicle Henry’s passion for journeying and touring is right on the fringe of what most windsurfers consider the sport to be. We caught up with Henry […]

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Windsurfing UK autumn 2023 issue FREE to download and read.

Windsurfing UK autumn 2023 issue is now FREE to download and read (hit the link below or ready with the website). Featuring a bunch of good stuff from a variety of contributors hopefully, this’ll bring the stoke of wind sports straight to you, live and direct, whether you have a penchant for sail, wing, fin or foil. In this issue, […]

Windsurfing autumn 2023 in full swing!
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Windsurfing autumn 2023 in full swing!

Windsurfing autumn 2023 is in full swing at time of writing. Having spent a considerable amount of time on foil through summer those off season gales have started coming through and we’ve been getting amongst on the finned kit. The last few days at WSUK HQ have seen full power conditions to say the least – like in the accompanying […]

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Hooked! – windsurfing’s untold stories book review.

Words & pics: Tez Pavenieks I’ve read many windsurfing books, possibly all of them. The majority come as manuals and guides or training manuscripts, very few in the vein of Hooked!. Some more autobiographical windsurfing reads buck the trend, providing entertainment value; however, this unique publication from award-winning author and researcher Steve West and Photographer Ulli Steer is an altogether […]