Vans Protec Pool Party Skate Competition

This was a sick competition

beginner kiteboard package

With more new kitesurfers than ever taking up kitesurfing, the R&D team at Best Kiteboarding has been working flat out to deliver the ultimate beginners package. To provide the ultimate kite and board package deal the R&D team has developed the all new Spark board. Designed for the cost conscious beginner looking for the best [...]

highest air in skateboarding

Danny Way is no stranger to world records — in 1997 he set the world record for the highest air. Last week, at a windy inland Southern California location, Danny set not one, but two world records, for both the longest and highest air. A course was built specifically for Danny’s attack on the [...]

Volcom Peanut Butter Jam

The Volcom Peanut Butter Jam 2008

Waterville Valley(February 16, 2008)- The Peanut Butter and Rail Jam is Volcom’s amateur snowboard contest series. The goal of the series is to give something back to the kids. [...]

Torstein Wins Big Air Gold

X Games – Torstein Wins Big Air Gold
By Liam Gallagher
Jan 27, 2008

Saturday night’s Big Air contest served as verifiably extreme exclamation point to the day. Truth be told, it was more of an exhibition than a contest because there were only four shreds selected to send it. The jump was a step-up gap that had [...]

Ski Rixen / cable wakeboarding

Ski Rixen USA is America’s first Cable wake board spot in Deerfield Beach Florida. The new, fun and affordable water skiing system pulls you silently [...]

Delavan skatepark

Delavan, WI is a place where I grew up and I must say I was the first person to lobby for a skate park back in 1986 with good friends Ronnie DePreist and Jim Boone. Our lack of skate spots forced us to be creative in building numerous ramps and traveling to Milwaukee [...]

How to do a raley

How I learned a raley in one day, I also posted a sequence photo on 5boards.com… click here when you are done reading. Also checkout Rob Mapp’s raley tutorial at the bottom of this page. I will describe this for a person who is right foot forward on an anti-clockwise cable. Just reverse [...]

Kiteboard equipment

Shop Around, then go to 5boards.com
Definitely shop around before you intend on making a purchase. Keep a list of various prices on hand so that when you are ready to make a new purchase you can ask for a price match or a discount. Most shops would happily give you a discount and gain a [...]

Dead Surfer Spotted Off Bondi Beach

A major search is underway at Bondi Beach today after a dead surfer’s body was spotted floating in heavy seas.
An Air Ambulance Emergency Helicopter was scouring between Bondi and Tamarama, assisted by lifeguards on jet-skis and water police, after the body, attached to a surf board was spotted floating at the southern headland about 7.45am.
The [...]