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#RNLI - Ballycotton RNLI launched at around 10.30am yesterday morning (Monday 26 June) to aid a kitesurfer who had got into difficulty in Ballycotton Bay, Co Cork. The all-weather lifeboat remained on standby as the inshore lifeboat headed to the…

Oisin van Gelderen regained the Irish Speed Sailing title for windsurfing. The Dubliner achieved 44.16 knots in 77kph–winds yesterday following days of waiting for the correct conditions at the at the World Record Speed Challenge at Salin De Lapalme in Languedoc-Roussillon, France.…

#Kitesurfing - A new surf school in Rosslare opening in mid June aims to get the Irish hooked on kiteboarding, as the Wexford People reports. Taking heed of the success of events like this past weekend's Battle for the Bay,…

#BattleForTheBay - All ages are welcome to Dollymount Beach on the north side of Dublin Bay today (Saturday 28 May) for the 10th edition of kitesurfing weekender the Battle of the Bay. Doubling as the first leg of kiteboarding's KBC…

Kiteboarding wars continue with the  world body for sailing blackballing two competitions run by the International Federation of Kitesports Organisations (IFKO). World Sailing has listed two International Federation of Kitesports Organisations (IFKO) events as Prohibited Events under the World Sailing…

#Kitesurfing - Raising awareness of this country's perfect conditions for wave-riding – and some of the best local practitioners of the sport – is the aim of a new video series by the Irish Kitesurfing Project. As Surfer Today reports,…

Hayling Island in the UK is the venue next month for an attempt for the Largest Parade of Kitesurfers at one time. The aim is to get over 400 kiters out on the water to break the current world record of…

Denmark's Jacob Bliksted Sørensen has successfully completed his 1,000km solo charity kitesurf expedition between Mozambique and Kenya in aid of his campaign, Mission: Safe Ocean. Setting off from Pemba, Mozambique, Jacob took 24 days to kitesurf the 1,000km distance along…

#Kitesurfing - The second round of Ireland's kitesurfing Nationals will be star attraction at the Hooked Kitefest on Duncannon Beach in Co Wexford next weekend (22-23 August). As Independent.ie reports, spectators are set to be dazzled by more than 50…

#dalkeyislandrecord – A Royal St. George backed bid to break the 25–minute Round Dalkey Island Speed Record by kitesruf this morning has been called off due to lack of wind. Jade O'Connor was attempting to beat the existing record set…

#rounddalkeyisland – Plucky Irish kitesurfer Jade O'Connor will make an attempt to break the 25–minute Round Dalkey Island speed record on Dublin Bay this morning. O'Connor, who produced a medal winning finish at the ISAF World Cup in Palma in…

Team Volvo Steph Bridge and her 15–year–old son Guy have successfully kitesurfed the 60–mile circumference around the Isle of Wight both making it round in less the 4 hours beating the current record. Guy Bridge is now the youngest person…

#Kitesurfing - West Cork is firmly behind two junior stars of the Irish kitesurfing scene, as the Southern Star reports. Fifteen-year-old James Tidmarsh, already a four-year veteran, was victorious in the junior competition at the recent Battle for the Bay…

#Kitesurfing - It's Battle for the Bay time on Dollymount Strand this weekend (23-24 May), and The 42 brings us a preview of the kitesurfing action you can expect on Bull Island today and tomorrow. Cheering on the competitors from…

#kitesurf – Medal winning Irish kitesurfer Jade O'Connor, who finished third overall in the Formula Kiteboarding Class in the important Palma Eurosaf regatta a month ago, launched a new campaign video in Clontarf last night. O'Connor, who was named 'Woman Of The Year 2014'…

#jadeoconnor – An Irish kitesurfer has taken Ireland's first podium finish of the 46th Trofeo Princesa Sofía 'Palma Olympic Class Event in Palma this evening. Dubliner Jade O'Connor finished third overall in the Formula Kiteboarding Class, six points behind Russian Anastasia Akopova on…