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RYA DINGHY AND WATERSPORTS SHOW 2022
RYA DINGHY AND WATERSPORTS SHOW 2022 The RYA tell us about their new watersports show which will be at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, on the 26-27th, (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | DO WHAT YOU LOVE
The RYA tell us how you could turn your favourite hobby into a career? Words & Photos RYA Get the right gear There’s no such thing as (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | STAYING ON THE BOARD
How do you keep the momentum going, keep active and keep improving your windsurfing over the winter months? RYA Chief Instructor, Amanda Van Santen, offers some advice. (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | TOKYO 2020
With Tokyo 2020 less than a year away, we catch up on the happenings within the British Sailing Team’s windsurfing squad. Words RYA // Photos Jesus Renedo/Sailing (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | WINDSURFERS’ RIGHTS
The RYA tell us of their work in promoting and protecting windsurfers’ rights. Words & Photos RYA Your right to windsurf wherever you want isn’t a given. (…)
RYA | TEAM15
The RYA tell us more about their Team15 programme for young windsurfers. Words RYA // Photos Richard Aspland/RYA Team15 (T15) is a windsurfing club revolution! Powered by the RYA, (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | BENEFITS OF WINDSURFING FOR KIDS
The RYA explain why windsurfing helps develop positive character traits. Words & Photos RYA Why do you windsurf? Well, the most common answer is that it’s lots of (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | INVASIVE SPECIES WEEK 2019
The RYA tell us about the ‘Check Clean Dry’ initiative to help stop the spread of invasive species and diseases. Words & Photos RYA The 13th – (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | LEARNING TO WINDFOIL
The RYA tell us how to learn to fly on windfoils. Words RYA // Photos Paul Wyeth Over the past few years foiling has become one of (…)
BRITISH SAILING TEAM OLYMPIC WINDSURFING REVIEW
Continuing the legacy of UK success in Olympic windsurfing, the push for glory in Tokyo 2020 continues for the British Sailing team. Richard Aspland reports on their (…)
FROM TEAM15 TO WORLD CHAMPIONS!
The UK has 2 new windsurfing world champions and both came through RYA squads in their younger years – we catch up with Jenna Gibson, GBR 96, (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | RYA SAFETRX – IMPROVING SAFETY AT SEA
The world-leading app has been designed to improve safety at sea and potentially cut vital minutes off the time taken to pinpoint a casualty’s location. It can (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE | CHECK, CLEAN, DRY.
Seeking new waters to explore? Don’t bring back more than you bargained for! The RYA explain the ‘Check, Clean, Dry’ initiative to help stop the spread of (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – IMPROVING SKILLS WITH TEAM15 AT NWF
Team15 is an RYA run programme to introduce young people to windsurfing and develop core skills of junior windsurfers throughout the country. WORDS & PHOTOS – RYA The (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – LEARNING TO FLY
“WindFoiling is literally the most fun you can have on the water”, says windsurf trainer Sam Ross – and thanks to the RYA it’s now open to (…)