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A Quiet Revolution: Go beyond this summer: the deepest desert barrels, how to paddle at night, beating holiday crowds, why you should rest to progress, your next touring board and will foiling change everything?

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Garage

Dead Reckoning:
Thomas King risks boards, vertebrae and skin to go undercover in one of the most intimidating sand bottomed waves on the planet: Skeleton Bay, Namibia.

Out of Siargao:
Once you’re past the fact that The Philippines is the 11th most dangerous countries for tourists to visit, you can hop on a long tail and discover some of this…

Devolution:
Sylvain Demercastel recalls the summer that he escaped the sticky suburbs of Paris and that the 1980’s has a valuable lesson to teach all paddlers

Undo Lifestyle:
Are you feeling the pressure? A week on a yacht with Kirsty Jones, cruising around the Balaerics, morning yoga, and eating fresh fish from your sup board should sort your head out.

Los Roques:
The indefatigable Beach Culture World Tour lands on Los Roques, stops normal life for about five days.

Punk

A Quiet Revolution:
In these strange days it’s warming to know that at the birthplace of the industrial revolution, where all ‘this’ noise around us began, you can paddle with deer swimming in the lake.

On Foiling:
Michi Schweiger talks about the rapid development of foil boards and what it means for the buyer and the industry…

A Modern Family:
Finn Mullen considers the inter-dependence of an extended quiver.

Air Conditioned:
Away from the holiday reps and parasols, Baja California has this to offer…

Crowd Control:
Because there will always be more of them than you. How to tread lightly on the human carpet of surfers this summer.

New Wave

Editorial:
The deep grammar of paddling.

Perspective:
Floating over those twin hubs of international watersports: Barbados and Dorset.

Get Psyched:
Sian Sykes gets you all prepared for your first night time paddle

Paddle Science:
Rest and recovery, how to make it work for you.

First Response:
Do you recognise the number one risk in SUP?  Aka Drowning.

On Test:
The Touring Board mega test. Dave Ewer leads a round up of ten of the most versatile and pleasurable boards you could add to your kit list. The boards include:

BIC Wing 11’ Acetec,
Fanatic 12’6 Ray LTD,
JP Outback,    
Loco Motion Air ,
Nah Skwell Fit 12’ ,
O’Shea  12’6 GTR iSUP,
Red Paddle Explorer+  13’2,
REDWOOD Funbox Pro 12’6 x 29 ,
RRD Granturismo 12’6” GT wood,
Starboard Touring 12’6 Pinetek.

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