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A short selection of Christmas gift ideas for Scuba Divers from the staff at Robin Hood Watersports. Our advice should enable you to purchase the perfect gift at a price to suit your budget.

A short selection of Christmas gift ideas for windsurfers from the sailors here at Robin Hood Watersports. Our advice should enable you to purchase the perfect gift at a price to suit your budget.

A short selection of Christmas gift ideas for kayakers from the paddlers at Robin Hood Watersports. Our advice should enable you to purchase the perfect gift at a price to suit your budget.

When we heard that O’Neill was revising their ever popular Psycho One series suits there was both excitement and trepidation amongst the team. In some ways the suit was already perfection, striking the ideal blend of warmth, flexibility and durability. Feedback from windsurf, waterski and wakeboard customers has always been excellent. So what could be improved? Read on to find out more….

The importance of selecting the correct wakeboard binding is often overlooked. They provide the ultimate connection between rider and water and to make the most of your board selection requires a boot to do it justice. The role of the binding is such that our advice for those with a fixed budget would be to select bindings first, then use the remaining funds for your board.

So, the big question which seems to be getting asked more and more often now is do I buy a jacket style or wing BCD?

We are regularly asked about why and how you would fit the Pyranha Stout 2 Hooker Thigh Grips. This tutuorial runs through the process in relation to any Stout 2 specification kayak, whether you're rocker a 9RII, Machno, Jed, Ripper or Ozone etc.

When it comes to the history of scuba, even though the equipment produced for the sport has been around for less than a century, the practice of diving, whether to find food, as a military tactic, or just for sheer pleasure goes back many millennia.

The Robin Hood Watersports guide to the 2020 range of skis from Radar, including a model to suit all abilities and aspirations.

The range of suits on the market can be overwhelming so we selected our staff choices at each price level.