BUOY Journal

Meet BUOY Team Riders and PeruKite Owners Casey and Scott
Meet BUOY Team Riders Casey Fairhurst and Scott Metcalfe aka “That Kite Couple”, two passionate kitesurf instructors who live and run their own kitesurf school PeruKite in Paracas, Peru...
Meet BUOY Team Rider and Pro Kitesurfer Gunnar “Chinatown” Biniasch
Meet Gunnar “Chinatown” Biniasch, a professional kitesurfer, videographer and coach living in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Gunnar has been a water sports enthusiast for years and is out on the water...
It’s Here: BUOY WEAR’s New Floating Hat Collection
We are happy to introduce to you our brand new floating hat collection! The collection consists of 5 new colors: Ocean Blue, Tangerine, Dark Magenta, Cobalt Blue, and Seagreen. Like our signature colors...
Introducing the Black Matte Polarized Floating Sunglasses by BUOY WEAR
Ever lost your sunglasses in the water or would like to prevent this from happening? Just like our floating hat, we created sunglasses with the same floating characteristic that assures you will never lose your sunglasses...
BUOY Floating Hat Crash Test
BUOY WEAR hats float in any and all water conditions, so you can find it easily after a crash while kiteboarding or if it falls off your head from a boat. The hat will sit above the water's surface and can be seen from...
River SUPing with BUOY's Floating Hat
BUOY WEAR's floating hat is awesome for any and all water related activities during which you could potentially lose your hat to the water. After losing dozens of hats to the water, we created our floating hat with loads of...
BUOY Floating Hat Comparison
BUOY WEAR floating hats were designed to float above the water's surface. Compare this to a normal hat or 99% of the hats on the market, that were not designed to float, and the difference becomes crystal clear...
Chums Floating Sunglass Retainer
The Chums floating halfpipe sunglass retainer, available in our shop, floats above the water's surface for easy visibility in all conditions. When you lose your sunglasses while on the water, the floating buoys attached...
BUOY Floating Hat Test in Waves
BUOY floating hats perform in all conditions, including the largest of waves, chop, river current or anything that the ocean, lake or river can throw at it. In the above video you can see the comparison of a BUOY WEAR...
BUOY Floating Hat Dry Test
The BUOY WEAR floating hat will dry extremely fast after being completely soaked with water or when in direct contact with H2O. In the video above, we did a comparative test to show the difference of dry times from...