New Looking Shop Front
Our new face lift comes just in time for the long summer break! Open seven days a week from 10am-4pm... Our store is supported by our local Poole warehouse and together we have the largest single stock holdings of watersports equipment in the UK...
From ISUP's to Rigid Paddle boards... From leading brands like Fanatic, JP Australia, O'Shea, Taha and Red Paddle Boards, to Windsurf, Kiting, Wing Foiling from leading brands like Fanatic, Duotone, Cabrinha, Neil Pryde, F-ONE and all the towable toys from O'Brien like wakeboards, Ski's and ringos... Plus all the wetsuits and neoprene accessories and safety gear to go along with it from brands like O'Neill, C-SKIN, ION and many more!
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Although most of our business in now online as you lovely folk like to be doing sports now at the weekends rather than shopping, we'll always keep our retail store in Poole ensure that we have both the online business and our bricks and mortars' business giving us two strings in our bow! And ensuring H20 Sports in Poole the mecca of watersports is always the best route to the beach! Read on to find out why!
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