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21. Sharks and Sea Kayaks

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Author : Rob Mousley A while ago we were sent the “Great White Following Sea Kayak” photo by someone who asked where it was taken and whether it was indeed genuine. Surfski.info published it and a lively debate resulted with the consensus of opinion being that the photo was a fake. It’s not a fake. After unsuccessfully trying to ...

Thursday, 16 March 2006 | 26835 hit(s) |

(100 votes)

22. Leashes - San Francisco Story

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Author : Vineet Buch [Editor: Vineet Buch shared this story of a leash-less adventure in strong winds on the surfski newsgroup. I felt it worth sharing with a wider community, so here it is...] I went out solo from Redwood City Harbor Sunday, 2/25 morning ~9:30am in my Huki S1-A surfski; the forecast called for strong gusty southeast (onshore) winds, but i...

Wednesday, 01 March 2006 | 4007 hit(s) |

(13 votes)

23. Surfing Dungeons - the Story

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Author : Rob Mousley (By Rob Mousley) The "surf ski rocketing down huge wave" photo posted earlier on surfski.info sparked plenty of interest. Here's the story behind the shot. It was taken in 2004 on a Big Day at Dungeons outside Hout Bay here in Cape Town. Someone at SA Paddler magazine thought it might be interesti...

Wednesday, 15 February 2006 | 5200 hit(s) |

(20 votes)

24. Survival in False Bay

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Author : Rob Mousley Sunday 6th February 2006: Gordon's Bay, Cape Town, South Africa (by Rob Mousley) The Sunday race was cancelled because a gale force southeaster was blasting False Bay at 40kts or more. Undaunted, Daantjie Malan and Clifford Binedell decided to do the 18km Gordon's Bay to Monwabisi downwind run in their Fenn Millennium double ski i...

Wednesday, 08 February 2006 | 6328 hit(s) |

(15 votes)

25. High-adrenalin Paddling...

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Author : Wayne Borchardt (by Wayne Borchardt) After weeks of trying to coordinate a downwind paddle, Rob and I eventually manage to align our plans. Miller’s Point to Fishhoek for a classic downwind paddle is on the cards for 1pm.

Tuesday, 31 January 2006 | 3280 hit(s) |

(7 votes)

26. Cape Point Challenge 2005 - Personal Story

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Author : Rob Mousley ...d Anxious In February this year, Dawid Mocke asked me what my goals were for the year. "Well," I said, "last year I wanted to get to B-grade in Billy's races. I achieved that in the last race that I did. I think this year I'd like to do the Cape Point Challenge." ...

Sunday, 18 December 2005 | 3280 hit(s) |

(9 votes)

27. Pencil Flares DO Work...

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Author : Rob Mousley by Rob Mousley - 10 October 2004 I had a minor adventure this morning involving wind, waves & flares. A friend and I went out in Hout Bay for a paddle on our surf skis. The Northwester was blowing, and usually in such conditions I wouldn’t have gone downwind across the bay – especially as my paddling companion is not very...

Saturday, 26 November 2005 | 3239 hit(s) |

(2 votes)

28. There's no such thing as a bad paddle?

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Author : By Rob Mousley - 20 November 2005 I've always held that, "there's no such thing as a bad paddle". well I'm re-evaluating whether I'm going to say that again! This morning Damian, "Big Mac", Rob and I planned to do the course of next week's race as practise. Next week's race is the qualifier for the Cape Point Cha...

Monday, 21 November 2005 | 1881 hit(s) |

(1 vote)

29. 2005 Men's Health Scottburgh to Brighton

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Author : Administrator ...e races before - one only and that a mere 31km - I mounted a year-long campaign and started training in February. First goal in the campaign was to take part in the annual Men's Health Scottburgh to Brighton race off the Kwa-Zulu Natal coast. The 46km distance of the race didn't worry me; by race day I'd have done nearly 100......

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 | 2748 hit(s) |

(1 vote)

30. Cape Point Challenge Practise Run 2005

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Author : Rob Mousley A group of paddlers has been training for the Cape Point Challenge under the tutelage of Dawid Mocke. Last Friday he took us out onto the course to do the full 56km… Here’s the story. On Thursday evening the group of intrepid paddlers met at Fish Hoek to put the surf skis onto the trailer that was going to be used the next day....

Sunday, 13 November 2005 | 2607 hit(s) |

(1 vote)

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