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1. Ant's Close Call - feeling safe but stupid

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Author : Anthony Allen Having had one or two close scrapes in my time I've had opportunity to reflect on them (with relief) and learn something (like not repeating said stints again), but my most recent (repeat act) has bothered me sufficiently to feel the need to share it with you. Who knows, it might help prevent someone from being as complacent (stupid) as I was rec...

Wednesday, 08 October 2008 | 1443 hit(s) |

(7 votes)

2. More Downwind Video

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Author : Rob Mousley Hurricane Alley was living up to its name - the 30kt NNW wind was ricocheting off the cliffs and mini-tornados were swirling clouds of spray across the surface of sea... and I knew that the cameras were out of memory! (Click the image above - or here - to get to the video clip)

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 | 1791 hit(s) |

(7 votes)

3. Storm Paddling - Videos

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Author : Rob Mousley Over the weekend of 30/31 August Cape Town was hit by the biggest, nastiest storm in a decade... Gale force north-westerly winds combined with 30-40ft waves... Sensible people stayed in bed on Saturday morning but... (Click on the pic or here to view the video)

Wednesday, 03 September 2008 | 3387 hit(s) |

(4 votes)

4. Gale Force Downwind

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Author : Rob Mousley I've been fortunate enough to play in some very strong winds recently - and on Saturday I had another chance to experience a downwind paddle in a gale.

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 | 5020 hit(s) |

(19 votes)

5. Now THESE are big waves

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Author : Rob Mousley OK, so it's not surf ski - but I was fascinated by this sequence of shots that show a US Coast Guard vessel "practising" going through some massive waves, apparently off the California coast.

Wednesday, 19 December 2007 | 7032 hit(s) |

(19 votes)

6. Neptune 1: Hotshot 0

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Author : Brian Kernick .... The group is clearly divided into the "Hotshots", comprising a handful of paddlers whose names regularly feature at the top end of the race results and "Dad's army", a larger group who have no aspirations or misconceptions when it comes to their paddling abilities. ......

Saturday, 17 November 2007 | 3161 hit(s) |

(8 votes)

7. Millers Run - without the fun

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Author : Rob Mousley False Bay was covered in breaking 2m waves and the wind, already 30kts, seemed to be strengthening. But the worst problem was that it was already almost dark. And as I paddled into Fish Hoek at the end of what should have been a classic downwind run, I was frantic with worry - I was almost certain that one of the group was off hi...

Saturday, 28 April 2007 | 5958 hit(s) |

(5 votes)

8. Double Millers Run - Video

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Author : Rob Mousley Forecast (on Buoyweather.com): "Gale Warning. Very windy conditions with rough seas Small craft advisory: Large long period swell Winds: SE 27 to 35kts Seas: SW 14ft at 13sec" Translation: "Yee haa!"

Saturday, 07 April 2007 | 7509 hit(s) |

(20 votes)

9. Oscar's Long Swim

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Author : Rob Mousley ...cryptic comment appeared on Surfski.info: "SWIM TRAINING: WOULD LOVE OSCARS COMMENTS ON SWIM TRAINING AFTER HIS EPIC TRAINING PADDLE ON FRIDAY". Here's the story behind the comment. ...

Thursday, 22 February 2007 | 11653 hit(s) |

(10 votes)

10. Millers Run: Memories

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Author : Paul Mauger [Editor: Paul Mauger sent us this great piece about the origins of the Millers Run - one of the perennial favourite downwind routes here in Cape Town, South Africa. Paul now lives in Australia and runs the Currumbin Creek Surf Ski series on the East Coast] There seems to be quite a bit of news and such surrounding the Millers Run at t...

Monday, 05 February 2007 | 3889 hit(s) |

(8 votes)

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