Comments for ARB Surf Ski World Cup - Drama Galore at http://www.surfski.info , comment 0 to 15 out of 15 comments http://www.surfski.info Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:46:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1192 Nice to see that you still have it in you. Truly impressive - you are such an anomaly for those of us who feel old. ;) - Jody Mattison Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:03:55 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1188 Wow!!! Guess I should of traveled to SA this year as that looked like a perfect Hawaiian style race and a pure joy!! Oscar - awesome job holding off Hank and remind him how many times you have been in water like that over here as that most certainly looked like the Molokai channel on a smoking day! Great job to all..... Aloha, - msandman Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:25:00 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1185 Oscar drinks like a fish, eats everything he see's, parties like a student and still win's. The night BEFORE the Dubai Shamaal he drank at least 8 cans of beer and 1/2 a bottle of wine. He started announcing at the dinner table that he needed a few whiskeys to 'complete his training session' before his host took him home. Dawid very narrowly beat him in pancake flat water the next day. He is one of a kind, an old school grinder who says a lot, sure....but delivers on race day. - Doug Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:26:55 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1184 Oscar is just amazing! At 44, its a mystery how he can still paddle and go the way he does. Best of all, he still wins! : ) Its definitely technique and a very good endurance base. I remember he said in an article that he could barely do 1 pull up. Youngsters like Clint could do 5 sets of 20 with added weights. Any suggestions on supplements, food , sleep, etc? A 44 friend of mine who I paddle with is also 44. He's 11 years my senior but he looks and is as fit as I am. He said that he gets 8 hours of sleep everyday, limits to 1 late night a week and works out in the gym often. I suppose sleep has a lot to do with aging. - MFB Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:23:16 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1181 Well done to Oscar. His skill and athletic ability in a surfski cease to amaze me. His tenacity, longevity and ability to compete at the top for so long are an insparation. - Gerard Callebaut Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:07:27 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1178 What an amazing event. We felt extemely priviledged to be involved with the ARB world cup! Durbs ... we are well impressed. The hospitality has blown us away and we will certainly be frequenting your beautiful city MORE often!!! If you need anything, from PFD's to paddle leashes, please contact us on 083 289 5915 A heartfelt thanks to Alan Burke for your incredible genorosity!!! - Linda and Karen Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:37:18 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1177 Good work big lad. Thanks to all who travelled to Durban - it has been great watching. Sski.info - you keep us pumped. You are all welcome to Dubai & we have got no ships. Few Camels though & a big girls fight over the pool for 'big Ed' and 'Slugger' Karl.To the organisers - well done, great event what to do about the ship that comes home early man! Maybe the Captain wanted a few cold ones in the Berea. - GD Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:24:07 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1175 What a pleasure it was to award the first prize to a home grown champion. Thanks to all the competitors especially the internationals who made the effort to come to this great ARB electrical World Cup event - Alan Burke Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:03:51 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1174 Oscar, could you please send us your motion based gps tracking. Congrats on the race, see you in Dubai, end July - Christo Tromp Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:50:40 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1172 Can anyone explain how they calculated times - I understand 7 seconds was added for Oscar but how about for the pack that was delayed. My question comes from the fact that Hank and Deano's times are the same but obviously didn't cross the line together. - pez Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:43:02 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1168 great site, great events,OC unbelievable athlete gives an old salt like me from Aus. insperation. Im out there tommorow. Oh me gout. - sluggo Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:52:43 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1167 I actually had a bad race by my standards as when I jumped into my ski I got my GPS and drinking tube tangles. I wasn’t fast off the beach and ended up getting a few waves over my head which pushed to about 30th around the turning buoy. I was told my Len DeBeer that he dived the day before at the bluff and said that there was a current going with us about 2km out, I went on his advice and worked my way out. Once I was going down wind I started to relax a bit and started to sort out my drinking system. Once I untangled it my join had come part. I had two pieces of tube I had to join while screaming down huge runs. I managed to do this so that I had a little Cytomax. Once I had joined my drinking pipe I started going better and waited before I had my 1st sip only to find out that my bite value had come off and I ended up with not a drop to drink. It is not a big deal no juice for 1 hour 40 mins but we were going so fast I could have a done with a sip or two. The runs were perfect and I just conserved for the 1st 1 hour and I never saw anybody after the 1st 20 minutes. I could see the Helicopter and nothing else. At 1 hour I said to myself I will push hard till the harbour wall. I new I was going well but I never saw a soul. When I got closer to the harbour entrance I finally saw the press boat and Hank about 50m or 3 runs ahead. In no time I had it down to one run and it was very easy to catch him. I think I was still fresh and Hank was a bit tired. I was just getting on the same run when they said the red flag was up, so we both stopped together. We were 3 meters apart. The boats were a lot further off the piers than I had hoped as I had my route sorted. They say Hank was 7 seconds ahead but depends when you stopped the clock. I chatted to Hank saying that we can make the entrance and then I asked the official boats and they told Hank and I that we could go. I took off on my predetermined route and paddle like hell into the wind. Once I was on the other side I kept asking the camera boat where Hank was. One of the signs of weakness is turning around. They told me 200 meters and I new I had it in the bag " - Bolt Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:46:47 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1166 Why was there no prize for the womens doubles? - Boerbok Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:38:13 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1164 The race organisers have said that the race referee will be issuing a formal report on the protest, the inquiry and the reasons for disallowing the protest... but they haven't said when it'll be available. We'll post it when it is. - Rob Mousley Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:24:53 +0100 http://www.surfski.info/content/view/453/147/#pc_1161 I have a bunch of photos & stories about this incredible event - I'm away on business for the next day, but we'll keep getting stuff posted over the next few days... stay tuned! - Rob Mousley Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:11:43 +0100