Since 2002, three surf skis have been bitten and severely damaged by Great White Sharks in False Bay, here in Cape Town, South Africa (See Sharks and Skis).  After each incident there has been vigorous debate about how to prevent such interactions between the sharks (who are after all just living in their own environment) and humans.

Fenn Mako6 Shark Shield Special - showing location of the battery pack (Pic: Mike Schilperoort)

[Editor: And now for something completely different...  Surf Ski represents different things to different people: some guys get passionate about going out through surf ; some just love the ocean and paddling; some - as you'll read here - also love their skis.  Kelvin Ho just spent some time customizing his ski and wrote to tell us about it. (And don't you just love our new image gallery component?)]

Kelvin Ho's customised ski (Pic: Kelvin Ho)

Gordon's Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.  Kyle Mahood saw the big 30ft catamaran motor slowly out of the harbor.  "Great," he thought, "they're coming to help."  But to his horror, he saw the big fishing boat rapidly accelerate, heading directly for them and he realized that the skipper hadn't seen them. 

Kyle Mahood & Theo Conradie with the wreckage of Theo's ski (Pic: Theo Conradie)

Nigel Hatton had a dream - to set a new World Record for crossing the English Channel in a Kayak.  Problem was that the current holder of that record, Ian Tordoff, had blown him away in a Sea Kayak race in 2006, so he decided to find someone else to do the job for him.

Ian Wynne starts the crossing (Pic: Nigel Hatton)