Sat 10^th November marked the season premier for the Southern California race series. Warm, sunny weather made for great conditions at La Jolla Shores, San Diego where the event was staged. With more than 250 competitors attending, it was sure to be a fast paced race from the start.

Southern California Surf Ski Race Series takes off

W Australia: Competitors were treated to an unusually calm Cape in this years running of the King of the Cape. In what was a rare occurrence for this part of the coast, the usual strong south westers and big swell were replaced by moderate offshores and flat seas.

Brendan Sarson wins the King of the Cape (Pic: Andrew Connolly)

11 Nov 2007 Granger Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: Dawid Mocke today won the "Powerade Race", the 5^th race in the Cape Discovery Men's Health Series, using a new design ski from Fenn Kayaks, the Mako Elite.

Dawid Mocke powers the new Fenn Mako Elite at the Powerade race (Pic: Justin Vellacott Gameplan Media)

Although the Bartho brothers won Day 2 by 33 seconds, the Mocke brothers won on total elapsed time and brought home the SA Doubles title.

Dawid & Jasper Mocke (1st), Daryl & Brett Bartho (2nd) (Pic Derek Hauptfleisch)

Within sight of the home of Welsh rugby, the majestic Millennium Stadium, and at a time when Welsh hopes of progressing in the Rugby   World Cup were being dashed at the hands of Fiji, brightness shone in Cardiff Bay at the birth of distance skis racing in the UK. On the 29^th of September at 2.00pm as the whistle went in Paris Stade de France, it went in Cardiff bay, and as 30 men battled for supremacy on a rugby pitch, 70 paddlers battled on the water to be crowned winners of the 1^st British Flat-water Surf Ski Championships.

Start of the open class - British Flat Water Champs (Pic: Michael Childs)

Cape based brothers Dawid and Jasper Mocke beat the Durban paddlers on their home turf today to win the first leg of the Dolphin Coast Challenge by exactly two minutes.

Oscar Chalupsky and Bevan Manson punch through massive Durban surf (Pic: Peter Duffy)

Durban, South Africa - The wily old sea dog and the strong young pup renew their rivalry this weekend at the two-day Men's Health Dolphin Coast Challenge when Oscar Chalupsky and Hank McGregor meet up again for their first serious race against each other since their controversial ARB Surf Ski World Cup clash in July.

That photo again - Hank McGregor during the ARB Surfski World Cup July 2007 (Pic: Anthony Grote)

The thought of US$1,000 waiting for him in Dubai was definitely going through Tim Jacobs' mind as he powered toward the finish of the Lion Island Challenge, just edging out Jeremy Cotter for the win.  It was a hard-fought victory, but one that will definitely have Tim feeling confident in the lead-up to the Dubai Shamaal. 

Tim Jacobs wins again... (Pic: www.abbeydigital.com.au)