[Editor: South Australia?  Did you read that right?  Yep, you sure did - Ocean Racing has arrived in Adelaide where they just had their first surf ski race ever...]

South Australia Ocean Series Inaugural Race (Photo: Carolyn Cooper)

Is it just me, or is surf ski competition hotting up all over the planet?  Aussie heavyweights battling it out in Sydney & on the Gold Coast.  Herman Chalupsky and Greg Barton going head to head in New York in what used to be a quiet local race.  And then Sunday - in the opening race of the Cape Discovery Men's Health series - some of the world's top paddlers again providing unprecedented levels of competition.

Dawid Mocke congratulates winner Hank McGregor (Pic: Jon Vellacott/Gameplan Media)

[Editor: Here's the Joe Glickman race report (now with full results and more photos)!  Photos are from Mireille Miller-Young and Ed Ackers who were on the escort boat.  See the end of the article for video links too...]

One of the strongest groups of paddlers ever will be competing in the Lion Island Challenge this coming weekend - not only are they paddling for the Lion Island Challenge Cup, but also for the US$1000 prize put up by the organisers of the Dubai Shamaal race...