Oscar Chalupsky had a hat-trick of victories controversially taken away from him in the Perth World Cup surfski race on Saturday, but he can still take pleasure from the fact he holds his number one spot in the Surfski.info World Series rankings.

Oscar Chalupsky - loving the conditions (Pic: Greg Kitto)

Sorrento Beach, Perth, WA, 8 Dec 2007: Confusion reigned supreme at the finish of the Perth World Cup when race leader Oscar Chalupsky failed to round the last buoy.  Instead he went to within a few metres of the buoy but turned before it and headed to the beach.  

What the problem was all about

Welcome to surfski.info's live coverage of the Perth World Cup!  We've already had a couple of photos from our guys on the ground at Rottnest Island and it looks like a perfect day for the race.

Perfect day at Rottnest Island! (Pic: Wade Kelly)

(We'll be doing our normal thing - hopefully for the last time - where you have to keep refreshing your browser in order to see the latest comments, which will appear at the top of the page.  We'll soon have our new live-coverage console that will include a shoutbox-like control that will refresh itself.  Note all times are local WA time.)

"We've got the best field of paddlers ever for the Perth World Cup," said Race Director Ash Nesbit.  "All the guys from Dubai except Hank McGregor, plus a whole lot of hungry Aussie locals."

Perth Race Start 2006