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 From Oscar Chalupsky (currently in Germany) comes the news that multiple Olympic medal winner Birgit Fisher will be competing in the Dubai Shamaal race in November.
Fisher has had an incredible career in paddling...
Olympic Facts
- Eight Olympic gold medals (as well as four silver medals) from six Olympic games
- Youngest and oldest ever Olympic champion
- Retired twice (1988 & 2000) only to return to the following Olympics
Stay tuned for more info on this remarkable paddler...
Duisberg World Cup
Oscar Chalupsky was in Germany to attend the Duisberg World Cup as the Sales VP of Epic Kayaks. While showing and demonstrating Epic's range of K1s, he took the opportunity to evangalise the sport of surf ski. "The Europeans were fascinated," he said, "and Birgit Fisher leapt into the ski in jeans & T shirt, no less, to give it a try."
 Birgit testing a V10 - in jeans no less! (Photo: the big O)
 Birgit Fisher is a major celebrity in Europe (Photo: big O)
Oscar being Oscar of course, he persuaded Birgit that the Dubai Shamaal race would be an ideal part of her training for the 2008 Olympics.
For German speakers, see: http://www.kanufisch.com/
Other stars for Dubai
Two other internationals who are considering participating in the Dubai Shamaal are Canadian Adam van Koeverden and Italian Daniell Escarpa.
 Canadian Adam van Coeverden (Photo: BO)
 Italian Star Daniell Escarpa (Photo: O)
From the rapidly increasing numbers of European readers (in the last month there have been more European visitors to the site than South Africans) we know that there is huge interest in surfski paddling in Europe - and Oscar confirmed that the Epic skis drew crowds of interested observers at the Epic booth.
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