The most competitive fleet of surfski paddlers ever assembled in Europe is about to compete in the North Sea Champs - including Oscar and Herman Chalupsky of South Africa.

The scene yesterday evening at Surfers Paradise, Knokke, Belgium (Pic: Oscar Chalupsky)

Championchip Spectator

Courtesy of Kanushop, Epic Kayaks and Championchip, you can watch the race live here:

http://spectator.sport-track.com/spec/start.php?id=6101&raceid=10481

Conditions

Conditions look superb with a westerly wind of 10-15kts. 

Here are some photos taken last evening by Oscar Chalupsky

Race Website

For more info, see: http://www.nocc.be/affiche.htm

Competitors

The competitors in the race (so far - they're still signing people up!) include:

• Andrieux François 73 France
• Boyan Zlatarev 62 Bulgaria
• Chalupsky Herman 48 South Africa
• Chalupsky Oscar 63 South Africa
• Daman Rick 67 Netherlands
• D'Haene Wouter 74 Belgium
• Dierckx Kurt 66 Belgium
• Duchatelet Sven 70 Belgium
• Fi Fils Franck 39 France
• Goerke Nicolas 55 Germany
• Herpe, van Barend 20 The Netherlands
• Jazbec Jaka 19 Italy
• Laenen Wiet 82 Belgium
• Laousse Yannick 84 France
• Lazov Pieter 91 Belgium
• Le Mentec 71 France
• Le Roux Benoit 26 France
• Le Roux Jean-Louis 89 France
• Mark Moens 69 Netherlands
• Naert Vincent 85 Belgium
• Ruben van Assche 79 Belgium
• Sene Gaetan 92 France
• Soelens Jonas 45 Belgium
• Szlachta David 64 France
• Tessier Fanny 46 France
• Verduckt Eric 59 Belgium
• Zachert Thomas 58 Germany
• Visscher Dirk 101 Belgium

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written by Owen Phillips, July 13, 2008

Great to see lots of European paddlers having a go - hope to see lots of you coming over to our British Cup race in the UK in October.

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