Dubai Shamaal – Hello Australia! (** Results AND Video **) Print E-mail
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Written by Rob Mousley   
Tuesday, 02 December 2008

The Aussies are back with a vengeance, taking three of the top five spots in today's US$130,000 Dubai Shamaal Surfski race.

Tim Jacobs, Dubai Shamaal
Tim Jacobs wins the 2008 Dubai Shamaal (Pic: Alain Jaques)

Hot & Flat

The day started with an encouraging wind from the WNW but it died as the fleet arrived at the windward buoy and the race became a hard, hot slog back to the mainland.

The start of the race was problematic as the paddlers kept false starting - but the starter eventually got the fleet away and Aussie Jeremy Cotter charged immediately with Hank McGregor in close pursuit. 

Thule Gates

Jeremy was first past the Thule gates, earning product and $1,000 in the process. The two men were leading by about 50m at the turn but things fell apart for the number one seed, Hank McGregor, at that point when he took a line too close to shore, leaving the rest of the field to benefit from the cleaner waves further out to sea.

Dubai Shamaal 2008
Tim Jacobs and a delighted Clint Pretorius at the finish (Pic: Alain Jaques)

Taking the Right Line

As Cotter tired, Tim Jacobs came through to lead the race.  South African Clint "Lightee" Pretorius, meanwhile, taking the advice of local paddlers, headed out to sea on the extreme left of the fleet.  As the race approached the harbor, Clint moved to within 30m of Tim Jacobs, but he just couldn't overtake the big Australian.

As Jacobs crossed the line he launched his paddle like a javelin and lifted his arms in triumph...

In the women's race, Australian Kirsty Holmes took the women's Thule Gate, but wasn't strong enough over the distance to hold off the South African duo of Michelle Eray and Alexa Cole.

Michelle Eray, Dubai Shamaal 2008
Michelle Eray won the women's race. (Pic: Alain Jaques)

The first junior across the line was Grant van der Walt.

Grant vd Walt Dubai Shamaal 2008
Grant vd Walt - Juniors winner (Pic Alain Jaques)

Race Video

 

Results:

Men

  1. Tim Jacobs (Aus)
  2. Clint Pretorius (SA)
  3. Jeremy Cotter (Aus)
  4. Caine Eckstein (Aus)
  5. Dawid Mocke (SA)

Women

  1. Michelle Eray (SA)
  2. Alexa Cole (SA)
  3. Kirsty Holmes (Aus)

Juniors

  1. Grant vd Walt (SA)
  2. Jayden Alford-Loots (SA)
  3. Luke Chalupsky (SA)
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Official Results

 

# Lastname Firstname Club Country Finish Diff
1. Jacobs Tim Male Australia 1:42:39.71  
2. Pretorius Clint Male South Africa 1:43:03.98 +24.27
3. Cotter Jeremy Male Australia 1:43:46.49 +1:06.78
4. Eckstien Caine Male Australia 1:44:05.67 +1:25.96
5. Mocke Dawid Male South Africa 1:46:26.70 +3:46.99
6. Stewart Murray Male Australia 1:46:41.64 +4:01.93
7. Jarrott Kirk Male Australia 1:47:24.75 +4:45.04
8. Bouman Matt Male South Africa 1:47:38.90 +4:59.19
9. Bartho Daryl Male South Africa 1:48:02.11 +5:22.40
10. Chalupsky Herman Male South Africa 1:48:27.93 +5:48.22
11. McGregor Hank Male South Africa 1:48:45.15 +6:05.44
12. Schilperoort Thomas Male South Africa 1:48:56.65 +6:16.94
13. Chalupsky Oscar Male South Africa 1:49:11.59 +6:31.88
14. Sarson Brendon Male Australia 1:49:13.96 +6:34.25
15. Lewin Barry Male South Africa 1:49:35.25 +6:55.54
16. Nesbit Ashley Male Australia 1:49:47.96 +7:08.25
17. Anderson Mark Male Australia 1:50:06.64 +7:26.93
18. Wallace Kenny Male Australia 1:51:05.25 +8:25.54
19. Crowe Jonathan Male UAE  1:51:26.74 +8:47.03
20. Wildemann Richard Male South Africa 1:52:26.96 +9:47.25
21. Dolan Patrick Male Hawaii 1:52:43.78 +10:04.07
22. Woods Steve Male South Africa 1:52:44.17 +10:04.46
23. Szadovszki Zsolt Male US 1:53:04.29 +10:24.58
24. Fouhy Ben Male New Zealand 1:53:11.23 +10:31.52
25. Brockhurst Marcus Male Australia 1:54:02.40 +11:22.69
26. Walt Grant Male South Africa 1:54:12.65 +11:32.94
27. Gardiner Dean Male Australia 1:54:17.72 +11:38.01
28. Bertran Albert Male Spain 1:54:43.53 +12:03.82
29. Louw Greg Male South Africa 1:54:57.04 +12:17.33
30. Larsen Eirik Male Norway 1:55:23.22 +12:43.51
31. Fernandez Manuel Male Spain 1:57:14.30 +14:34.59
32. Loots Jayden Male South Africa 1:58:14.01 +15:34.30
33. Jaka Jazbec Male Italy 1:59:30.02 +16:50.31
34. Fifils Franck Male Guadeloupe 1:59:47.06 +17:07.35
35. Lawler Ivan Male UK 2:01:46.39 +19:06.68
36. Carlisle Mat Male South Africa 2:01:47.90 +19:08.19
37. Greben Gleb Male UAE  2:02:11.90 +19:32.19
38. Eray Michele Female South Africa 2:02:22.28 +19:42.57
39. Naert Vincent Male Belgium 2:02:42.50 +20:02.79
40. Brabants Tim Male UK 2:02:54.28 +20:14.57
41. Chalupsky Luke Male South Africa 2:03:53.15 +21:13.44
42. Campbell Colin Male UAE  2:04:04.16 +21:24.45
43. Klok Robert Male UAE  2:04:47.76 +22:08.05
44. Fenton Graeme Male UAE  2:05:19.26 +22:39.55
45. Glickman Joe Male US 2:06:03.00 +23:23.29
46. Lombard Alexa Female South Africa 2:06:04.70 +23:24.99
47. Holmes Kirsty Female Australia 2:06:33.48 +23:53.77
48. Gomes Jorge Male Portugal 2:07:02.52 +24:22.81
49. Hawkey Jenna Female UK 2:07:17.93 +24:38.22
50. Nel Gerhard Male UAE  2:07:33.80 +24:54.09
51. O'Higgins Peter Male UAE  2:07:54.35 +25:14.64
52. Dunstan Andrew Male UAE  2:08:11.25 +25:31.54
53. Irvine Brett Male UK 2:08:53.77 +26:14.06
54. Sistiaga Ekaitz Male Spain 2:09:13.29 +26:33.58
55. Spalding Lauren Female Hawaii 2:09:21.59 +26:41.88
56. Burn Oliver Male South Africa 2:09:37.06 +26:57.35
57. Beuster Warren Male South Africa 2:09:38.80 +26:59.09
58. Lee William Male UAE  2:09:58.15 +27:18.44
59. Holliday Brad Male Oman 2:10:28.09 +27:48.38
60. Johnson Carter Male US 2:10:40.42 +28:00.71
61. Eder Michelle Female South Africa 2:10:54.58 +28:14.87
62. Howes Richard Male UAE  2:11:17.89 +28:38.18
63. Dingley Jon Male Hong Kong 2:11:26.41 +28:46.70
64. Clephane Ross Male UAE  2:11:51.51 +29:11.80
65. Wiseman Mike Male UAE  2:12:05.23 +29:25.52
66. Norton Alan Male UAE  2:12:59.05 +30:19.34
67. D'Aubrey Andrew Male UAE  2:13:02.82 +30:23.11
68. Farrell Ben Male UK 2:14:08.40 +31:28.69
69. Fitzgibbons Corry Male US 2:14:35.65 +31:55.94
70. Liebenberg Rudi Male UAE  2:15:31.04 +32:51.33
71. Simpson Alexander Male UAE  2:16:09.66 +33:29.95
72. Zlatarev Boyan Male Bulgaria 2:16:29.25 +33:49.54
73. Rosenquist Paul Male Sweden 2:16:31.53 +33:51.82
74. Bestic Rory Male UAE  2:16:42.72 +34:03.01
75. Veckranges Natalie Female South Africa 2:17:40.88 +35:01.17
76. Leeck Bernd Male Germany 2:18:55.78 +36:16.07
77. Johnston Brett Male UAE  2:19:15.54 +36:35.83
78. Holmes Haydn Male UAE  2:19:27.07 +36:47.36
79. Winter Donna Female South Africa 2:19:43.34 +37:03.63
80. Clephane Scott Male UAE  2:20:18.23 +37:38.52
81. Manfroni Antje Female South Africa 2:20:24.89 +37:45.18
82. Cottino Carlo Male UAE  2:20:25.56 +37:45.85
83. Kingon Ian Male UAE  2:20:32.52 +37:52.81
84. Swart Ben Male UAE  2:20:46.29 +38:06.58
85. Gordon Stuart Male UAE  2:22:03.44 +39:23.73
86. Croft Michael Male UAE  2:22:46.80 +40:07.09
87. Aguiar Rui Male Spain 2:23:32.28 +40:52.57
88. Lacock Roland Male UAE  2:23:48.30 +41:08.59
89. Harvey Nigel Male UAE  2:24:16.58 +41:36.87
90. Henry Dominic Male Mauritius 2:24:31.65 +41:51.94
91. Johnston Brayton Male UAE  2:25:51.67 +43:11.96
92. Botha Johann Male UAE  2:26:08.66 +43:28.95
93. Priyankara Asanka Male UAE 2:26:52.22 +44:12.51
94. Hague Ian Male UK 2:27:28.19 +44:48.48
95. Brand Charles Male South Africa 2:27:29.99 +44:50.28
96. Randall Wayne Male UAE  2:28:14.53 +45:34.82
97. Wallis Darren Male UAE  2:29:12.31 +46:32.60
98. Currey Jason Male UAE  2:29:37.50 +46:57.79
99. Lewis Barry Male South Africa 2:29:56.71 +47:17.00
100. Mumberson Gaven Male UAE  2:30:08.03 +47:28.32
101. Frenken Miriam Female Germany 2:30:16.89 +47:37.18
102. Kenny Lisa Female Australian 2:30:23.18 +47:43.47
103. Maskell Craig Male UAE  2:32:00.60 +49:20.89
104. Schon Arnim Male UAE  2:32:21.79 +49:42.08
105. O'Higgins Christie Female UAE  2:33:00.59 +50:20.88
106. Pontzen Wiebke Female Germany 2:33:21.25 +50:41.54
107. Dreyer Kobus Male UAE  2:34:23.73 +51:44.02
108. Adams Neil Male UAE  2:35:10.36 +52:30.65
109. Menzies Edmond Male UAE  2:35:19.70 +52:39.99
110. Hoffman Daniel Male UAE  2:38:07.07 +55:27.36
111. Prince David Male UAE  2:38:33.26 +55:53.55
112. Ruwan Udaya Male UAE 2:38:39.48 +55:59.77
113. Rogers Trent Male UAE  2:39:02.44 +56:22.73
114. Smyth Ross Male UAE  2:39:32.99 +56:53.28
115. Kerr Tom Male US 2:41:36.79 +58:57.08
116. Aveling Greg Male UAE  2:42:56.12 +1:00:16.41
117. Damgaard Jesper Male UAE  2:43:54.15 +1:01:14.44
118. Oosthuizen Billy Male UAE  2:44:07.26 +1:01:27.55
119. Littlehales Kevin Male UK 2:47:34.65 +1:04:54.94
120. Kenealy Stephen Male UAE  2:50:05.91 +1:07:26.20
121. Ferrier Nicolas Male UAE  2:52:14.41 +1:09:34.70
122. Townsend Julia Female UAE  2:55:48.00 +1:13:08.29
123. Mulligan Paula Female UAE  2:57:22.04 +1:14:42.33
124. Wentzel Peter Male UAE  2:58:16.97 +1:15:37.26
125. Case Gareth Male UAE  2:58:57.96 +1:16:18.25
126. Wells John Male UAE  3:02:06.88 +1:19:27.17
127. Mauger Paul Male UAE  3:03:14.84 +1:20:35.13
128. Hellberg Sten Male Sweden 3:08:20.73 +1:25:41.02

 

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SHOCKER !
written by Mister Big, December 02, 2008
Hank McGregor...lost at sea
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Congratulation
written by DeAnne Hemmens, December 02, 2008
Well done to the Ozzies and Tim and Michelle and well done to FENN, 4 of the top 5 again....This time, according to Gavin, with "real competition"
Patrick
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written by Sandy Kruger, December 02, 2008
Very well done Tim and Lightee............we are so proud of you and chufd for you. Also Michelle...awesome stuff my girl. When can we see the other official results. Dying to know where Daryl officially finished.
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written by Sandy Kruger, December 02, 2008
Oh yeah.........sorry, VERY WELL DONE Fenn
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Well done
written by Joe, December 02, 2008
Big Congrats to Tim for dominating the opposition, same with Michelle, and Grant vd Walt. Great job Team Epic !!!
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written by Ian Gray, December 02, 2008
BIG congratulations to Timmo! Those early morning Spit sessions certainly payed off! Well Done Meneer! Lighting you BISCUIT! The Dollar signs must have been chiming nicely in your head while you were on the water.. Proud o you Big Boy!
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written by Wes Bartho, December 02, 2008
Congrats Tim, great effort in a great event! Well done to the rest of the guys too, Lightee producing the goods again, and brother Daryl impressive in the top ten without racing since Dbn World Cup, big up bro!
Great to see the Aussies up there in the mix too, lots of exciting racing lies ahead in the series!
The Shamaal is definitely in my diary for next year!
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On Ya Timmy...
written by Hayden Quinn, December 02, 2008
Well done to all the Aussie boys!those 4:15 sessions on the spit payed off!ha and maybe clippering that chest hair helped a bit too?hey TJ... ha
Well done to Ando's the most talked about man on last night live chat..haha
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Success
written by Gavin Dickinson, December 02, 2008
Surfski won today. You had record money, record web traffic, a huge spike in web traffic, 7 TV camera's shooting the race, the most talented & diverse group of pro paddlers ever in the same race, racing for the biggest cash prize ever offered in the sport. You also had paddlers with very different skills, mixing from all over the World for a few days, under the palm trees & clear skies of Dubai. It was magic. There was indeed real competition for the Constructors in that the pre race seeding listed roughly 1/2 the top 20 in Epic & the other in Fenn. Fenn took the majority of riders in the top 10 & Epic won the races for Men, Women & Jr's. I hope all of you try the Shamaal once in your life. smilies/grin.gif smilies/smiley.gif. The other reality of today, as SS.I lead with - is that the Oz boys delivered in Molo 2008 and have done it the Dubai on the big stage today. Well done.
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written by Dane Sloss, December 03, 2008
Tim,
I hope they let you into the country with all that gold straped around your neck. Lucky that your flying into sydney and not queensland. Im sure coats will have some pins ready to let you down when you get back. Good Job mate. stoked to see it. Catch you soon.

Slossy.
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Lesson Learned
written by Craig Fisher, December 03, 2008
Dont ever discount the aussies when they bring focus to an event. 130k certainly brings focus.
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Well Done Timmy
written by Stewart, December 03, 2008
Awesome result Timmy, well done mate.


Can Tim claim to be World Champion of the discipline? Well everyone who is anyone was there, you'd have to think so, just a supreme effort.


How funny were some of the comments that were flying during the live feed last night... hilarious!!


Hopefully we get to see a DVD of the race soon enough.


Cheers.
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Ozzies
written by Edmond Menzies, December 03, 2008
Well done to the Ozzies for lifting their game massively and to the race organisers/sponsors/etc for a great event!

cheers
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What the hell happened out there...?
written by Mister Big, December 03, 2008
Sounds like the cosmic clusterf**k struck!Plenty of humble pie to go around,i.e. Brabants beat by the womens winner, ouch!When it comes to the big races, Lightee IS a heavyweight! Clint, bring back the Erroll Flynn moustache, it's so fitting!
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A Tad Harsh
written by Stewart, December 03, 2008
Regarding Mr Big's comment on Timmy B, a little harsh I would have thought.


It's a bit like asking Usain Bolt or Maurice Green to run a cross country race and expect him to take it out, very unlikely. Timmy is an absolutely fabulous paddler. As well as his Olympic and World Champ medals in sprint, he has won medals in marathon too. He's certainly not the type of bloke to go around shouting about how good he is.... so I'm not sure what humble pie he has to eat.

Was great to see kayaking champions testing themselves in a totally different aspect of the sport and give it their best, good on them.
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Who the hell is Mr Big?
written by Dane Sloss, December 03, 2008
I wonder how many races he has won? probably couldnt beat an egg with an axe :-) A man who feels the need to call himself Mr big must be a tad insecure..

In australia we have all seen tim line up against kenny over 1000m and get taught a lesson. Thats why its a different sport and it should be remembered that while there are no olympics for surf ski that both are great atheletes. Im sure most of the flatwater guys were just in dubai for a free holiday and its hardly their peak season at the moment. Im sure that if kenny was serious he would be right near the pointy end.

What happened to an all south african top five? who ever made that outlandish call should be the one eating humble pie.. I wonder if him and Mr Big are related?

A little less arrogance from a few might stop it from being spoilt for others.

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Bad choice of words
written by Mister Big, December 03, 2008
Stewart, You are absolutely right on all accounts. Bad choice of words, didn't mean any disrepect towards Tim. What an amazing event and exciting, surprising outcome.
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written by James Shortis, December 03, 2008
It would be great if we can see what skis were used by the paddlers - like the results from the Hong Kong race. That way we can see how the 'constructors' competition faired as opposed to some obscure and vague remark about there being "roughly 1/2 the top 20 in Epic & the other in Fenn".

From looking at the results and the photos, it would seem that probably 7 of the top 10 would have been on a Fenn.
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Welldone to .....
written by Jamii Hamlin, December 03, 2008
Tim & the Aussies for raising the bar, I will accept my humble pie.
Michelle & Flex for retaining some Saffa pride.
And Rob & surfiski.info for great coverage, awesome stuff....now looking forward to the the Southern Shamaal.
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What about ...
written by RoJo, December 03, 2008
Hi,
big thanks to Rob and everybody involved in the coverage of this event!
What happend to some of the 'big names': Can't find Lauren Bartlett, Manuel Busto on the results list?
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Busto
written by Troy Squires, December 03, 2008
Rojo, Busto is there, in 31st.
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written by James Shortis, December 03, 2008
31st for Manuel
55th for Lauren
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Great to see the ozzies getting some great results again!
written by Brett Bartho, December 03, 2008
By the way,I was the one that predicted a top 5 saffa clean sweep and how wrong I was!Hats off to TJ for bringing home the cake and winning the world's biggest race!...and to the rest of the ozzie boys for doing extremely well as well.I was extremely surprised by Matt B and Hanks results as I know that they were absolutely flying in training befor they left....but who knows they may have killed each other too much in training.

Anyway some great personal achievements in those results and I must say that surfski paddling as a sport owes so much to the Dubai Shamaal organizers and sponsors and also the amazing surfski.info team for all the hype and coverage they are getting the sport!!!!!!!!!but also to al the amazing athletes that make the racing so exciting to watch and follow on the live feed.....couldn't agree more with you Jamie there was some bizarre support and comments been thrown around there!

See you all next year for sure!
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K1 paddlers
written by nell, December 03, 2008
Great to see the sport of surfski racing graced with the presence of flatwater giants like Busto Fernandez, Lawler, Brabants, La**en, Wallace. Their individual results in this race weren't important - as it's not their specialty. But to note that they took the interest and time to race in Dubai honors the sport of surfski racing and also the top ski paddlers. This might herald the rise in interest on the European continent and the end of SA/Aus "total" domination in the coming years. It will all be good for the sport.
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Rubbing shoulders with the greats
written by Rob Mousley, December 03, 2008
One of the other great things about this race was the opportunity to meet & chat with such great names - Gold, Silver, Bronze AND 4th place were there from Beijing 1000m K1... Unbelievably friendly, great guys all.

And chatting to them afterwards, they all said what a hard race it was, but that they'd be back. I asked Sistiaga Ekaitz (Spain) how it had gone and he said it worst race of his life... I asked him if he'd be back. "OH YES! And next time we spend more time training on the sea."

A great trip; it was a privilege to be there.
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Congrats Busto!!!!
written by nicole, December 04, 2008
I believe that this first try on a surfski race was a great experience to you!!! I hope you have enjoyed!!. For the asturians, you have been a fantastic competitor, we feel so proud of you. I'm sure this competition has been really tough but next year you will do it better. To be nine times world champion has to give you the enough strength to face a future challenge. Keep doing!!!
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to the australians and south africans for let us enjoy with your effort and competitive spirit.
See you next year at Shamaal 2009!!! smilies/grin.gif
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