The Gold Coast has for many years been a heartland for Surf Life Saving. In recent years ocean ski racing has begun to emerge with more and more paddlers making the leap to long course style of paddling.

On 3 December, 2010, the world’s elite paddlers will meet once more to take part in the fifth edition of the richest, most competitive surfski race on the planet – the Dubai Shamaal.

[From the Sunshine Gold Coast Daily by Steve Zemek]

JEREMY Cotter and Ben Allen have been neck and neck throughout the Australian Ocean Racing Series, and yesterday’s King of the Coast was no different.

Dec 9, 2010 will see the start of one of the World’s longest running Ocean Paddling races. The Port Elizabeth to East London Solo Challenge holds iconic status among South African paddlers as an ultra distance event where simply finishing is a victory.

The third race of the Bing Lee LG Ocean Series in association with Epic Kayaks got off to a great start on a picture perfect Spring day. The Pacific Ocean was flat with a very light 7km  NNW wind on a .5 meter NE swell which meant the race direction had to be from Bondi to Watsons Bay. 

Rambo's become a fixture on the Aussie (and the international) surfski scene - and a good thing too.  Here's his latest - the video for the Dee Why race last weekend.  

Rambo sent us his latest video - of last weekend's Fenn Cup in Sydney, Australia...  Enjoy.

The second day of the US Surfski Championships event is supposed to be a laid-back: a doubles race followed by a fun relay.  But, “Fark this was exhausting just to watch the sprint finish!” said the irrepressible Rambo who captured the moment on video.

[Editor: Rambo just posted his video of the US Surfski Champs – and boy, is it ever worth the wait!  Here it is – along with Dawid Mocke’s perspective of the race]

One day we'll have live streaming video and audio commentary!  But until then the next best thing is post-race video - and here's Rambo's highlights of the 2010 NY Mayor's Cup.