Friday, 25 November 2005 20:04 | Written by Rob Mousley
I had a minor adventure this morning involving wind, waves & flares. A friend and I went out in Hout Bay for a paddle on our surf skis. The Northwester was blowing, and usually in such conditions I wouldn’t have gone downwind across the bay – especially as my paddling…
Monday, 21 November 2005 14:13 | Written by
November 20, 2005 - Perth, Australia Oscar Chalupsky came back with a vengeance in the 2nd and final day of the World Cup competition in Perth. After finishing a disappointing 5th on Day 1, Oscar won Sunday's Rottenest Island to Hillary Harbour stage comfortably. The win moved him into 2nd…
Monday, 21 November 2005 12:35 | Written by
By Rob Mousley - 20 November 2005I've always held that, "there's no such thing as a bad paddle". well I'm re-evaluating whether I'm going to say that again! This morning Damian, "Big Mac", Rob and I planned to do the course of next week's race as practise. Next week's race…
Tuesday, 15 November 2005 11:37 | Written by
Background: my paddling goal for 2005 was to take part in the Cape Point Challenge, a long distance (56km) surf ski race that takes place every other December here in Cape Town. Not having paddled many long distance races before - one only and that a mere 31km - I…
Sunday, 13 November 2005 18:20 | Written by Rob Mousley
A group of paddlers has been training for the Cape Point Challenge under the tutelage of Dawid Mocke. Last Friday he took us out onto the course to do the full 56km… Here’s the story. On Thursday evening the group of intrepid paddlers met at Fish Hoek to put the…
Monday, 31 October 2005 17:13 | Written by
Firstly what do we want to do? Make surfski information centralised and accessible Build an online community of surf-ski enthusiasts Welcome and guide newcomers to the sport Provide useful and credible content Have fun Paddle a lot What inspires SurfSki.Info? SurfSki.Info is inspired by the spirit of Open Source software…
Monday, 03 October 2005 12:06 | Written by Cape Times
Trevor Wright's kayak was attacked by a Great White shark off Sunny Cove beach on Saturday. He was not hurt, but has no intention of going back into the water soon. Great Whites have been spotted hugging the coast in False Bay as the predators move away from their winter…
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 02:00 | Written by Harry Lock
Two of South Africa's top surfski paddlers leave this week for San Francisco where one will be defending his title while the other sets out to prove himself on foreign waters. Last year Cape Town's Dawid Mocke caused something of an upset at the USA National Surfski Championships by beating…
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