Monday, 29 October 2018 07:45 | Written by Rob Mousley
There are quite a few how-to-remount videos on YouTube - but once again Oscar shows us the best technique for remounting and he makes it look easy (it is easy, you just need to practise!). Remounting is one of the core skills in surfski paddling - along with the brace…
Friday, 26 October 2018 17:06 | Written by Rob Mousley
It’s inevitable: sooner or later your surfski’s hull WILL be punctured and it WILL take on salt water… and over time it’ll get heavier and heavier no matter how much you try and drain it. Here’s how to get that pesky moisture out of your surfski.
Monday, 22 October 2018 08:14 | Written by Rob Mousley
Hong Kong – With less than a month to go before launch, the Steelcase Hong Kong Dragon Run is preparing to greet some of the surfski community’s superb usual suspects as well as a wide range of local paddlers angling to take home some of the event’s largest-ever purse offerings.
Wednesday, 17 October 2018 10:03 | Written by Rob Mousley
As the avalanche of water broke over him, smashing him off his surfski, Killian Marzin felt an agonizing pain shoot through his shoulder. He knew he was badly hurt – and the next wave in the set was roaring in towards him…
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 10:29 | Written by Rob Mousley
“All I remember is that it felt like being hit by a truck,” said Andy Wheatley. “The crunch was pretty impressive!” Flung violently off his surfski and into the water, Wheatley’s “first thought was to get back on and go!”
Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:00 | Written by Rob Mousley
In a desperate all-out, red-lining sprint, the two paddlers put everything they had into the last 300m to the finish. 50m to go and Noé Pelizza surged forward, …but the nose of his black surfski ramped up the back of the next wave and he slowed – just as Esteban…
Monday, 01 October 2018 08:56 | Written by EBorgnes
[Editor: Knysna Racing Kayaks released the Lee McGregor-designed Classic and Rhythm surfskis in 2017. Contributor and passionate surfski paddler Erik Borgnes has been paddling both them; here's what he thinks of these "short" boats...]
Thursday, 27 September 2018 12:12 | Written by Rob Mousley
With eight km to go, Sean Rice decided to accelerate. “There were three of us at that point and I felt I could do a burn to get rid of one of them,” he said. To his surprise, both Cory Hill and Gordan Harbrecht dropped back. But the race wasn’t…
Monday, 24 September 2018 20:40 | Written by Rob Mousley
Downwind fiend and avid surfski videographer Sharon Armstrong does it again - and produces a video that is a Master Class in how to get through monster surf. Watch and learn!
Tuesday, 18 September 2018 17:45 | Written by Rob Mousley
…and most of the world’s best surfski paddlers, both men and women, are in Ireland to take part. Here’s what you need to know about the world’s richest surfski race.
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