ben allen

Perth, Australia: Tomorrow's Rottnest Island to Sorrento Doctor Ocean Ski race could well favour Western Australia's  prodigal son Ben Allen.

In the International Canoe Federation World Ocean East Coast Championships, Kurrawa SLSC lifesaver Ben Allen took the honours from Northcliffe Ironman Cory Hill with another Sunshine Coaster Paul Green taking third.

What do get when you take Clint Robinson, Jeremy Cotter, David Rhodes, Ben Allen, Bruce Taylor and host of other outstanding Aussie paddlers, mix them with a 15kt breeze and add some bumps?  Classic, cracking surfski racing.

Here's a great video of the 2010 Dubai Shamaal, created by the Three Monkeys crew.  Australian Ben Allen won the race, after an epic battle with South African Dawid Mocke on a hot, flat sea.

Aussie Ben Allen won the 2010 Dubai Shamaal in an extraordinary display of skill and strength today.  South African Dawid Mocke kept coming back, but in the end couldn’t answer Allen’s final push to the finish.

[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.

Yet another chapter in the Cotter v Allan battle unfolded at Dee Why beach last Saturday. This time Jeremy Cotter came out on top after two very narrow seconds to the in-form Ben Allan.

Massive swell and fickle winds were on the menu for competitors in the first of the Smartline Fenn Cup series.

The US Surfski Tour kicks off this weekend in New York City on August 14 with a classic tussle as two of Australia’s finest ski paddlers bang boats with two of South Africa’s finest over a 45km course that frames one big-ass chunk of rock...

Starting the first round of any series early is a hard job - it's been bitterly cold in the south this winter! But the first event in the AORS went off with a bang, with a huge, highly competitive field.