My Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge 15km Paddle
We paddled from Central Beach, around the Beacon Island Hotel and then across the bay to the end of Robberg Beach. From the turn buoy we cruised out along the…
My First Miller’s Run
In Cape Town MTB circles, people talk about cycling up to the Constantiaberg Mast, known simply as The Mast, as a kind of rite-of-passage. Likewise, in surfski paddling you must…
Pennypinchers Easter Surfski Challenge 2013
Loads to do if you are on the Garden Route this Easter: the Pennypinchers Easter Surfski Challenge takes place in Plettenberg Bay.
My Seaforth Ocean Contest: Best 4 Surfski Series 2012
Race #9 of the 2012 / 2013 Best 4 Surfski Series took place at Seaforth Beach near Simon's Town on Sunday 27 January 2013. Another windy, sunny day in a…
My Best 4 Surfski Series: Butlers Pizza Milnerton Lagoon Beach Rush 2013
Race #8 of the 2012 / 2013 Best 4 Surfski Series took place at Lagoon Beach, Milnerton on Sunday 20 January 2013. Prize giving was held on The Lagoon Beach…
Sea Dog Surfski Time-trials 2012 series
The Sea Dog Paddle Series is held every Friday at 18h00 at Fish Hoek Beach at the Fish Hoek Lifesaving Club. The motley crew that pitch up on the beach…
My Peter Creese Lighthouse Race 2012
The Peter Creese Challenge 2012 was held on a sunny Sunday in a pumping South-easter. The race is an epic out-and-back adventure which takes paddlers from Fish Beach out around…
DownWind Dash
The DownWind Dash is held on Wednesday's, and is a paddle from Milnerton Lighthouse to Big Bay Blouberg in downwind conditions (when Cape Town's prevailing summer South Easter is blowing).…
New Balance Cape Town Surfer’s Challenge 2012
The New Balance Cape Town Surfer's Challenge 2012 takes place on 2 December. There is a 12km and a 6km paddle, both starting from Kommetjie Beach. Start is at 10h00.
Best 4 Surfski Series 2012
I am in a huge hurry to get loads of surfski training in before Totalsports Challenge 2013 in January. Because of the inherent danger of being on the ocean, I…