RESULTS After an initial postponement owing to rough seas, South Africa’s best finally got the chance to compete in the Engen Ballito Downwind on Sunday, 11 May. This was the final event of the first-ever Paddle Fest – organised by South Africa Surf Ski and sponsored by Engen Ballito and …
Paddle Fest 2025, running in Durban and the North Coast from 18 to 20 April, welcomed seasoned paddlers and interested newbies to the Durban Underwater Club for an epic first day! Spectators were treated to some top action as paddlers battled it out in the 800m Reef Shootout at Vetchies …
Durban – Hamish Lovemore cruised to a convincing KZN S1 Surfski Championship win, while Saskia Hockly had to work much harder to get her first ever victory over her “idol” at the Bay Union King of the Bay event on Sunday. Lovemore and Hockly made the most of the benign, …
Durban – The Durban surfski community will be relishing the opportunity to paddle through the Durban harbour again at the annual Bay Union King of the Bay taking place on Sunday, 25 June. The annual King of the Bay race is the only chance that paddlers can paddle through the …
Gauteng-based Riccardo Talevi and St. Francis paddler Phillip Smith upstaged the locals to claim top honours at the annual Scottburgh To Brighton surfski ultra marathon on Saturday. The duo powered past Gene Prato and Bryce Lawson in the closing stages of the race to claim the bragging rights, with Jason …
Durban – North Coast based surfski star Hank McGregor continued his fine ocean racing form with another strong win at Sunday’s PYC Challenge, while his wife Pippa teamed up with Jenna Nisbet to claim the women’s laurels. Sunday’s race was organised to fill the gap by the postponement of the …
Evergreen paddler and surf lifesaver Matt Bouman stamped his mark on his local race by winning the annual SBS Pirates-Umhlanga-Pirates surfski race by an emphatic three minute margin on Saturday. Bouman had to keep looking over his shoulder to make sure visiting Cape surfski star Mark Keeling was not going …
Race two of the 2022 Durban Winter Surfski Series saw the grading system of the series come to the fore with the Marine Golden Mile Challenge on Sunday. The series adopted the grading system as a way to give those paddlers that are outside the top division in the men’s …
It is with sincere regret that we advise that the Bay Union King of the Bay had to be postponed due to the current high levels of sewerage pollution in the Port of Durban, as well as the Durban beaches being officially closed until further notice. This tough decision was …
Durban – As bad weather continues to batter Durban the organisers of the Marine Winter Surfski Series have postponed the Marine Golden Mile Challenge which was due to be held at Marine SLC on Sunday morning. With the municipality upgrading the weather advisory to a Level 10 warning and many …
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