East London paddlers Josh Fenn and Nikki Birkett scooped the plum singles crowns at the Scottburgh to Brighton surfski marathon, Fenn winning the race on debut, while the local crew of Brett Hadiaris and Hamish Lovemore cantered home to take the overall line honours at the end of the tough …
With surfski paddling riding the crest of a wave during the Winter Surfski Series, a big field of tough paddlers will set off from Scottburgh’s main beach shortly after sunrise on Saturday morning for the annual 46km Scottburgh to Brighton surfski marathon. Billed by many surfski paddlers and lifesavers as …
National champions Hank McGregor and Michelle Burn delivered powerful individual performances to win the iconic Pirates Umhlanga Pirates surfski classic titles on Saturday in mild ocean conditions. McGregor, who is starting to taper for the ICF Surfski World Championships in three weeks time, was peerless in the conditions that offered …
As the thriving winter surfski series builds to its climax, the world’s oldest surfski race sets off with a big field taking on the iconic Pirates Umhlanga Pirates race early on Saturday morning for the 26 kilometre out-and-back trip to the Umhlanga lighthouse from Pirates Surf Lifesaving Club. The six …
Hank McGregor ended a highly successful paddling month of May by winning the iconic Bay Union King of the Bay surfski race in tough, blustery conditions off Durban on Sunday. A week after his successful national marathon championships in Cape Town, the 43-year-old powered away from a class field to …
Surfski paddlers will gather at the Silt Canal at the Durban Harbour Bayhead on Sunday morning ahead of the start of the popular annual Bay Union King of the Bay surfski race, which is the only chance in the year that surfski paddlers get to paddle across and out of …
Durban – Gene Prato followed up his maiden series win two weeks ago with an impressive victory in tough, windy conditions at the Funky Pants Race Three of the Marine Surfski Series on Sunday morning. With a Southerly gale forecast to come through during the morning the organisers opted for a …
Prato masters flat seas to claim first winter surfski series win Durban – Faced with a calm and flat Durban Bay, Gene Prato used his accumulated skill and experience to claim line honours in the Point WaterSport Marine Race, the second leg of the popular winter surfski series on Sunday …
Hot on the heels of his double at the national championships, Hank McGregor maintained his winning ways by posting a runaway victory at the Thule Season Starter that got the popular winter surfski series under way on Sunday morning. Showing the peerless form he is in at the moment, the …
Durban – With the interest in surfski paddling still high after the successful Fenn SA Surfski Champs held in Durban last weekend, the annual Winter Surfski Series gets underway with the first of three popular Sunday morning races from the Marine Surf Lifesaving Club this weekend. On the back of …
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