A strong field – headlined by three recently crowned World Champions – will line-up to compete for the women's title at the Biogen Pete Marlin Surfski Race in East London this weekend.
Defending champion is U23 ICF Ocean Racing World Champion Kira Bester, along with Michelle Burn and Georgia Singe, the senior and junior world…
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The surfski community in St Francis in the Eastern Cape has jumped at the opportunity to add a surfski downwind race to the weekend of SA flatwater marathon canoeing races, and their ski race has been awarded the national single championships rights.
The 2018 Pete Marlin Surfski Race this weekend will double up as the 2018 South African Surfski Championships with the country’s leading ocean racers taking on the East London surf over two days.
Sean Rice and Hayley Nixon have delivered a double victory for the touring South African paddling team by winning the men's and women's titles at the prestigious Nelo Summer Challenge surfski race in Portugal.
With Portugal hosting the 2018 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships next weekend, a segment of the traditionally large South African contingent paddlers have flown out early to include the 2018 Nelo Summer Challenge surfski race on Friday, as part of their Iberian paddling extravaganza.
South African surfski paddlers hit the headlines in Hawaii as Hayley Nixon won the women's race of the Maui Jim Molokai Challenge in Hawaii, and Hank McGregor and Jasper Mocke raced on to the men's podium in second and third respectively.
They may not have been able to win the overall title like their women’s counterparts but South Africa’s men followed up on the impressive domination of their women's team at the ICF Ocean Racing World Championships in Hong Kong on Sunday.
Hayley Nixon became South Africa's latest world champion when she conquered tough conditions and a strong field to win the ICF Ocean Racing World Championships on a day that saw the SA team scooping up five medals in Hong Kong.
The South Africa surfski team selected for the ICF Ocean Racing World Championships is a strong one, aiming to dominate the medal positions in both the men's and women's showdowns in Hong Kong this weekend.
South African surfski paddlers have dominated a whirlwind month of international surfski events in varying conditions on three different continents, ending the four race mini-season dominating the Surfski World Series standings.