Nacho from the Canary Islands has made another really nice video, now from the Eurochallenge 2013 in Villajoyosa, Spain. Check it out!
Maj 182013
Apr 222013
Surfski in Caribbean is a dream to me. It would a true tropical surfski adventure. Next weekend is the 6th edition of the Defis Kayak. Tommy Karls reported from his first session on the race course, 26 km, in Guaduloupe that the conditions were perfect. Strong winds, big surf and fantastic paddling. An incident occured in the biggest part of the course. His rudder broke and he had to fight past the headland to get out of the wind to be able to fix the rudder line that snapped. It’s some difference paddling in the Caribbean compared to the small river he has trained on during the pre season in Sweden.
Teaser – Défis Kayak EDF Archipel Guadeloupe 2013 by YCSF
Dawid Mocke won last year (Photo: Defis Kayak)
Dawid Mocke is the favourite to win the race this year. Some Europeans beside Tommy Karls is there as well. Joep Van Bakel, Roland LeBeau, Benoit Le Roux, Michael Dobler and Angie Mouden to mention a few. Hopefully I will be paddling there sometime in the future.
More info at Defis Kayak.
Dec 162012
Dawid Mocke wins the Oceanpaddler World Series 2013 after finishing on the fifth place in the final race today, in Fish Hoek, South Africa. Hank McGregor won the race today in front of Matt Mouman and Simon Van Gysen. Dawid was in the leading position for a long time but when the top paddlers passed the lighthouse on their way back to Fish Hoek Hank McGregor had passed him and was followd by Matt Bouman. Simon Van Gysen advanced during the race and it was really close between Matt and Simon. 26 ladies were confirmed for the start in the Cape Town Downwind, that is really great number. Nikki Mocke and Michele Eray were the big favourites in the women’s class and Nikki ended up winning in front of Michele. The wind has been strong in Fish Hoek for a long period, with several incidents the last days, but today it was hardly no wind and very hot. Surfski Doubles race is tomorrow. (Photo of Dawid: Peter Svensson)
Results from The Fish Hoek World Cup Race (Not confirmed)
Men
- Hank Mcgregor
- Matthew Bouman
- Simon Van Gysen
- Sean Rice
- Dawid Mocke
- Jasper Mocke
Women
- Nikki Mocke
- Michele Eray
Under 23 Men
- Kenny Rice
- Dominic Notten
- Craig Flanagan
Under 23 Men
- Angie Mouden
The full course with the start from Millers point around the Millers Rocks, up to the turn bouy at Partridge Point. The finish at the Fish Hoek Lifesaving Club. Totalt length approx 17,7 km (11 mi).
Full results and race report from the Fish Hoek Race is coming up later on.
Nov 282012
Jacobs again, Baggaley returns.
Sydney’s Tim Jacobs continued his run of wins in last weekend’s Manly Wine King of the Harbour at Manly Beach in Sydney. Jacobs and Queensland’s Jeremy Cotter went head to head over the fourteen kilometre course with Jacobs making his move in the final kilometre to the beach.
Tim Jacobs
Tim Jacobs and Jeremy Cotter
Cotter had a solid lead at the ten kilometre mark but the lanky Jacobs with his relaxed effortless stroke pulled back the faster rating cotter in the two kilometres up wind section. Cotter fought back and took the lead with less than two kilometres to go but Jacobs came through. Rumour is that Jacobs was trying to impress his brother, Pete who was on the beach to help out for the day. Jacobs P recently took out the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon adding another trophy to the already bulging Jacobs memorabilia cabinet.
Top 5 Open – Reece Baker – 5th, Jeremy Cotter – 2nd, Tim Jacobs – 1st, Murray Stewart – 3rd, Sam Norton – 4th
After a bad start, Olympic Champ Murray Stewart fought his way through the pack to fill the final spot on the podium. Jacobs who was favourite for the 750m Australian Sports Nutrition (ASN) Hot Spot fell off at the start giving the Sunshine Coast’s youngster Billy Bain a clear run to the turn. Bain was challenged early by Reece Baker and Nathan Baggaley, but showed great maturity to maintain his poise and pick up the ASN Hotspot $500.
Unfortunately for the rest of the field, Bain stopped on the turn to remove bluebottles that had wrapped around his arm, causing a traffic jam with many having to stop and back up and some falling off. Bruce Taylor and Kurt Tutt were just some of the casualties with Taylor taking a ski to ribs and spending some time in the water. Both paddled their way back through the field but failed to crack the top ten.
Jo Brigden-Jones (1st) and Sarah Knapman (2nd ) in the Open Female
Olympian Jo Brigden-Jones like Stewart was favourite for the ASN Hotspot in the ladies and like Stewart went into water at the start. Sarah Knapman took advantage of Jo Brigden-Jones disadvantage and added $250 courtesy of ASN to her bank account. Jo Brigden-Jones made up the deficit over the course of the race relegating Knapman to second with New Zealand’s Tracy Wilson picking up the bronze.
The return of Baggaley
The big news of the day was the return of Nathan Baggaley to the racing arena. After an extended layoff it didn’t take Baggaley too long to get his well-known competitive spirit back. Very close to the leaders for about half the race, fitness played its part and he faded to a creditable 15th by the time he came ashore at Manly.
This was the first event of five to be held in the THORZT Australian Ocean Racing Series (AORS). The next event will be the Mandurah Duel in January followed closely by The Doctor. The series will end up once again in Sydney with the Bridge to Beach on February 24th.
Big thanks to all the supporters of the series THORZT and Pro Choice Safety Gear along with all the major craft sponsors, Nelo, Stellar, Fenn, Carbonology and Vadja. It’s great to see all these suppliers come together in one series and the result of this was a well-supported race with good numbers and a very competitive field.
Results (please note the SUPs and Short Course categories raced a shorter course however are mixed in overall results)
http://results.racetectiming.com/default.aspx?Cid=115&Rid=37
Photos by Sherene LaGasse
http://www.oceanpaddler.com/gallery/?album=1&gallery=25
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Nov 102012
Tim Jacobs defended last years victory and onetrhe crazy hard Dragon Run in Hong Kong. Hardly no wind, choppy water and really hot!
Results from the Steelcase Dragon Run!
Results:
Tim Jacobs
Grant VD Walt
Hank Mc Gregor
Corey Hill
Dawid Mocke
Sean Rice
Jeremy Cotter
Matt Bouman
Jasper Mocke
Michael Booth
More info coming but now I’m off to a DW. Windy and freezing cold here!
Nov 092012
There is a lot of interest of the Steelcase Dragon Run in Hong Kong this year. Many of the best surfski paddlers are there. It’s also a lot of talk of the new Epic V14 in Hong Kong. It will be interesting to see what the Epic team paddlers can do in the new Epic V14. Will they deliver? Oscar Chalupsky says that the Mocke brothers wont make it into the top 5. That is problerbly the best fuel for both Dawid and Jasper. I still think both of them will be in the top 5 but I do not think either of them will win. I would spend my money on last years winner, Tim Jacobs. He dominated the Dragon run last year, won the doctor in January and has been racing local races during the year in the lead up to the Dragon Run. He is as fit as last year and feeling good. With only light winds from the east Sean Rice may be an outsider. Michele Eray is my fauvorite to win the women’s class. She’s back from an injury. It will be interesting to see how Angie Mouden is racing with some of the best women around.
Okt 312012
Roland Lebeau from France has written a race report from the Aegean Surfski Race in Greece a couple of weeks ago. Aegean Surfski Race is a part of the OceanPaddler World Series 2012. All photos are used by permission from Jonathan Constantine. Read Rolands report.
Aegean Surfski Race – Athens – 13 and 14 October 2012
The fourteenth race of the 2012 OceanPaddler World Series took place in Varkiza near Athens in Greece. This was the first surfski race ever held in Greece and the third race in the Mediterranean Sea this year.
The surfski paddlers went away very quickly at the start.
There was a warm welcome at the airport when arriving, great hospitality, possibilties to rent new Fenn or Zedtech surfskis, a downwind course, very good and cheap food and also cheap accomodation. All this combined made the stay in Varkiza very pleasant.
Unfortunately the God Eole fell asleep during the saturday. It became completly calm and no wind at all. It was a windy Friday and great conditions on Sunday afternoon, but the organizational imperatives was unfortunately not forgotten. We could only rely on our strength to travel the 18 km race from Anavissos to Varkiza.
The Friday prologue allowed all paddlers to prepare and study the race course.
Jasper Mocke won the Aegean Race
Jasper Mocke went unsurprisingly to the leading position directly. After passing the island, the race course is going straight to the finish but still not the slightest breeze. Jasper put pressure to burst the group and therefore avoided any surprise if he had to lead a sprint at the finish.
Dane Sloss from Australia
Kiko Vega from Spain
Dane Sloss, from Australia finished in second place, only 13 seconds behind. The airline company that Dane traveled with had lost his paddle so he did a great race. The final place on the podium, went to “Kiko” Vega from Spain, who earlier this year finished in second place in the famous race of Riba de Sella. Everyone found the race hard, it was becoming quite hot. At times it was possible to accelerate on some swell but no real surf, so there were no time to rest.
Angie Mouden from France
The young and promising French girl Angie Mouden won the women’s class easily in front of Alexandra Georgopoulou from Greece.
Top four from the left: Dane Sloss, Jasper Mocke, Kiko Vega and Daniel Sanchez Viloria
Alexandra Georgopoulou and Angie Mouden
A big applause to Jonathan Constantine by the warm welcome and great organization. Jonathan, the leader of the organization team has a desire to do develop and attract more people to next year’s race. All competitors were delighted with the stay in Greece and will return next year.
//Roland Lebeau
Link to the Aegean Race Web page
Link to the Aegean Race Facebook site
Okt 312012
Following the OceanPaddler Race in Breizh is Dawid Mocke still in top in the World Series but Jasper Mocke is only 6 points behind. Jeremy Cotter from Australia is in third position. Best European paddler is the veteran paddler Michael Dobler from Germany. Angie Mouden from France is the best female paddler.
Now will the races continue in Asia and on the southern hemisphere. It will be interesting to follow the final races. Next up is the Steelecase Dragon run in Hong Kong on the 18th 11th (thanks Rambo) of November.
Press here for comlete results from the OceanPaddler World Series .
Okt 142012
Jasper Mocke is on a winning spree. Yesterday he won the Aegean Surfski Race in Greece, in front of Dane Sloss and Kiki Vega. Angie Mouden from France won the women’s class.
Men
| Position | Time | Name | Country | Surfski |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01:19:41 | Jasper Mocke | South Africa | Fenn |
| 2 | 01:19:54 | Dane Sloss | Australia | Allwave |
| 3 | 01:21:52 | Kiko Vega | Spain | Zedtech |
| 4 | 01:22:52 | Daniel Sanchez Viloria | Spain | Allwave |
| 5 | 01:24:21 | Luis Amando Perez Blanco | Spain | Zedtech |
| 6 | 01:24:36 | Michael Dobler | Germany | Fenn |
| 7 | 01:25:26 | Agustin Ordonez Bianco | Spain | Fenn |
| 8 | 01:25:34 | Roland Lebeau | France | Fenn |
| 9 | 01:26:03 | Paul Eyquem | France | Fenn |
| 10 | 01:28:41 | Gergely Hadvina | Hungary | Zedtech |
| 11 | 01:30:01 | Michalis Papasavas | Greece | Zedtech |
| 12 | 01:36:31 | Petros Lazopoulos | Greece | Zedtech |
| 13 | 01:44:15 | Nick Christodoulides | Greece | Nelo |
| 14 | 01:58:03 | Mastratonakis N | Grece | |
| 15 | 01:58:03 | Gavalas Matritis | Greece | |
| 16 | 02:01:14 | Jonathan Constantine | USA | Zedtech |
| 17 | 02:27:10 | Maurius Weinwurm | Greece |
Women
| Position | Time | Name | Country | Surfski |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01:38:40 | Angie Mouden | France | |
| 2 | 01:53:32 | Alexandra Georgopoulou | Greece | Zedtech |
Okt 102012
The Oslo Surfski Challenge was held in Norway last weekend. There was hardly any wind and it was noticed in number of participants in the starting field. The Olympic Gold Medalist Eirik Verås Larsen from Norway won the 14 km race. Read Jens Websters race report from Oslo Surfski Challenge.
Results
- Eirik Verås Larsen 01:05
- Anders Winther Anderesen 01:07
- Gleb Greben/Vegard Andersen 01:08
- Eirik Benzen 01:08
- Arnt Aasland 01:09
- Einar Kjerschow 01:14
- Mats Grov 01:14
- Jens Webster 01:17
- Jonny Nilsson 01:18
- Ferdinand Johansen 01:21
- Petter Wiencke 01:28
- Susanna Hildeberg 01:39
- Simen Skogli 01:39
