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Femöreracet

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Jun 092013

Next race in the Swedish Surfski Cup 2013 is the Femöreracet in Oxelösund. It will be an open window on the weekend 15-16th of June to optimize for best surfski conditions. It will be an approx 15-19 km race course. The organizers will announce which day the race will be taking place on thursday the 13th.

The race fee is 300 SEK if registered before wednesday the 12th. It is possible to register on race day, fee on race day is 500 SEK (Cash only). Swedish paddlers may follow instructions on the Oxelösund Kanotklubb’s web page. International paddlers may contact Jonas Fager by mail for instructions, femoreracet@telia.com.

The race will start at 2 pm on saturday or sunday. Mandatory information is given at 1 pm on race day.

Oxelösund is located on the Swedish east coast 120 km south of Stockholm.

Map to Oxelösunds Kanot Club

Safety

Attendance to the mandatory safety information prior the start
PFD
Leash
Cell phone in waterproof case/bag
Flare, attached to the PFD

Accomodation

It is possible to camp next to the Oxelösund Kanotklubb and use their fascilities (some access restrictions during saturday evening). For other accomodation, please visit www.visitoxelosund.se.

Hamburgers!!!

Hamburgers will, of course, be served to all participants after the race!

Downwind paddling in the city

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Maj 042013

My hometown Goteborg is divided by the river Göta älv. My friend Trent lives south of the river and commute with his surfski to his office at Volvo north of the river. That must surely be the best way to get to work. He states that there are really good downwind conditions when the wind coming from west. With a 30 knot wind blowing from west last tuesday my friend Patric and I decided to try it out ourselves. This was the first time I ever paddled from the river mouth to the city center. It’s a 11,5 km long paddle trip.

It was perfectly alright conditions. The waves tended to be good in the middle of the waterway. Normally the waterways are very busy but there were hardly no traffic at the moment. The waves flattened out at times just to be bigger again within a minute or two, proberbly depending on the current from river. It was great fun to have done the trip but I prefer open sea!

Passing the Alvsborg Bridge

The Harbor in Goteborg is the biggest in Scandinavia

Passing the Stena ferry Germanica.

Reaching the final destination. The tall ship Barken Viking is permanently moored in the harbor next to the opera house in the central part of Goteborg.

Surfski Spring Camp 2013

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Maj 022013

Surfski Spring Camp 2013 was held last weekend in Sweden. It’s still very cold in the water. The winter has been long this year. But the best sign of spring is the Surfski Spring Camp. The location was really great at the Gunnarsö Camping, just outside the city of Oskarshamn on the Swedish east coast. About 50 happy surfski paddlers from Sweden, Denmark and Norway attended the camp. Unfortunately the weather was very calm and we had really flat conditions. Instead of doing some downwind sessions I practiced my technique with Anders Gustafsson, the K1 500 meter World Champion (2010), as a teacher. Anders gave individual instructions and tips to everyone on how to improve your paddling technique.

I also got the opportunity to try out some new surfskis I haven’t tried before. Vajda Hawx, Nordic Kayaks Nitro and Rapido 2.0 as well as the new surfski from Plastex. I really liked the Hawx and the Nitro.

It was a great event (besides the lack of wind and waves). We were grouped in four and stayed in small cottages with very nice standard. We had excellent food and the most important was to meet old friends as well as some new nice acquaintances. Here are some photos from the surfski spring camp.

I love sea kayakers

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Mar 232013

I was a seakayaker before I started with surfski paddling. Nowdays I’m only into surfski paddling. Today some seakayakers acted as icebreakers and helped me to reach open water. I’m so thankful. It was a beautiful day but no waves.

Swedish Surfski Cup

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Mar 232013

The interest for surfski has increased in Sweden the recent years. We have a lot of happy paddlers enjoying downwind paddling but there have only been a few races. The Swedish Canoe Federation is now organizing the first national Surfski Series in Sweden this year. It is called The Swedish Surfski Cup and will consist of four races. The first race, Vågryttaren (The Wave Rider in English) will be taking place on the 19th of May in my hometown Göteborg. Vågryttaren will be a 15 km downwind race. It will also be the first of two qualification races for the Swedish National Surfski Team. The National Team will take part in the Surfski World Championships in Portugal.

The national teams from Australia and South Africa better watch out! Sweden is on the hunt!

Tommy Karls in the Seamasters 2012 (photo: Erik Wildenstam)

If you are planning to race in Europe this summer you better take your time and plan a visit to Sweden for a race as well. Besides great paddling we also have long summer nights and the best barbeque!

Race dates in the Swedish Surfski Cup

May 19 – Vågryttaren, Göteborg, Sweden
June 8/9 or 15/16 – Race course not fully confirmed yet, it will be officially announced soon.
July 21 – Aterra Wave Challenge, Helsingborg, Sweden
August 25 – Seamasters, Arkosund, Sweden

Other surfski events/races in Sweden 2013

April 26-28 – Surfski Spring Camp 2013, Oskarshamn
May 24-26 – West Coast Water, Tanumstrand
June 7-9 – Surfski Wave Camp, Varberg
July 21-23 – Super Wave Challenge, Skälderviken
July 27 – Fjellbacka Surfski Open
August 9-11 – Surfski Wave Camp, Varberg

Invitation to the Surfski Spring Camp 2013

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Mar 042013

Updated:

It is time to register to the Swedish Surfski Spring Camp 2013. It is held in Oskarshamn, on the 26th – 28th of April. Oskarshamn is located on the Swedish east coast 340 km south of Stockholm and 400 km north east of Copenhagen, Denmark. There will be some news compared to last year. The new organzier, Aterra, has slightly different approach. Oskarhamn offers better accomodation and also gives more opportunities to downwind courses. The camp is perfect for all levels of surfski paddlers, from beginner to elite as well as paddlers interested in multisport.

Anders Gustafsson from the Swedish national team in kayak racing is coming! He finished in fifth place (1 000 meter) during the olympics in London 2012 and won the European Championships (500 Meter) last year. It is time for us to speed up. At the moment he is training in Australia during our winter season.

Program

Clinics with Anders Gustafsson, paddling technique, multisport aswell as lectures.
Downwind paddling sessions
Wave technique with Leif Davidsson
Paddling technique with Anders Gustafsson / Evy Lantz
Re-entry courses with Karolina Silfverberg
Safety courses
How to choose the right surfski for you
Surfski Spring Race – The first surfski race for the season!
There will be a number of surfskis available to try from different manufactures:
- Carbonology
- Epic
- Knysna Genius
- Nelo
- Vajda
- Nordic Kayaks

Price:

Surfski Spring Camp: with accomodation / camping
Friday to sunday 1 990 SEK / 1 590 SEK
Saturday to sunday 1590 SEK / 1 290 SEK

Registration is open

Register here (There are only 60 spots available for the camp at the moment. Aterra is working on a solution to increase the availability. I will update the availablity here) The first 10 to register (marked in red) will have a chance to win a copy of Surfski with the pros by last years instructor Dawid Mocke .

Already registred

Anders Gustafsson
Sven Jansson
Karolina Silfverberg
Jeanie Sandquist
Evy Lantz
Peter Svensson, globalsurfski.com
Erik Wallgren, Nomado
Fredrik Lindström, Nordic Kayaks
Christian Dietz, Bootshaus
Leif Davidsson, Aterra
Eva Egnell, Kajak Kalmarsund
Peter Ekström
Hans Kristian Stölen
Oddbjörn Nilsen, Norway
Patric Petersson
Christina Holm
Hans Strand
Ola Ström
Hanna Isaksson
Peter Klasson
Pedro Pontes
Maciej Chwieros
Anders Karlsson
Johan Senbom
Viktoria Willén
Trent Victor
Per Afrell
Agneta Bergman Fredriksson
Jacob Holst
Oscar Celsing
Theresia Uggla
Sven Reiten
Torbjörn Strand
Patrik Nedar
Stig Nygård
Anders Ohlsson
Susanne Ohlsson
Niklas Lagesson

It’s almost gone

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Feb 112013

Yesterday I was told that the ice was almost gone. Today, when it was beautiful weather with no wind, -1 C and a warming sun, I decided to bring my drysuit instead of my gym clothes. Good choice! I got a good 10 km exercise on the sea for the first time in weeks. True happiness! Another good thing is that the sun doesn’t set until 5 pm and it is getting much brighter every day now.

Just some ice outside the club. I had to find weak parts, paddle up on the ice and let the weight from the surfski and me break the ice.

Freedom!

New Surfski store in Helsingborg, Sweden

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Dec 292012

Aterra is opening a new surfski and kayak store at the harbor in Helsingborg, Sweden. Helsingborg is located in south of Sweden and very close to Denmark. You reach Helsingborg within one hour drive from Copenhagen. The strait between Denmark and Sweden offer good downwind conditions when winds coming from the north or south. Aterra aim to be a general paddling center and the obvious choice in south of Sweden. Leif who is running Aterra is already very active in the paddling scene and doing a lot of activites to increase the interest for surfski paddling (eg surfski camps and races). The new store will open in spring next year. Hopefully it will attract the Danish paddling community with the proximate location to Denmark.

Interior view of the store (Photo: Leif Davidsson)

Exterior view (Photo: Leif Davidsson)

Leif Davidsson, the owner of Aterra, is opening a new surfski and kayak store in Helsinborg. (Photo: Peter Svensson)

More info:

Aterra blog

Surfski Film Festival 2012

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Dec 112012

During the past years there have been more and more film clips available at YouTube and Vimeo from different water sports, surfski is not an exception. When waterproof cameras have become better, cheaper and easier to use it has made film making more common among paddlers. More people want to document and share their experiences. That is really great. You can find reviews, tutorials and inspirational videos on YouTube and other sites.

Emma Nilsson and Evy Lantz came up with a great idea to start a Surfski Film Festival. This year it was held in Hindås, west of Göteborg in Sweden. The film festival was a success and great fun. Emma and Evy hope and belive that the interest will increased even more to next year with more contestants. They also hope that more people became inspired to start with surfski paddling and discover the fun with downwind paddling.

Emma Nilsson and Evy Lantz with the first prize for the best surfski film. The prize is actually Dawid Mocke’s flip flops. He visited Sweden in May during the Spring Camp 2012 and forgot his flip flop.

During the night more surfski films were shown, to get inspiration from paddlers all over the world. There were also discussions about next year’s surfski season here in Sweden.

Surfski’n Kite Hooky – The winning film from Trent Victor

When Trent’s dream came true – by Emma Nilsson.

The other two contributions are not available on YouTube yet.
Marstrand-Rörtången – Micke Ström (Skydrive)
Sunday’s Downwind – Jeanie Sanqvist (Link will come soon)

Links to other surfskiers who are making films:

The Bråviken Beach To Beach Cold Feet Paddle Race

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Nov 072012

The temperature in Hong Kong is about +25 C (77 F) and in Arkösund, Sweden, it’s +4 C (39 F) at the moment. Why not cool down after the Steelcase Dragon Run with the Bråviken Beach to Beach Cold Feet Paddle Race in Sweden on the 17th of November.

The Bråviken Beach to Beach Cold Feed Paddle Race is cross the bay of Bråviken, not far from the Seamasters race route. The race organizer and Epic agent Nomado is also opening their new HQ and are planning an After Ski after the race. Free beer, snacks and a nice sticker to everyone who paddle a SUP or Epic Surfski. Water temperature? Also + 4 C!

Tempting?! Rearrange your flights from Hong Kong and send e-mail to Erik at Nomado to sign up for the race!

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