August 25, 2010
Well what a US Surfski Tour the paddlers are having, it is not often you get to paddle around Manhatten Island NY, under The Golden Gate Bridge San Fransisco and across the Chicago Skyline all in the space of 3 weeks. By all accounts the USSSC were a great success, Dawid Mocke holding on to win the big one from Shannon Ekstein and Jeremy Cotter by seconds with Sean Rice rounding out the top four a few minutes back. And DeAnne Hemmens winning the ladies crown  The Finish "How tight it was". Results Top 10 Singles
| Pos |
Name |
Location |
Time |
Division |
Division Place |
| 1 |
Dawid Mocke |
Cape Town, South Africa |
01:57:42 |
OP |
1st |
| 2 |
Shannon Eckstein |
Queensland, Australia |
01:57:54 |
OP |
2nd |
| 3 |
Jeremy Cotter |
Queensland, Australia |
01:58:03 |
OP |
3rd |
| 4 |
Sean Rice |
Cape Town, South Africa |
02:00:19 |
OP |
4th |
| 5 |
Tony Schumacher |
Sydney, NSW Australia |
02:02:33 |
OP |
5th |
| 6 |
Ben Allen |
Queensland, Australia |
02:03:17 |
OP |
, |
| 7 |
Mark Anderson |
NSW Australia |
02:04:57 |
OP |
|
| 8 |
Greg Barton |
Seattle, Washington, USA |
02:09:13 |
SM |
1st |
| 9 |
Robert Barry |
NSW Australia |
02:09:34 |
MS |
1st |
| 10 |
Philippe Boccara |
San Diego, California, USA |
02:12:29 |
SM |
2nd
|   Dawid at the Finish. The top 6 (Jeremy, Sean, Ben, Shannon, Tony & Dawid). The following day saw the doubles race and here Dawid and Sean teamed up to win the USSSC doubles crown. Doubles Results
1 107 Sean Rice, Dawid Mocke 0:49:38
2 109 Philippe Bocarra, Richard Sprout 0:49:55
3 12 Carter Johnson, Dave Jensen 0:50:03
4 101 Donald Kiesling, Gabe Newton 0:50:09
5 103 Patrick Hemmens, DeAnne Hemmens 0:51:32
6 108 Cliff Meidl, Mark Hamilton 0:52:50
7 110 Corry Fitzgibbons, Rich Long 0:54:15
8 106 Elaine Baden, Martin Sundberg 0:54:39
9 176 Eva Mauck, Sean Lupton-Smith 0:54:51
10 105 Debbie Arthur, Morris Arthur 0:55:39 Well this weekend sees both the Chicago Shoreline Marathon in the US and the Nelo Summer Challenge in Portugal being held, WOW how far has this sport come.
Posted by Alexa Lombard
August 21, 2010
Well five days on and Sean the Prawn Rice is still on an absolute high after his great win at the Mayors Cup Surfski Race in New York. Although the defending Champ not many people seemed to give him a chance, what with the quality field assembled this year. On the Monday before the race, a public holiday in South Africa, he celabrated his 21st birthday and Pete was asked by his Mom to say a few words, I was actually really bleek as he had started paddling at the vlei with me as a 13 year old ... Continue reading...
Posted by Alexa Lombard
August 4, 2010
 Sorry for the long intervals between blogs, well Alexa and I had a baby boy (Jarryd) two months ago so I have been trying to help out as much as possible and hence the lack of blogs. I promise to get onto her to write a blog with pictures of the little one.
Well after a fairly quiet time surfski race wise there is suddenly a huge amount of racing to be done by the top guys. It all started last weekend with the ASKR in Norway followed by the Seamasters in Sweden, Next New York Mayors Cup, San ...
Posted by Alexa Lombard
July 18, 2010
Hank re-writes the record books.
Velddrif- Hank McGregor powering into the canoeing history record
books by winning his seventh title in the Windhoek Berg River Canoe marathon,
edging past the record of six wins that he had shared with Robbie Herreveld,
while Robyn Kime dominated the ladies race over the four days.
McGregor blasted into the
finish at Velddrif victorious, without another boat in sight.
Second placed King
praised McGregor saying, “Hank deserves it. He is a true professional... Continue reading...
Posted by Alexa Lombard
July 17, 2010
Kime & McGregor set to repeat 2009 wins at
the Windhoek Berg River Canoe Marathon
Zoutkloof - At the end of three days of tough
racing on the Windhoek Berg River canoe marathon, defending champions Hank
McGregor and Robyn Kime look set to paddle victorious ,once again, into
Velddrif, after tactically astute third stage performances.
After
securing a four minute lead in yesterday’s stage Hank McGregor executed a
champions strategy, working alongside a group of four top paddlers, to smas... Continue reading...
Posted by Alexa Lombard
July 16, 2010
Hank McGregor paddles closer to a
record seventh Berg win.
In the second and shortest day of the
Windhoek Berg River Canoe marathon, defending champion Hank McGregor made his
move on the Cape contenders on a full flowing Berg, taking a critical step
closer to a record seventh Berg title, while in the ladies race, Robyn Kime extended her lead to almost 30min.
The start of Day
Two saw Lance King starting three seconds behind McGregor, in elapsed time. King
worked hard to catch McGregor and ... Continue reading...
Posted by Alexa Lombard
July 14, 2010
McGregor and Kime claim Day One of the
Windhoek Berg River Canoe Marathon.
 Hank McGregor leads Lance King and Alistair Glass into the 1st Portage just after the start in Paarl
Zonquasdrift – Defending
champions Hank McGregor and Robyn Kime stamped their authority on the 2010
Windhoek berg River Canoe marathon at the end of the 56km first stage raced in
cold rainy conditions.
McGregor led home a three boat bunch into the
finish at Zonquasdrift, while Kime shrugged off her lack of training... Continue reading...
Posted by Alexa Lombard
July 13, 2010
 Paarl -
The 49th edition of the Windhoek Berg River canoe marathon gets under way in
Paarl on Wednesday morning, with the organisers assuring paddlers of perfect
racing conditions for the tricky first stage through the thick tree blocks from
Paarl to Zonquasdrift. For the 50 or so Elite paddlers it starts today with a 5km Time trial to determin there seeding for the race, which can be make or break for some.
After a weekend of rain over the Peninsula which
has raised the water level in t...
Posted by Alexa Lombard
May 16, 2010
Winklespruit - Reigning World champion Dawid Mockè
satisfied a lifelong dream by finally winning the Dunlop Surfski World Cup
Durban in a thrilling duel with Durban surf lifesaving Iron man Matt Bouman that
was eventually decided in a neck-and-neck sprint up the beach to the finish at
Winklespruit.
Mockè had the slimmest of leads going into the finish and
opted to approach the crunching surf at Winkelspruit cautiously, taking a
perpendicular line to the beach. Bouman saw his chance and... Continue reading...
Posted by Alexa Lombard
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About Me
Hi and welcome to my new site. As you can see it is still unfinished, but a work in progress. My name is Alexa Lombard/Cole and through this site I hope to bring you lots of different information and content about all types of paddling (my past time) and paddle manufacturing (my business).
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