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2017-07-07

Ocean Racing season moves to Portugal this weekend

[canoeicf] The 2017 International Canoe Federation’s Ocean Racing World Cup season continues this weekend in Portugal, with most of the world’s best surfski paddlers expected to race for gold. The 20 kilometre downwind race between Viana do Castelo and Esposende in the north of Portugal will be a perfect... >>

2017-04-06

2017 Calendar Underlines Global Appeal of Canoe Ocean Racing

[canoeicf] The International Canoe Federation has announced an exciting four-event Ocean Racing World Cup calendar for 2017, that will see the sport taken all around the world to some of the most picturesque venues on offer. Starting in Mauritius in July, the program will then move to Portugal, Tahiti, and... >>

2016-11-03

Stellar field ready to fight for SA Surfski Champs honours

[canoeicf] East London – Buffalo City will be the centre of the South African surfski community this weekend when the famous Pete Marlin Surfski Race hosts the 2016 South African Surfski Championships on 6 and 7 November and with national titles on the line, the who’s who of ocean paddling will be on... >>

2016-09-27

France and Spain lead 2016 ECA Ocean Racing Champs

[canoeicf] Cagliari, the capital city of Italian island Sardinia, hosted the 2016 ECA Canoe Ocean Racing European Championships. During the first competition day of Canoe Ocean Racing in Sardinia European paddlers fought for the European Champion titles. French representatives were the most successful... >>

2016-07-04

McGregor clinches fourth title in Mauritius

[canoeicf] Following hot on the heels of his victory in the Maui Jim Molokai Challenge in Hawaii, Durbanite Hank McGregor underscored his form and ocean riding skills by winning the Investec Mauritius Ocean Classic in daunting, demanding downwind conditions. The event, which forms the first leg of the... >>

2016-05-30

McGregor scoops hat trick as South Africans dominate Molokai Challenge

[canoeicf] Molokai – Hank McGregor won his third title in the Maui Jim Molokai Challenge on Sunday, leading home fellow South African paddlers Sean Rice and Jasper Mocké in the gruelling 53km crossing between the islands of Molokai and Oahu raced in brutal flat conditions. The race for the overall singles... >>

2016-05-30

Mocké races onto the podium in brutal Molokai Challenge

[canoeicf] Cape Town - Fish Hoek based surfski star Jasper Mocké raced onto the podium at the fabled Maui Jim Molokai Challenge in Hawaii on Sunday, finishing third and completing an all-South African podium at the end of a race held in very tough hot weather and on a flat ocean that offered the paddlers no... >>

2016-05-02

Bouman dominates while Purchase steals it in Surf Challenge

[canoeicf] Durban – Matt Bouman grabbed his first win in the Bay Union Surfski Series by taking advantage of superb weather conditions and his ingrained ability handling the surf to win the novel Lion of Africa Surf Challenge, while junior Kyeta Purchase pulled off a stunning come-from-behind move to take... >>

2016-04-26

McGregor & Russell crowned Kings of the Bay

[canoeicf] Durban – KwaZulu-Natal’s surfski community were treated to a once-a-year paddling spectacle on Sunday, 24 April as the exhilarating Bay Union King of the Bay presented by Zurich, race two of the Bay Union Surfski Series, saw them charge across the waters of Durban harbour and out the mouth to sea.... >>

2016-03-12

Fitting finale for majestic 2016 Marine Series

[canoeicf] Durban - The 2016 Varsity College FNB Marine Surfski Series came to an end on Friday evening with the Varsity College FNB South African Schools Surfski Championships taking centre stage as Mark Keeling and Kyeta Purchase became national champions whilst Hank McGregor took the overall spoils in the... >>