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Mauritius Ocean Classic’s going to be a cracker of NOTE!
Friday, 03 July 2009
The inaugural Investec Mauritius Ocean Classic kicks off tomorrow morning at 10h00 Mauritius time (GMT + 4)... Anton Erasmus lead the race briefing tonight and revealed his decision on the race course...
Leading stories
Mauritius Ocean Classic - What the top guys think
It's a simple question: Will we all come out of the Investec Mauritius Ocean Classic of 2009 alive? Sensationalist? Nope, not if you talk to the big guns.
Sporty’s Downwind Dash – Race Report
A couple of the paddlers were clearly quite relieved not to be on the outside of the reef – on the other hand, paddling on flat water doesn't produce the same adrenalin rush!
Indian Racing Drivers and Flying Fish
Murray's Blog from a Small Island – live from the Investec Mauritius Ocean Classic, Day 2.
Mauritius Ocean Classic - Wild Weather for Downwind Dash
The wind is 25kts, gusting 30 from the right direction - southeast - but the seas are massive - 4.5m plus - and the direction is wrong, the swell is coming from the southwest...
Mauritius Ocean Classic - Opener
The countdown has begun ‘til the world's newest ocean race –in arguably one of the world's sweetest paddling destinations.At 9am, +4 GMT, on Thursday July 2 2009, some of the world'stop pa...
Murray's Blog: Paddlers invade Paradise!
We had to be brave. For precisely 24 hours before we boarded an airliner to fly east to a tiny Indian Ocean island off the East coast of Africa ... an airliner crashed in...
Mauritius – “Extraordinary venue, huge surf”
Marc le Mentec (France): "Everything is outstanding: the organization is perfect, the venue extraordinary, and the surf is huge (the pass in to go to Le Morne is impressive). Hopefully Oscar is ther...
Father, Husband, Champion - Dawid Mocke
For Dawid Mocke, changing nappies and paddling for gold is all in day's work. This morning, Dawid Mocke will be found changing an infant's nappy, that of his beloved son. And tomorrow he...
Mulder and Kruger win Pirates classic, Aussie Ando Crashes Out (Great Pics!)
Durban, South Africa - Marc Mulder and Tiffany Kruger took full advantage of a lull in the stormy weather to snatch victory in the CMH Pirates Umhlanga Pirates surf ski race. However the race, which...
French Champs Qualifier
Cherbourg, France: 100 single skis registered for the race; one of the final steps in the French series to qualify for the National Championship that will take place in August on the Côte D'Azure.....
Innovation or Hyperbole?
[Email from reader Justin O'Sullivan] Re your article on copyright in Surfski design, I've attached a short article by John Winter from http://www.greenlandpaddle.com/ on innovation in kayak design ...
World’s Greatest All-Round Paddler - Take Two!
Seems to be a bit of talk lately about who is the greatest all-round paddler. I thought I would throw this one in the hat.
Hank McGregor - Man in Motion
Is Hank McGregor poised to be declared the greatest paddler alive?
Michelle Eder wins in big Durban surf (Bouman also) (Pics)
Scottburgh, South Africa - Matt Bouman extended his unbeaten run in the Discovery Men's Health surf ski series with an emphatic victory in the Island Tribe Scottburgh Surf Classic, while Michelle Eder...

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[Editor: David Hartwanger of Intelligent Fluid Solutions explains how the Red7 Bullet Scuppers were designed.] ...
Bullet Scuppers
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THE EPIC ULTRA, ULTRA ELITE
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