Wednesday, 28 June 2006 12:56
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Written by
Duncan Reyneke, The Herald
It‘s been just over two days since DA ward councillor Stanford Slabbert‘s near fatal brush with hypothermia, and the men involved with saving him feel it was a stroke of good luck they were able to assist. An avid paddling enthusiast, Slabbert was surfskiing in the third leg of the…
Sunday, 25 June 2006 20:58
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Written by
NSRI Media Release
Spirit of ToftPort Elizabeth, 24 June, 2006. Surf-skier rescued after going missing at sea has been taken directly to hospital for treatment for hypothermia aboard an SA Air Force helicopter. Ian Gray, NSRI Port Elizabeth Station Commander said: "At 15h20 NSRI Port Elizabeth were activated to a report of…
Sunday, 18 June 2006 22:31
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Written by
Rob Mousley
One of the perks of writing for Surfski.info is that I sometimes get the opportunity to test drive new skis... and the latest was the Kayak Centre V10. Kayak Centre, in Durban, have a license to manufacture the Epic skis for the South African market and the first production…
Friday, 19 May 2006 21:10
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Written by
Rob Mousley
The Paddler Christmas night 2005 - Alan Witherden lay awake listening to the howling wind. The southeaster had been blowing hard for several days and thoughts of the resulting rough seas were preying on Alan's mind. In Cape Town on holiday, he had arranged to join his friend John Rhynes…
Monday, 08 May 2006 16:24
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Written by
Rob Mousley
Three single surfskis were out near Mouille Point, Cape Town yesterday, heading in the direction of Oceana Powerboat Club. The third cut the corner across the reef and... was eaten by the break. His ski was broken in half and one of the other paddlers went into Oceana, borrowed a…
Thursday, 04 May 2006 09:30
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Written by
Rob Mousley
A spam emailer caused not only our site, but the entire server along with some 500 other websites, to go offline for several hours yesterday. One of the open-source components that make up the framework of the site, the Coppermine photo gallery, was attacked and converted into an email broadcast engine…
Tuesday, 02 May 2006 06:54
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Written by
The Honalulu Advertiser
By Dayton Morinaga. Luke Evslin couldn't afford a trip to Maui over the weekend, so he stayed on O'ahu and won a state championship instead. Stuart Gaessner won the surfski division for the second consecutive year. His time was 2:57:03, which was 22 minutes slower than his time last year.…
Sunday, 30 April 2006 19:25
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Written by
Rob Mousley
A black southeaster hit Cape Town this weekend and the 30kt wind on Saturday afternoon was perfect for a downwind. Two unidentified paddlers were spotted leaving Milnerton beach, clearly for a Milnerton to Big Bay run... Elsa Lourens took the photos.
Sunday, 30 April 2006 09:58
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Written by
Rob Mousley
In 2005, the first Discovery Men's Health Winter series race in Durban saw a world record entry of some 507 paddlers. Would (could) the record be broken again? Signs were good at the series launch party... over six hundred paddlers had registered. In the event, it wasn't to be...…
Saturday, 22 April 2006 13:20
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Written by
Rob Mousley
...happy, sunny harbinger of fun - the summer southeasterForecast: “Very windy with large seas. Small craft advisory. Large long period swell. Winds: SE 21 to 28 knots Seas: SW 14 feet at 14 sec.” Interpretation: “Millers Run calling all surf skis. Awesome run predicted.”
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