Rob Mousley

Oscar Chalupsky sent us some phenomenal photos of himself and Tahitian local Tepa Leopold catching the wave at Teahupoo...  Enjoy!

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[Editor: Six weeks ago, David Scheen disappeared during a paddle near his home town Peterborough in Victoria, Australia.  Some of his gear, along with his smashed ski, was found the next day.  Here's a follow up report from The Standard online.]

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The Anchorman 2008 winner is: Dominic Henry of Mauritius.

Dominic Henry - Anchorman 2008!

The draw for the 2008 Dubai Shamaal Anchorman - worth around US$20,000 - takes place tonight at 8pm South African time.

Here's how it will work.

What motivates email hoaxers?  What assholes.  This 2006 pic of a Great White Shark is doing the rounds via email at the moment.

2006 image showing Great White Shark off Fish Hoek Beach. (Copyright Alison Kock)

Editor: It's with a heavy heart that we publish this story - David Scheen from Victoria, Australia is missing after setting out on a training paddle yesterday.  I met David in Hawaii earlier this year where he paddled the Molokai Challenge - he's a strong paddler, but the story looks grim.  Keep him in your thoughts and let's hope for a positive outcome...

David Scheen, pictured in Hawaii in May this year

Here at Surfski.info HQ we are very excited to announce the launch of our first Surfski calendar. We have spent hours poring over our image library to narrow our best pictures down to the fourteen awesome shots featured below. These range from Alan van Gysen's in-boat and in-wave shots to Anthony Grotes' spectacular Durban World Cup and big surf photographs. For balance we selected two moody beach sunrise and sunset photos.

The calendar was professionally crafted by a graphic artist using original high-resolution images, and is printed on quality paper.  It opens to display a glossy A4 picture with another A4 page below containing the days of the month.

Dawid and Nikki Mocke were sitting behind the waves breaking on the point near Kalk Bay Harbor when they noticed onlookers yelling and waving at them.  "We thought it was some of our buddies come to watch," said Dawid, "and it was only when I caught a wave in that I saw two people in the water."

Dawid Mocke catches a giant wave near Kalk Bay (Pic: www.omiphotography.com)

Lewis Gordon Pugh is attempting to paddle to the North Pole - and hopes he won't make it.  This is paddling taken to the ultimate extreme...

Cold weather paddling!

Dawid Mocke is in Spain - sponsored by the "Federacion de Piraguismo de Comunidad de Valencia" - to race and to give surfski paddling clinics.