Live commentary from the US Surfski Champs will begin at about 11h30 local time on http://live.surfski.info (to find the time in San Francisco, fire up google and type time now "San Francisco").  The race will begin sometime between 12h00 and 13h00 depending on ship traffic in the bay.

(Click on the image below to get to the Live Coverage site!)

Heading into the sixth edition of the US Surf Ski Champs, just three men have won the coveted title in the City by the Bay: Greg Barton, Dawid Mocke, and Lewis Laughlin.

The gate (Lewis Laughlin on right) (Pic: John Gunter)

[Editor: Never let it be said that US paddlers are fair-weather racers - only 6 skis finished the final race of the Wavechaser winter series, held in San Francisco Bay on the course of the US Surfski Champs.  Kenny Howell sent us the story...]

Mike McNulty surfs towards the finish (Pic: Jasmine Shahbandi)

[Editor: Well known New York based adventurer and writer Joe Glickman put this piece together about the 2007 US Surfski Championships.  Joe came 28th in the race.]

Barry Lewin, Rami Zur & Zsolt Szadovszki sprint at the start (Photo: John Gunter)

San Francisco, Sunday 30 Sep 2007: In a tightly contested doubles race on the second day of the 2007 US Surfski Championships, Barry Lewin and Lewis Laughlin beat locals Zsolt Szadovszki and Robert Clegg by nine seconds...

Barry Lewin & Lewis Laughlin win the doubles race - 2007 US Surf Ski Champs (Photo: Craig Tanner)

Here are the full results (transcribed from the results board at the finish and therefore not official!) for the 2007 US Surf Ski Championships.

The 2007 US Surfski Championships were held in unexpectedly calm conditions.  Competition was fierce, with the tidal currents playing a significant role.  Greg Barton (48) won the sprint to the Fenn Hotspot, taking home the $1000 bonus prize, while Lewis Laughlin (37) paddled a great race, overtaking Oscar Chalupsky (44) on the home straight.  (Look at the ages of those paddlers - who all beat a squad of younger world class competitors...)

Welcome to the 2007 US Surfski Championships live commentary, proudly brought to you by Surfski.info...!

(And it's live text not audio - so you need to refresh your page every few minutes... the next time we do this we'll have new technology that will take away the necessity to refresh - but for now you gotta hit F5 to see more info!)

All times - California time

US Champs - Pre-race Interviews

Martin Sundberg and Katie Standke met up with five of the top paddlers yesterday and made this multi-media presentation of the interviews.  (You can see why Martin & Katie have such an awesome reputation as photographers/artists!)

Katie Standke interviews...

US Surf Ski Champs 2007 - Update 

A fascinating contest looks to be played out between some of the best surf ski paddlers in the world at the US Surf Ski Championships in San Francisco this weekend.