Durban – As the continued coronavirus lockdown grips the country, Canoeing South Africa will host a 24 hour Canoeing4COVID-19 event this weekend as a way to raise funds for members of the broader paddling community that have been badly affected by the lockdown. The brainchild of CSA President Kim Pople, the event is open to […]
How to Train the Most Important Core Muscle Reproduced from the original article in Bicycling Balance Ball Pikes image fitnessrxwomen.com Why They Rock: Moves with an instability component force you to confront any muscle imbalances or weaknesses you may have. “If you’re going off balance, your body is going to let you know,” says Durner. This […]
Wishing all the paddlers that are taking on the Ultra form of the amazing Dusi this morning the best of luck. Pietermaritzburg – With solid later summer rain and water releases from Henley Dam and Inanda Dam, intrepid paddlers taking on the 2020 Garden City Commercials Non-Stop Dusi Canoe Marathon on Friday will enjoy ideal […]
The surf ski Calendar for 2020 is hectic! so we tried to map out a few of the MUST do races on the calendar. If your favourite race is not on this list be sure to drop us a note. April: 27 April, Freedom Paddle, Cape Town, South Africa May: 2/ 3 May, Euro […]
The Memorandum to the Bill is 12 pages long so in the interest of easy reading we have divided it in to 2 parts. We have added our thoughts / concerns in italics 1 The National Sport and Recreation Amendment Bill, 2018 (“the Bill”), seeks to amend the National Sport and Recreation Act, 1998 (Act […]
Underberg – Following a tumultuous end to 2019, South African paddling king Hank McGregor will be at the 2020 N3TC Drak Challenge, presented by FNB, from 1-2 February but won’t be putting any pressure on himself to contest for the title. McGregor had a tough final three months of the year after he was diagnosed […]
As an extension of their commitment to the sport of paddling, Euro Steel have confirmed a partnership with the organisation, Save Our Rivers, which targets the ecological health of rivers in South Africa, for the benefit of all communities. This partnership follows the successful involvement with Team Euro Steel who have dominated the podium in […]
In what turned out to be a scintillating opening to the 2020 racing season the first shots were fired at the 50 Miler and Mfula to Inanda Dam this last weekend. All eyes were on the male race favorites to see if the training that Andy Birkett-Athlete and Khumbulani Nzimande had been doing in the […]
I was asked to write a little story about why anyone should do the Cape Point Challenge (CPC), So here goes … A few years ago I was doing a talk in Australia to a whole group of surf ski paddlers. The question was brought up: “Tell us about this crazy CPC”. After asking why […]
We were paddling slowly upwind into a howling northwester, about 2km from Hout Bay beach when my paddling partner turned to me, shouted, “I’m exhausted!” and fell off his surfski. As he made a number of efforts to remount, he was drifting fast downwind, towards the cliffs under Chapman’s Peak and I realized that the […]
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