Category Archives: Race Reports
Deception Pass Dash
For those who have paid attention to the blog posts for the last couple of months, you’ll have seen the surfski training I’ve been doing and writing about. The opportunity to test out that training came up with the 6 … Read More
Five SUP Races that should be on your calendar
When we’re talking about stand up paddling, the ultimate aim that a lot of people have is in taking part in one of the BIG races. Sometimes because they think they can win some money, most times because it is … Read More
Mocke, Mocke, Rice, Rice – Canadian Surfski Champs 2016
In the run up to the Canadian Surfski Champs (CSC) this year, the race directors and I had been SO excited to see the registrations just go up and up from last year’s numbers to a total of 124 by … Read More
The Mara’amu – A Grand Finale to a Great Surfski Vacation
Mara’amu is the name for the wind that blows between the French Polynesian islands of Taha’a and Bora Bora, which is where we were going to race. I had watched the awesome video from the 2012 event many times. The … Read More
ICF 2015 Ocean Racing World Champs – aka Bob goes to Tahiti!
I had the opportunity to participate in the World Ocean Racing Champs in Tahiti. While reluctant at first, I embraced my new mantra that, “we only have one go-around at life, and we might as well make the most of … Read More