High Altitude Surf Ski Championships 2022 – 2 April 2022
Massive waves, friendly sharks, the hottest life guards and great prizes! Dabulamanzi Canoe Club hosts a surf ski race every year where they invite surf ski paddlers from wide and far, dust off their own crafts and rally in the wave-inducing speedboats to create swells, waves and excitement. Yes, we know – we are in Johannesburg – the greatest man-made forest, a long way from any South African coast-line – but who said we couldn’t dream up this storm. This is after all the world’s greatest surf ski race.
Alongside our Dabulamanzi ducks and SUPS, Hank and Pippa McGregor, fought the Emmarentia waves with great enthusiasm, driving their surf ski into first place for the mixed doubles category, while Dabulamanzi legends Wayne Jacobs and Ricci Talevi won the men’s category and Caitlyn Evans & Helen Jansen van Vuuren won the women’s category. The juniors faced serious waves and delivered greatly with Luke Salmon winning the under 18 boys category and Kayla Szalay winning the under 18 girls. The ocean is also a playground for stand up paddleboards where Artur Barreiros took first place in the full SUP race and the two dragon SUP boards with Elandrie Zietsman, Abbi Bohnshack, Abigail Edgar, Michelle Bate, Michelle Haskins, Esme Bester, Kristen Haskins and Georgie Chennells won the SUP Social race.
The races were followed with amazing prizes from Fenn, Standard Bank, Mace Group, GuardianAir & Adreach, delicious burgers from the Oink and Moo food truck and a stella performance from the one and only Dabblers. If you haven’t joined us for one of these events, we would suggest that you get your priorities straight and get to it ASAP!
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Dabulamanzi Awards Evening 2022 – 8 April 2022
Interesting fact: Dabulamanzi paddlers can also dress up with a touch of bling and ditch the Funky Pants, when they need to. We celebrated our 2020 and 2021 top paddlers at a fancy Awards Evening at the club house.
The following awards were awarded at the Awards Evening:
| Award | 2020/21 Winner |
| 1st UMKO | LIAM STEWART / ROB CRICHTON |
| 1st Berg | WAYNE JACOBS |
| 1st Dusi | KELVIN BYRES / MARK GARDEN |
| 1st Vaal | WAYNE JACOBS / CLINT COOK |
| 1st Fish | WAYNE JACOBS / CLINT COOK |
| Henry Spradbury Trophy ( 1st Keiths) | WAYNE JACOBS / CLINT COOK |
| High Altitude Champs | WAYNE JACOBS / RICCI TALEVI |
| 4 Hour Enduro | W JACOBS / C COOK / B BOULLE / N WEEKS |
| Mark Feather Trophy (Pete Marlin) | GERHARD MOOLMAN / LUKE SYMONS |
| Dabs Surfski Paddler of the Year | GRAHAM HOLM |
| Novice Junior | ASHER WILSON |
| Most improved Junior Female | KAYLA SZALAY |
| Most improved Junior Male | MATTHEW CHARTER |
| Top Junior Female | ALEXA GODDEN |
| Top Junior Male | FINLAY LEASK |
| River Junior | NICHOLAS ERWEE |
| Most Improved Female | ELANDRIE ZIETSMAN |
| Most Improved Male | MARK SCHROEDER |
| Top Vet Lady | SARAH EVANS |
| Top Vet | WAYNE JACOBS |
| Top Master | BEN COCKRAM |
| Top Lady Paddler of the Year | CHRISTIE MACKENZIE |
| Top Paddler of the Year | CLINT COOK |
| Clubman of the Year | ELANDRIE ZIETSMAN |
| Chairmans Award | NKOSI MZOLO |
| Boat Breaker | BEN COCKRAM / WONGAMA MAKHASI |
| Swimmer | TAF BYRES |
| As The Crow Walks | BRAD FISHER / SIMNIKIWE NTONDINI |
| Kreepy Krauly | BRAD FISHER |
| 1st SCARC Boat Fish | SISEKO NTONDINI / KWANDA MZOLO |
| 1st SCARC Boat Duzi | SISEKO NTONDINI |
| Most “Ballsy” | KAREN FIELD |
| K3 Dusi Record | Alex / MJ / Ryan Rodda |
Thank you to Elandrie Zietsman, Caren Naude and Steve Jourdan for pulling this fantastic evening together. See more photos on the Facebook page.