by admin | Oct 13, 2026 | Flat water racing, General, River racing, Surf ski racing
Summer’s here, and there’s been lots to smile about, from the results at international ocean and sprint races to real river racing and more… Last week it was the 2026 Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships in Spain. Quite why the ICF tried to be more inclusive...
by admin | Jul 15, 2026 | Flat water racing, General, Marathon racing, River racing, Surf ski racing
Apologies – it’s a long one – with lots of reports on all kinds of different sports and other stuff, because much has happened in the last month…. For the first time in many years Dabulamanzi wasn’t well represented at the SA Marathon Champs, which were held at...
by admin | Mar 25, 2026 | General, Surf ski racing
Part of the reason why Dabs is ‘The Best Canoe Club in the Whole Dam Universe’ is because of the annual Fenn High Altitude Surfski Challenge – there really is nothing like it in the whole wide world… The 15th edition was claimed by last year’s winner Mike Arthur who...
by admin | Dec 10, 2025 | Achievers, River racing, Surf ski racing
Last weekend there were 3 very different, almost fringe events, all which show how much there is to do in our wonderful world of paddling, even if it’s not this kind of fringe stuff…. The Carbonology PE2EL Challenge is not a race for the average paddler; actually it’s...
by admin | Nov 6, 2025 | General, Surf ski racing
Last week some of our people played in two vastly different challenges, the 10 in 1 and the Harbour to Harbour. Thursday evening saw another running of the infamous 10 in 1, with the 2025 edition including a new option for the racing snakes; paddle the 10km Time Trial...
by admin | Oct 29, 2025 | River racing, Surf ski racing
The last weekend of October saw one of the SA’s finest river races being run at the same time as one of SA’s finest surfski races. Over half a dozen of the Dabs guys who went up to the Lowveld Croc were at last year’s Pete Marlin, even though they were back markers at...
