Taking a cellphone with you out to sea is fast becoming standard safety equipment. They’s small enough, practical, and in the right waterproofing, life saving. However, besides using the phone to talk through your situation, phones have another very useful feature: GPS. Enter, Guardian. It tracks your GPS position (much the same as any other [...]
With over 600 competitors and 28 clubs over 15 different disciplines, 4 different age groups (and then 8 different Masters age groups) and 2 sexes; the full results are quite a task! Most significantly though, Lifesaving is proudly, a drug-free sport! “Hang Ten are proud to be associated with Lifesaving South Africa (LSA), particularly as [...]
Champs has come and gone and my, oh, my- what a spectacular weekend! The race report is up and published on GoMulti Magazine and a web album with all the visuals is available on PicasaWeb. There is a feast of photos bringing back vivid some memories…. And a hearty congratulations to Fish Hoek Surf Lifesaving [...]
The time has arrived for the ultimate championship: SAs, Champs, Nationals. By any other name, it’s still the Champs. Starting on Wednesday 30th March 2011, at about 12pm on Camps Bay Beach, the Masters (30+ years of age) take to the ocean and beach to battle it out first. Flags, sprints, ski, board, swim, run: [...]
It’s carnival time! This weekend, surf lifesaving clubs from all over the Peninsula will descend en-masse to BigBay for two days of intense competition on the beach and in the surf. In the lineup, we have: Flags, sprints, beach relays and long run on terra firma. In King Neptune’s playground we have iron man, taplin [...]
I woke up in the morning listening to the wind thinking to myself: “Wowweee. Tonight is going to be fun”. The wind forecast looked hectic and by far the heaviest wind I would have ever paddled in- but not by much. I have been careful to make sure I gradually up the tempo with each [...]
Surf Lifesaving Western Province held a carnival on the weekend at Milnerton beach contested by all the local clubs in perfect conditions: sunny skies, clean surf and warm Atlantic water (yes, no wetsuits). The events of the day included (on the beach): flags, beach relay and long run. In the water: ironman, run-swim-run, malibu board [...]