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X-Lakes 2012 Race Review
Over 48hrs ago I crossed the finish line and since then, it’s felt like I’ve wished a good friend “see you later” at the airport after enjoying a lifetime of memories together. The race keeps flashing back in bits and pieces as daydream; sending me high on smiles and then I slip back with a [...]
The Lakes Outdoor Festival 2012
Fortunately, I spotted the tweet from @GoMulti announcing this race hosted by trisport.co.za. The appeal of doing 4 races over 2 days was just to good to skip, and so, off we went on a spur-of-the-moment family roadtrip. Accommodation was promptly organised by @momallott and we loaded up the kids, canoe and MTB and headed [...]
New Balance Surfer’s Challenge 2011
This last weekend saw the running of the annual Surfer’s Challenge hosted by New Balance, South Africa. The event is essentially a “runner vs paddler” with both disciplines taking off from Long Beach, Kommetjie and covering the miles of beach towards Noordhoek before tailing it back. The conditions on the day however it what really [...]
Cape Town Downwind Surfski
It’s that time of year again when the South Easter starts to make it’s regular appearance around the Peninsula. And for wind-junkies, that only means one thing: time to play hard! This coming Wednesday, 12th October sees the start of the Milnerton-BigBay downwind dash for 2011: 18h00. Wind looks promising so there should be a [...]
Island Shamaal 2011 Wrap
Subtitled: The Flying Fish Edition Paddling the oceans is always a privilege, no matter where you are. And paddling down the west coast of Ile Maurice is just inspiring. As hard as I try to drop the cliches and superlatives, I just can’t. This little paradise secret is nothing short of spectacular. But we came [...]
The Mauritian Way
If there’s one thing I’ve come to learn about the folk around here is that nothing seems to be much of mission. Maybe it’s just Tamassa staff and the organising crew for The Island Shamaal, but I am tres impressed by their work ethic. And this is still Africa, on top of being an island [...]
Mauritius Ocean Paddling
Day 2 in paradise and we’re settling in (too) nicely. The quote to extend our stay until the end of September was a little steep so we’re just going to make the most of our time here. And so, today, we set off to do almost nothing. And it worked; mostly. There was a repeat [...]
Mauritius Ocean Classic Paddle #1
We headed out for our first ocean paddle today, a relatively easy-paced 17km along the South-SouthWest coastline of Mauritius. You can review the paddle’s GPS track here on Endomondo. You might notice the sharp right turn as we approached Le Morne. Yes, about that sharp right turn. I was catching the swell and getting carried [...]
The Island Shamaal
The Mauritius Ocean Classic has been touted as one of the nicest paddling weeks of the year- and who’s to say otherwise? One week with a social downwind, two races (a minor 15km event preceding the major Island Shamaal) on a tropical island, in the middle of winter (for us Souther Hemisphere folk), with some [...]
iTrainedToday Academy
The Academy is just a group on one hand.. while not really being a traditional group. It’s grass-roots, it’s simple, it’s local. The unifying philosophy is: “i want to be the best version of me”. Wether you run a 11second 100m or a 7minute kilometer, you’re pushing yourself. Maybe you just paddle, or swim, or [...]
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