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25.01.2022 RESULTS First of all, thank you to all of our paddlers for your patience with the results today. Unfortunately, our timing system had a malfunction which meant we have spent the last few hours manually going through the results as a team to ensure the results are correct. We have made the decision not to post the times, as we are aware that there are a few issues with these. We are confident that the positions in each category are correct however, if you believe that any of t...hese are wrong, please send us a direct message and we will rectify the situation as soon as possible! Apart from the malfunction of the timing system, it was a great day on the water! Thankyou to Matt Burrage for coordinating the water cover with Goolwa, Chiton Rocks and Port Elliot and also to Surf Life Saving South Australia for their support of our series. It was great to have a few interstate paddlers come and join us, so thank you to Luke Morrison, Michael Venis and Steven Brinkley for coming out to the race. We hope to see all of you back in Adelaide in the future. The race started with wave 1 leaving Victor Harbor, headed for Wright Island at 10am. It was great to see our U19 girls going head to head with some of the guys, in particular two of our over 60s, Wayne Jones and Dave Myatt who along with some others lead the way over to Port Elliot. About 10 minutes later, wave 2 left Victor Harbor at an incredible pace. Race winner Luke Morrison missed the start, but caught the lead guys around Wright Island and then powered ahead. The swell was rolling in over the right shoulder of all of the paddlers and bouncing off Granite Island making it a bumpy ride into Port Elliot. Fran Kidd had an excellent paddle, powering along only just behind the top few open men which is an incredible feat for our talented female paddler! Coming into Port Elliot is always an experience, although not as treacherous as last year! Congratulations to Luke Morrison and Francesca Kidd on their overall wins. We will reveal our overall series winners at our presentation in a couple of weeks. The details for this will be confirmed later this week, so we hope all of you will be able to join us for a celebration of the series. Finally, a huge thank you to our series sponsors - Shaw and Partners, Fenn, RJE Global, Wayne Jones Funerals, Bennett Paddles, Epic, Vaikobi, World Paddle and Beavis Plumbing. Without these sponsors - none of this would happen! Keep an eye out for some more photos from todays race! Thanks to Amanda Luetolf for the two of our race winners - more to come!
25.01.2022 A small group of paddlers launched at Port Noarlunga today and paddled down to Moana and back. It wasn’t so much fun heading down but they managed to crack a few good waves on the way back! A good way to round out a post - race recovery week
23.01.2022 Check out the new calendar that Surf Life Saving South Australia have put together! It is very easy to use, so make sure you bookmark this page to keep on top of all the events occurring during the upcoming surf season. https://www.surflifesavingsa.com.au/calendar
23.01.2022 Don’t forget to complete our survey for race 3! Your feedback helps us shape the series in the future so make sure your voice is heard. Complete the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6CSGZMF
20.01.2022 PRESENTATION REMINDER Just a reminder that this afternoons presentation will start at 4pm at the Holdfast Hotel. Please make sure you arrive on time so we can kick off on time! Looking forward to seeing everyone there and thankyou for purchasing your tickets in advance. Please see one of us when you come in so we can provide you with your drink tickets.
19.01.2022 Some photos of today's race thanks to Pat Larven.
19.01.2022 RACE TWO WRAP-UP Once again, conditions were on our side, with moderate North winds around 15 knots. Entries were up to 70, with 65 paddlers eventually leaving the race start from Henley headed for Seacliff. The Seacliff SLSC provided water cover and our thanks are extended to the clubbies that volunteered their time to ensure the safety of all paddlers. ...Continue reading
19.01.2022 Follow the link to the photos from yesterday! If there are any issues with viewing the images please let us know. Thankyou to Amanda and Linda for these amazing images.
17.01.2022 It was great to finish the season with a fantastic group of our paddlers on Sunday afternoon. Congratulations to all of our category winners - the full list can be found here: https://www.saoceanpaddlers.com.au We’ve got some exciting plans potentially for the end of this year/early next year so keep an eye on our Facebook for any announcements! Thankyou to our sponsors for all your support this year. We could not have recognised our paddlers as well as we did without your support!
17.01.2022 We have been asked by the SA Surf Ski Panel to advise that there will be some DOUBLE SKI training-races at the 8@8 this Saturday. This will be one of the last opportunities to get some ‘race’ practice on the double ski before state, so make sure your club attaches a few doubles to the trailer! Location will definitely be on the far south coast - exact beach will be confirmed soon. See everyone there!
17.01.2022 Remember - there’s 12 x $50 cash prizes to be won just for showing up on Sunday! Book your ticket here: https://www.saoceanpaddlers.com.au/store/p11/Ski.html See you Sunday, 4pm at the Holdfast Hotel!
17.01.2022 Thankyou Linda for the fantastic photos!
16.01.2022 SERIES PRESENTATION - THIS SUNDAY 4PM Don’t forget that we have our series presentation this Sunday at 4pm at the Holdfast Hotel. Please purchase tickets here: https://www.saoceanpaddlers.com.au/store/p11/Ski.html It is only $10 which covers your first two drinks as well as some nibbles. Partners and other family members are also welcome to purchase a ticket. ... ALSO - we have 12 x $50 random draw cash prizes to be given out across all categories, so make sure you attend to go into the draw! We will also be awarding a Bennett paddle to our best up and comer. We are looking forward to spending the afternoon with everyone!
15.01.2022 8@8 LOCATION FINALISED! The SA Surf Ski Panel has confirmed with us that the location for tomorrow mornings 8@8 will be MIDDLETON. See everyone there!
14.01.2022 Race 2 of the SA Ocean and Surf Ski Paddling Series is about to get under way! You can see all the paddlers during the race on the SafeTrx site. https://flotilla.safetrxapp.com/events/saop/saop2020r2
14.01.2022 On behalf of the Surf Life Saving SA Surf Ski Panel we’d like to thank all the paddlers (+partners and parents) for making the trip down to Middleton this morning and especially the water safety teams from Christie’s , South Port and Goolwa surf clubs, you guys made all paddlers ‘young and old’ feel very safe in challenging surf. Madeline Nurmi Goolwa Surf Life Saving Club Also thanks to Brenton Quimby for starting the races, great stuff.... Next 8 at 8 will be in mid Feb - exact date to be advised soon. Thanks for a few pics Gary Kidd with more to come later from Linda Mackay Good luck to those in Surf League tomorrow and we’ll see the rest of you at next weeks water carnival.
13.01.2022 RACE 3 SURVEY NOW AVAILABLE! We hope you’ve enjoyed our series as much as Luke has! Please complete our survey for race 3 here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6CSGZMF We have had a total of 79 paddlers complete at least one of our races this series which is huge for us. Thankyou so much to our sponsors and to our paddlers for supporting our series! We value all feedback so please be as specific as possible. We are still finalising the presentation afternoon - more news later this week.
11.01.2022 RACE 2 SURVEY OPEN NOW! We want our series to be the best that it can be, so we really value getting feedback from our paddlers and those who observed the race. If everyone who attended the race on Sunday could please complete our quick 5 question survey, that would be amazing! Please click the link here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/35FP2SQ... Everyone who completes the survey will go into the draw to win a SAOP beanie!
09.01.2022 The SA Ski Paddlers Panel are conducting an 8 at 8 Ski & Board Race Training session; Sat 20 Feb 8am start at Middleton with Christies Beach as a back-up U16-Masters... Skis first (Doubles included) then boards 8 races of each (those doing both disciplines may just do less of each) see your Club surf sports officer to register by 10am Thursday 18/2 See more
07.01.2022 Vintage Wednesday’s
07.01.2022 Photo Album is going to be massive! I've combined forces with Linda MacKay from Christies who got some great photos with me at the start and then some awesome pics of you catching some waves into Pt Elliot (and a seal). I've taken the finish. It will take me ages to get them up on Facebook in the correct order ( Facebook messes them up) so you may see the album forming but it won't be complete for a while. So go to bed and come back in the morning ...! Amanda x
06.01.2022 We love having Clint come to Adelaide and teach us a thing or two. We know everyone is working hard on their technique to impress next time!
05.01.2022 A huge thankyou must go to Surf Life Saving South Australia, in particular to Daniel Willetts for his assistance in organising our water safety and for the support of our series. In race 1, Christies Beach SLSC and Port Noarlunga SLSC provided water cover for our paddlers and they did a fantastic job in keeping everyone safe. For race two, Seacliff SLSC ensured we were able to have 70 paddlers out on the water, so a huge thankyou to the members from these clubs for volunteering their time, allowing us to have a great day on the water!
05.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE - PRESENTATION EVENT. The 2020 Series is done and dusted with some great racing and conditions that provided paddlers of all ages and abilities the opportunity to race each other. The presentation event is to acknowledge the best performers across all ages and genders as well as to congratulate all of our partners, Shaw and Partners, Fenn, Wayne Jones Celebration Funerals, RJE Global, World Paddle and Beavis Plumbing, as well as our supporters.... Please join us on Sunday the 8th of November from 4pm at the Holdfast Hotel. Bring along your partner if you like and enjoy a couple of drinks and some food while sharing a few stories about this years races. The cost is only $10 which includes your first two drinks as well as some nibbles! Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.saoceanpaddlers.com.au/store/p11/Ski.html We look forward to seeing everyone there!
04.01.2022 RACE 2 FEEDBACK Thank you to the large number of competitors and spectators who completed the race 2 feedback survey. We appreciate those who took the time to help improve our events for the future. This is just a summary of some of the results over the four questions asked. Q1 was about the use of the entry system. All paddlers found this easy to use which is reassuring to us, so this is not something we will change at the moment. We implemented feedback from the last time ...regarding displaying if the paddler was on a SPEC or Ocean ski which was well received. Q2 asked about the start time of the race. Most competitors thought the timing of the race was ideal, however some thought that having more flexibility in the timing related to wind conditions would be better (similar to previous feedback). We will continue to wait as long as we can to decide the start time based on the conditions. We must take into consideration our water cover volunteers who need a reasonable amount of notice time. Q3 asked about the adequacy of the safety provisions. All competitors agreed that safety was a high priority for our organisers, with plenty of visible water safety on the course. The addition of the SafeTrx App was again mentioned as a big positive. We can still do better at this with regards to some competitors having difficulty with the app. The final question asked about any ideas for future races or comments. A few people mentioned issues with the start waves. We will continue to tweak the way we divide the field between start waves so bear with us while we work out the best solution to this. There was also mention of an official presentation at the end of the race. We plan to have a large post - race presentation to wrap up the series following the next race - more details soon. Ideas such as drink stations, announcing paddlers as they finish and having more races are things we can consider for the future as we continue to grow the series. Thank you again to everyone for the feedback - we are always looking for ways we can improve! Looking forward to seeing everyone at our series finale down South!
