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Olympic gold medalist will race in Oslo Surfski Challenge

Sep 232012

Have you ever wanted to beat an Olymic gold medalist? Now you have your chance! Eirik Verås Larsen from Norway who won the Olympic K1 Sprint 1000 meter will start in The Oslo Surfski Challenge on the 7 th of October. It will be fun and inspiring to race against an Olympic champion. Surfski might be Erik’s new career?

Oslo Kayak Club can arrange accomodation in their facilities if you are planning to come to Oslo. Read more about the race in the invitation to Oslo Surfski Challenge.

Eirik Verås Larsen winning the Olympic Gold in London 2012.

Invitation to Oslo Surfski Challenge

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Sep 222012

Oslo Kayak Club (OKK) invites you to the Oslo Surfski Challenge on the 7th October 2012. It is a 17 km downwind race in the open sea. It’s challenge to all surfski paddlers, racing paddlers and sea kayakers. Besides a great surfski race it will also be social activities at the finish.

Program
Registration from 10.00
Skippers meeting 11.00
Transport from OKK to the Start at S Sjøstrand kl. 11.30
Beach Start at Sjøstrand kl. 12.30.
Refreshment at the finish
Prize cermony after the lucky loser arrival

Class
Open class, only surfskis.

Prizes
Honor and glory

Safety
PFD is mandatory
All participants must master surfski remounting techinques prior the race
All participants must have a leash
All participant must have a cell phone in waterproof bag or VHF
All particpant must assist other paddlers in distress
All participants must be dressed to avoid dangerous hypothermia in the event of capsizing / accident.
Participants are encouraged to bring Flares
Participants that may cancel the race must notify the organizers immediately
Participants are encouraged to dress in high visibility color.
Safety boats will patrol the race course

Registration
Entry fee: 250 NOK
Please, make your registration before 12-10-04 to post@okk.org due to planning the logistics. Informationen needed: name, age and sex. Late registration on race day will also be possible.

Race Course Description
Start on the beach at Sjøstrand in Bjerkås (Asker), admission by OKK.
Directions will be explained prior the start at the skippers meeting.
Race course may be reveresed due to northerly winds.
It will be organized surfski transportation from OKK to Sjøstrand before the race (aswell as transportation back to Sjøstrand after the race to collect cars)

Beach start at Sjøstrand in Bjerkås (Asker)

Race course (ca 17 km)

Finish at OKK in Bestumkilen

More information:

Oslo Kajakklubb (OKK)

Great downwind yesterday

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Sep 172012

We had a great downwind trip yesterday. Anders, Patric and I put our surfskis on the roof rack and went to the fjord of Kungsbacka 25 km south of Goteborg in Sweden. We had a perfect 20 knot wind from south west. The fjord is short, total 10 km of paddling and 9 km downwind. But it was rewarding. So much happy paddling.

Epic V10 Pro – the new surfski from Epic?

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Sep 152012

A while ago I wrote about the rumors about a new surfski from Epic. The rumor told me it was going to be a new updated V10 Sport named Epic V10 Supersport. When I spoke to Oscar Chalupsky at Tjärfestivalen two weeks ago I asked him about this. He confirmed that they are working on a new surfski but the name was not correct. The new surfski will be named Epic V10 Pro. He couldn’t state the exact specifications because they are doing the final tweaking at the moment but he told me that it will be as fast as a V10 and stable as a V10 Sport. The Epic V10 Pro will also have a slightly new deck to improve the catch compared to the V10 Sport. Oscar promised that Epic V10 Pro will be available in March, when it is time to go to Spain, for a spring camp. If all this are correct it will be an interesting option to the Swordfish.

Oscar Chalupsky discussing at the Tjäröfestivalen

Oscar Chalupsky in V10 Double during the Tjäröfestivalen. Next time in an Epic V10 Pro? Epic V10 Pro will be available for delivery next year according to Oscar Chalupsky.

Another cool surfski video from Sweden

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Sep 112012

Emma, Evy and Kris has also been paddling last week (Kris is kite surfing). They went to the fjord of Kungsbacka south of Goteborg. One of the best locations for downwind paddling in Sweden. Easy access and great conditions. Emma and Kris has recorded and edited a movie from the surfski trip. A really fun video. Enjoy!

Cool surfski video from the Swedish westcoast!

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Sep 102012

Trent Victor a westcoast badass surfskier went to Varberg south of Göteborg last friday. He recorded some of his in and outs with his Gopro. Enjoy!

September has started with nice windy conditions. I had a great downwind yesterday as well.

Happy racing during the Seamasters 2012

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Aug 272012

The Swedish Surf Ski Championships, the Seamasters, became a real great downwind race. 40 participants from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Bulgaria and South Africa showed up at start. Oscar Chalupsky was the big favourite to win but he chose to start in a double surfski together with Boyan Zlatarev. They crossed the line a couple of minutes in front of the Swedish surfski master Tommy Karls who won the surfski single class.

The Seamasters is held between the small cities of Arkösund and Oxelösund, about 150 km south of Stockholm. It is a 25 km downwind race. The first 6 km was the wind from the right hand side and just with small windwaves. When we turned north and became more exposed to the sea we had a great downwind for almost 19 km. Tommy Karls had an average speed of 13.9 km/h. At the finish line the sea got really choppy and for some paddlers it was the most demanding part of the race.

Registration time. Lars Ericsson, to the left, is a good flat water paddler. He bought his first surfski just a three weeks ago.

Evy Lantz from the West Coast Bad Ass Surfskiers finished in 2nd place in the women’s race.

Skippers meeting

Emma Nilsson seemed worried. Wonder why? She won the women’s class.

Tommy Karls, Oscar Chalupsky and Boyan Zlatarev is warming up (Foto: Erik Wildenstam)

And off we go! (Foto: Erik Wildenstam)

Tommy Karls is first at the second Way point. (Foto: Erik Wildenstam)

The navigation wasn’t that easy that it usually is. The visiblity was poor at times and the cranes in the harbour of Oxelösund that is the best to aim for didn’t show up until late.

Fredrik Wangler (Foto: Erik Wildenstam)

Just outside waypoint two

Total distance is 25 km. 6 km with winds and small waves from the side. 19 km more or less downwind.

Boyan och Oscar crossing the finish line. (Foto: Roland Ahinko)

Very choppy sea at the finish. Riku Ruokonen from Finland sprints just in front of Christian Dientz. (Foto: Roland Ahinko)

Ola Ström finished in fifth position. Here he is eating egg to recover for next event?

Boyan Zlatarev and Tommy Karls are discussing the race! Yes it is water in the can!

All the winners. Boyan, Oscar, Tommy och Emma.

All togheter it was great happy racing. It was a great downwind with a demanding finish. Erik from the race organizer Nomado solved the logistics of cars and skis in a very good way. They arranged transport of both paddlers and skies from Oxelösund to Arkösund. Nomado had also three safety boats patrolling the race course. Two paddlers DNF. The only problem was the navigation for the first 5 km that was sometimes hard in the archipelago. I can strongly recommend the Seamasters for anyone intrested in going to Sweden. Next year will proberbly the Seamasters be the final of the upcoming first Swedish national surfski Series.

Results Surfski Men

1.Tommy Karls 1.48.54 Sweden
2.Steffen Burkhardt 1.50.30 Germany
3.Michael Dobler 1.51.30 Germany
4.Thomas Zachert 1.54.10 Germany
5.Ola Ström 1.54.21 Sweden
6.Johan Skärskog 2.01.42 Sweden
7.Fredrik Wangler 2.03.10 Sweden
8.Jens Thorild 2.05.45 Sweden
9.Riku Ruokonen 2.06.06 Finland
10.Christian Dientz 2.06.16 Sweden
11.Lars Ericsson 2.07.25 Sweden
12.Pär Linden 2.07.35 Sweden
13.Gustaf Hedin 2.08.00 Sweden
14.Martin Svensson 2.09.05 Sweden
15.Stefan Magnusson 2.12.03 Sweden
16.Mats Berglund 2.13.49 Sweden
17.Rauli Rautavuori 2.14.59 Finland
18.Daniel Cervin 2.20.08 Sweden
19.Jens Webster 2.22.08 Norway
20.Sven Jansson 2.22.34 Sweden
21.Christer Sjölund 2.22.48 Finland
22.Per Ahlström 2.23.17 Sweden
23.Peter Svensson 2.23.31 Sweden
24.Trent Victor 2.25.44 Sweden
25.Karl Sjöstrand 2.27.28 Sweden
26.Lennart Ohlsson 2.27.58 Sweden
27.Leif Davidsson 2.30.13 Sweden
28.Björn Haring 2.30.23 Sweden
29.Daniel Bengtsson 2.31.27 Sweden
30.M aciek Chwieros 2.50.09 Poland
31.Magnus de Brito 3.07.44 Sweden
Richard Holm DNF Sweden
Torbjörn Strand DNS Sweden
Kimmo Latvamäki DNS Finland
Oskar Engberg DNS Sweden
Erik Wildenstam DNS Sweden
Anders Kristiansen DNS Norge
Joe Mann DNS USA
Joel Eriksson DNS Sweden
Conny Edholm DNS Sweden
Martin Vörtmann DNS Germany

Surfski Women

1.Emma Nilsson 2.24.05 Sweden
2.Evy Lantz 2.40.55 Sweden
3.Sofia Bågenhammar 2.46.01 Sweden
4.Linda Nyberg 2.46.05 Sweden
5.Katri Malmström 3.07.58 Finland
6.Magda Gad 3.23.20 Sweden
7.Christina Holm DNF Sweden
8.Carolin Holmqvist DNS Sweden

Surfski Double

1.Oscar Chalupsky 1.45.50 South Africa
1.Boyan Zlatarev 1.45.50 Bulgaria

SUP

1.Ola Olsson 3.35.00 Sweden
2. Pelle Lönnqvist 3.40.00 Sweden

How to prepare before a surfski race by Dawid Mocke

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Aug 202012

The Swedish Champs,The Seamasters 2012, is coming up next sunday. I did my first real surfski race in July, the Aterra Wave Challenge, but I wasn’t that satisfied with my result. The power in my stroke was really poor and I couldn’t go as hard as I had done during a training session a week earlier. After the race I was confused. I have increased my training and results during the year but during the race I had no strength. I realised that my preparation the week before the race wasn’t that good. What did I do wrong and what is important in preparation before a big race? Dawid Mocke, one of the best surfski paddlers in the World, currently the leader of Ocean Paddler World Series, visited Sweden in May, during the Swedish Surfski Spring Camp. He gave us lot’s of good advices and tips about paddling. I contacted Dawid a week ago to get some advice about preparation before a big surfski race. Dawid had some interesting thoughts and advice about race preparation the week before a race.

Here are the most important points from Dawid Mocke

Don’t change ANYTHING – paddles, grip, seat pads, SKI…..!!!, rudders, juice, gels, any other nutritions etc etce tc. This is by far the biggest mistake most people make. To try and gain any kind of advantage in the race they think changing to something they heard is better/faster etc they will improve. But the chances of it going wrong are much greater! The rule – train like you race – RACE LIKE YOU TRAIN.
Two nights before is most important to get a good nights sleep.
For training do shorter sessions but at the same intensity; keep the muscles sharp. Don’t go and do a major session in the gym that’ll make you stiff.
Eat normally, dont worry about carbo loading; your body does that anyway because you are training less but you will still eat the same.

OK, thats about it!

Good Luck in the Seamasters!

/Dawid

When will the Epic Supersport arrive?

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Aug 162012

There is a Fenn Swordfish fever in Sweden at the moment. When is Epic about to respond? Oscar Chalupsky talked about an Epic V10 SuperSport last year in Sardinia. When will the Epic Supersport arrive to cool the fever down? During the last month I have had an survey about which brand of surfski do you paddle? The Survey is probably far from significant but may indicate the proportions of surfskis among the Swedish surfskiers. 60 people have answered the survey. It is close between the biggest brands. Fenn has 23% compared to Epic 22%. 15% do not have a surfski at all, yet! Carbonology Sports is growing in Sweden and has now a complete fleet from beginners to elite sufski models. Nordic Kayaks from Sweden has an updated version of Fusion and the new Rapido 2.0. Nelo and Seabird has also new models. It will be interesting if they can take more shares of the market.

Fenn Swordfish is proberbly the bestseller this year in Sweden

Results

Fenn		23%
Epic		22%
Ingen		15%
Carbonology		12%
Nordic Kayaks		8%
Honcho		5%
Seabird		3%
Zedtech		3%
Annan		3%
Knysna		2%
Nelo		2%
Think		2%
Red 7		0%

Swedish surfski summer camp 2012

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Aug 142012

Last weekend was the Swedish Surfski Summer Camp taken place in Varberg on the Swedish west coast. Varberg is one of the best locations for surfski paddling in Sweden. It was a camp for beginners and intermediate surfski paddlers. Leif Davidsson from Aterra organized the camp with assistance from Karolina Silfverberg and Evy Lantz. This year the wind was almost absent compared to the harsh weather from last years camp. The sea breeze helped out on the afternoon sessions.

Leif Davidsson from Aterra

A fun race ended the summer camp. Peter Ekström and myself used a small vessel to create some swell so the participants could practice catching small runs.