Congratulations to all the paddlers who took part in Race 3 of the NSW Surf Ski Championship series. The new and exciting series is designed by paddlers for paddlers. The Championship series is a platform where paddlers of all genders, ages, and abilities come together to compete in the sport we all dearly love. The platform provides manufactures and brands and equal opportunity to showcase their products to the paddling community. No matter where you paddle, what you paddle or how long you have paddle for, the Championship series is a place were we all come together to build our amazing community.
Mosman Marathon a big hit!
Over 100 people turned up for the 10km or 20km Mosman Marathon event. Sydney Harbour was at its best with the sun out and the harbour flat and beautiful. There wasn't much boat traffic out on the harbour with it being Winter so for the paddlers it felt like the city was shut down for us to race our event.
Starting and finishing from Middle Harbour Yacht Club, the journey took paddlers through the beautiful Sydney Harbour and past world-famous icons like the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Fort Denison jail, Taronga Zoo and much more.
The event was finished with nearly 100 people upstairs in the Harbour room view celebrating with music, cold beers and champagne. Great to see paddlers from all over NSW coming together to get to know one another.
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To wrap up the great weekend we had a presentation that saw $20,000 worth of prizes given away, which people couldn't believe. Every sponsor to the NSW Championship series donates their products as sponsorship which goes directly back to the paddlers.
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Epic and ALLWAVE surf ski manufactures donated a $5250 surf ski each to the lucky door prizes, IPDA Office Fit outs donated $250 cash to the male and female winners of both Grand Finals and gave away in the lucky door prizes 2 x EPIC paddles valued $600 each. Greg Bennett of Bennett Paddles gave away a $880 paddle in the lucky door prizes and Salty Cheeks gave out their padded paddling shorts to the podium winners and gave out many cool t shirts and hats as lucky door prizes.
It was amazing to see brands showcase their products and be able to give back directly to the paddling community. The whole point of a race series is for everyone to come together and give back! To share experiences together and for everyone in the event to feel part of the paddling community.
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The longevity of the NSW Surf Ski Championships will come down to paddlers entering into the events! Come and show your support with Race 4 - The Palm Beach Playoffs September 16th.
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