Paddlers relish whale watching at SA surfski challenge
Hayley Nixon added the SA double surfski title to the single ski crown she won on Saturday, racing to victory with Chloë Bunnett at the Pete Marlin race, while the reigning marathon K2 world champion crew of Hank McGregor and Andy Birkett took the men’s title.
Euro Steel teammates Birkett and McGregor were made to work for their victory, Birkett’s first SA surf ski title, a matter of weeks after he won the SA K1 River title at the Hansa Fish, by the crews of Stu MacLaren and Kenny Rice and the paring of Jasper Mocké and Nicky Notten.
“It was close all the whole way. We managed to get a lead of less than a 100m but the other two boats were there every time I looked over my shoulder,” said Birkett.
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