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Paddling for a Cause at the Prescient Freedom Paddle This year’s Prescient Freedom Paddle is calling on the paddling community to ‘Paddle for a Cause’. Each year we paddle for Freedom, this year we will be paddling for a number of causes, ‘Paddling for Turtles’, with the Turtle Conservation Centre…

CAPE TOWN - The countdown has begun and entries are now open for the much-anticipated 2024 Prescient Freedom Paddle, an exhilarating 27-kilometre ocean-racing event set to take place on April 27, commemorating Freedom Day in South Africa.With the iconic Robben Island as its backdrop, this annual event marks its seventh…

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CAPE TOWN - Hank McGregor and Josh Fenn convincingly claimed back their Prescient Freedom Paddle title on Thursday in a dramatic race marked by tough conditions and a rain-delayed start.McGregor and Fenn swept around the 27km course from Green Point's Oceana Power Boat Club, around Robben Island and back to…

The 2023 Prescient Freedom Paddle coming up on Freedom Day this Thursday, 27 April, is set to encounter some exciting conditions as paddlers are predicted to have to deal with strong winds for the 27km route out to and around the iconic Robben Island and back to the Oceana Power…

After relinquishing their title at the Prescient Freedom Paddle last year, the confident pair of Mack McGregor and Josh Fell will team up again to try and retain their crown on Freedom Day, 27 April.The Freedom Paddle was dominated by McGregor and Fenn who won back-to-back titles in 2020 and…

Cape Town - With just a few days to go until the 2023 Prescient Freedom Paddle, entrants are preparing for their public-holiday journey around Robben Island with three things top of mind: the weather on Thursday, April 27; preparing their equipment for the 27km or 10km paddle; and getting their…

Cape Town – As the 2023 Prescient Freedom Paddle edges closer, the partnerships are taking shape and one of the women’s crews to watch will be the veteran/youngster crew of Michelle Burn and Saskia Hockly.The Durban-based pair have decided to team up for the 27km shoot-out from Oceana Power Boat…

As the April 27 race date approaches for the Prescient Freedom Paddle surfski race around Robben Island, the organisers are once again thankful for the valuable support of their sponsors. The Freedom Day-event's title sponsor, Prescient, has helped the event grow into one of the country's major padding events, and…

In its relatively short history, the Prescient Freedom Paddle has become one of South Africa’s major paddling races, attracting the elite of South African surfski paddling, but the iconic race around Robben Island also has a little brother that has created a fanatical following from outside the hardcore “racing” community.The…