Pieces falling into place for record-breaking Freedom Paddle
The pieces of the Freedom Day paddle puzzle are all falling into place ahead of the second edition of the surfski race around Robben Island on Saturday 27 April as the race entry surged past the record for the biggest every surfski event in the Western Cape, and more corporate…
World champ confirms her partner for Freedom Paddle
The women’s race for the 2019 edition of the Freedom Paddle surfski race around Robben Island on 27 April has been shaken up by the confirmation that the defending champions have split up, and current world champ Hayley Nixon has done a deal to reform her partnership with Michelle Burn…
Robin TindallApril 11, 2019
Freedom Paddle comes to the aid of beleaguered Alpha SLC
The second edition of the Freedom Paddle surfski race around Robben Island on Freedom Day 27 April, will come to the aid of the Alpha Surf Lifesaving Club that provides critical services to the event but has been hampered by a spate of break-ins. The Strandfontein-based club provides on-water safety…
Robin TindallApril 11, 2019
Freedom Paddle tables equal prize money for men and women
As entries for the second edition of the Freedom Paddle surfski race around Robben Island on Freedom Day 27 April approach 250 athletes and close in on the record for a Western Cape surfski race, organisers have confirmed a prize-pool that is almost ten times more that the prizes offered…
Robin TindallApril 11, 2019
2019 plans for Freedom Paddle
After its successful debut in 2018, plans are afoot to grow and expand the Freedom Paddle surfski race around Robben Island on Freedom Day in April. This now includes a surfski series in the build-up to the race and a substantially bolstered Freedom Paddle race on 27 April.At the conclusion…
Robin TindallFebruary 15, 2019
