Fenn Cup, 14th January 2012

Time: 2pm

Where: Ballina Boatramp where River St meets Kingsford Smith Dve, Ballina

Test paddle all the range of Fenn Ocean Skis and lots more.

For further information call Bruce Taylor on 0404 454 513.

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The Doctor 2012 Race Photos.

The famed Fremantle sea breeze delivered on the second day of the Doctor Festival of Paddle Sports in Perth today and it was the South African flag that flew high.

The brothers Mocke, Jasper and Dawid, from Fish Hoek in Capetown, wrapped up a dominant week in Western Australia.

They produced a commanding victory in the two-man Finn Kayaks  Coastal Challenge from Fremantle’s Port Beach to Sorrento via City Beach.

The Mocke’s left the high profile Australian teams  of Clint Robinson and Tim Jacobs and Bruce Taylor and Jeremy Cotter in their wake.

Robinson led the field on the first 12km leg form Fremantle’s Port Beach to City Beach, finishing ahead of Jasper Mocke.

It was then left to Tim Jacobs, the winner of yesterday’s Doctor Ocean Ski paddle, to try and hold off Dawid Mocke in the paddle to the finish at Sorrento.

But a determined Dawid took a line closer to the shore and proved too strong in one of his most dominant performances in what has already been a stellar career for the 34-year-old reigning world champion.

Fifteen-knot winds and small, consistent swells, made the downwind course just that much more interesting for competitors.

Jasper and Dawid had finished second and third respectively behind Jacobs in yesterday’s 27.5km Doctor.

And it was 26-year-old Jasper who had to take on the likes of Australia’s five-time Olympian Robinson, yesterday’s fourth pace getter Michael Booth and his fellow Gold Coaster Taylor in the opening leg.

Robinson, seventh yesterday, was determined to hit City Beach in the lead and that’s just what the 39-year-old did.

“It didn’t matter who I was racing, there was no way I was going to let Jasper get in front of me at any stage,” said Robinson.

“I was determined to stay in front of him and hit the beach and give Tim a lead for his paddle to Sorrento.”

Dawid knew what he had to do and produced the paddle of his life, revelling in the blowy conditions that saw increased swells powering into Sorrento.

He made the most of every stroke and linked up swell after swell to maximize his lead and no matter what Jacobs tried he couldn’t match the power and the precision of Dawid Mocke.

“I am just so stoked to win the Finn Coastal Challenge with my younger brother and finish off our tour down under on a winning note,” said Dawid.

“But I knew we were in for a race against the Australian boys. It doesn’t matter what kind of race you have in Australia – if there is a start line and a finish line then it’s game on.

“And that’s what it’s like in these kind of races. The competition is always fierce and the Australians are never beaten.

“But I certainly made the most of the conditions and I knew I had to paddle hard on every runner.”

In the end it was Jasper and Dawid Mocke first, ahead of the team of Robinson and Jacobs with Taylor and Cotter third and Ash Nesbit and the Manly legend and popular race organiser Dean Gardiner combining for fourth.

The Mocke boys will now return home tomorrow with a quinella in last week’s Mandurah Duel, second and third in the Doctor Ocean Ski and a win in the Finn Coastal Challenge.

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16 Mews Rd, Fremantle - Loading from 3.30pm. 

It is a big job getting all the craft on the barge so please be patient as we do this.

• For skis and OC1s all rudders must be removed prior to loading
• For SUP’s all fins must be removed
• Bring straps to tie your craft on
• Bring some light padding to the barge such as old bits of foam etc

Refer to Program for more information.

HIRE SKIS – For those that have hired skis from Oceanpaddler and need to get your ski to the barge at Fremantle we will be loading the skis on the trailer between 10 and 11am Friday morning at Sorrento Beach Resort. Trailer will be leaving at 11am sharp. 

If you are unsure if you have booked or not when entering online please email Yanda  - yanda@oceanpaddler.com who will check and advise.

Flares SOLD OUT - Please visit your local ship chandler / boating store to purchase one.  If you have already paid for one online it will be available at registration to collect.

You must have pre booked your craft transport to Rottnest Island during the online entry process in order to get your craft on the barge (including all those that have hired skis from Oceanpaddler).

Updates on the Doctor can be found on the event home page or the Program page of this website.

Doctor Home page - http://www.oceanpaddler.com/events/the-doctor/

Program - http://www.oceanpaddler.com/events/the-doctor/program-of-events/

You wouldn’t blame Gold Coast-based ski paddler Bruce Taylor if he still had nightmares of Tim Jacobs coming from the clouds to claim victory in last year’s dramatic finish to “The Doctor “– Australia’s biggest and most successful ocean ski paddling event.

The pair will re-kindle their rivalry when over 400 paddlers from Australia and around the world, converge on Perth next weekend for the 10^th anniversary of ‘The $30,000 Doctor Ocean Paddling Event’ on Saturday and Sunday, January 21 and 22. 

Saturday will feature the Ocean Skis, surf skis (traditional surf lifesaving skis), Plastic skis and kayaks, Stand Up Paddle Boards and Paddleboards while Sunday will see the Finn Kayaks Coastal Challenge – a teams and relay race from Fremantle to Sorrento – involving most of Saturday’s competitors.

Taylor, one of Australia’s most celebrated surf lifesaving board paddlers, had dominated the downwind 27.5km ski paddling course from Rottnest Island to Sorrento Beach and looked set to claim his first major ocean ski race victory.

But Jacobs – a 10 year veteran of ocean ski paddling from Freshwater in Sydney, is a man who is never beaten.

The 34-year-old experienced ski man kept grinding away, working every swell and every runner to draw level with Taylor as the pair went stroke for stroke in the paddle towards the Sorrento shore.

It was Jacobs who edged out Taylor in a heart-stopping sprint finish when the pair jumped off their skis and ran towards the finish for Jacobs to claim the race named after the famed sea breeze “The Fremantle Doctor”.

Coastal Dash 7km – Overall Results

Coastal Dash 7km – Category Results

Fenn Cup16km – Overall Results

Fenn Cup 16km – Category Results

LOST PADDLE – If anyone found a Bennett paddle that was left at Palm Beach can they please call us on 02 8065 0385 or email contact@oceanpaddler.com. Thank you!