Fenn Tarpon Sale
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Long time no blog..USA champs in review
Its been awhile since ‘Ive written anything…lots of personal stuff going on…lots of paddlings stuff too. Patrick and Sean had a fun, if uneventful Molokai race in the double…I opted to give up Patrick to Sean and let them race together..as it turned out, no wind again for the channel [...]
Container here and unloaded
Fully stocked for summer. We have all Fenn skis, paddles, Fenn gear, mocke dvd and books, parts, pieces, clothes..everything!
shipment here week of April 30th
SLs, more Mocke books, lots and lots of Fenn paddles, and the popular Fenn Swordfish..new fenn spec ski as well..and carbonolgy double...
New things added on Accessory Pages
Some new items just in…Fireskin tops by Reef South Africa for Ocean Paddlesports…. If its cold where you paddle, this is a must have. We first saw these in the Mocke’s shop in Fish Hoek,South Africa. Fleece lined paddling tops…check them out. Long and short sleeve. […]
Next shipment
Since it was obvious the Swordfish would sell out fast, our next shipment was ordered last month and will leave South Africa in a week.
All exams done!!!
Truck is in line at the terminal to get the shipment. We should be unloading this afternoon!!! Wavechaser on Sunday with the skis, YEA!
going for a full exam
This means they take it to an exam site and unload everything. We won't have our skis till next week.
Container in LA
Shipment arrived in LA. Going for a moblie Xray..no surprise..lets see how long that takes.
All paperwork in order
Customs documents filed, invoices paid, bill released...eta in LA still Feb 10. Should be unloading next week.. will know more on Friday.
Cape Point Challenge 2011
6 am start from Scarborough Beach on the Atlantic side.
Anyway, we asked if we could switch batches and the race organizer said "NO" all mixed will go together. As it turns out Matt also asked to switch later in the evening and according to the race organizer he was tired of the badgering so he said yes. There went our race. They were getting pulled to the point with faster mens crews and we were the fastest in our group, doing the pulling or getting pulled at a snails pace of 10.5 to 11 km/hour. I mentally bitched the whole 26 km to the tip of Africa that it was too slow. And as it turns out if we had just been about .5km/hour faster we would have won. But to be fair, the other crew had to do the distance and I am sure our slow pace to the point is one of the reasons we felt so great in the second half of the race.
But with that aside, s@@@t happens and we paddled the best race in a long time. We grinded hard, never died, dropped the mens double we were with at the point by 6 minutes at the finish(sorry Sean, that was you). And for the second time we were second mixed..but by only 2 minutes and so knowing that it would have been different if we had been batched together..all was forgotten after the 6 pack Sean and his partner owed us at the party.
We are planning Cape Point number 3,not sure if it will be 2012 or later, but either we win the mixed or we go single..and that's a whole other story..me out there on a single.
Cape Points is special, 2 oceans, the vibe, the challenge, the distance,sharks, reefs, everything.....This is what makes surfski paddling an adventure.
China update
After the NEW YEAR in China, we are on a ship now to LA. ETA....YIKES February 8th. Dang this way is slow.
Shipment still in China
No info as to when it will leave China...transfers can take more than a week. So...eta here is pushed back to week of the 30th.
ETA week of Jan 23.
Container left port in SA on Dec 16...transhipment to China and ETA to LA Jan 23.
Swordfish review
Please see www.surfskinorthwest.com for a review of the FENN Swordfish
Container loads November 30
Fenn, Kayak Centre, Mocke,Orca......Shipment here early 2012....
