One of the best Ski Races in the World, a Short Course Molokai if you like. Mainland to Rottnest Island across shallow waters powered by The Doctor.
Labels: ocean racing, standup, SUP, SURF SKI, surfski, video, video interview
Lemmy Lambert is the co-builder and designer of the Va'a Factory V1 and V6 in Tahiti. An accomplished paddler himself, Lemmy and his team, Taaroa Dubois, Roland Teahui, Steeve Teihotaata and Heialanin Vairaaroa won the Te Aito, Super Aito 2009 V1 races, they also manufacture the V6 for Top Tahitian Teams.
Lemmy was just recently in Australia as coach of a V1 Clinic organized by Erica Hamp, Tracy Horan, the South Queensland Zone AOCRA Committee and Mark Kennedy (Va'a Factory Franchisee in Aust ZuluSurf) I had the pleasure of spending time with Lemmy at the 2 day Clinic and filming him demonstrating basic V1 Technique. The video above is part of that Clinic.
Oscar Chalupsky 11 time winner of the Molokai Surf ski Championship shows how to surf effortlessly on small wind generated swell. This is an extract of a race i filmed "20 Beaches"