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@@lorrainehurley7429 hi and thanks. Yes, distance on an erg is subjective. When I train on an erg I tend to train to a time not a distance. I’m It sure what distance this session was. I’m hoping to get a new GoPro for Christmas and aiming to do some new videos for ergo training early next year and I’ll try to leave the distance travelled on the screen

@@lorrainehurley7429 beautiful part of the Pilbara. We lived in Newman for many years and visited Tom Price regularly.

@@nuriroeleveld1640 a surf ski by Australian definition is a ski made to a set specification for surf life saving competition. So a minimum length, width and weight. This makes them inherently more stable as top end ocean skis. The only disclaimer to this is that if the seat height is built up on a surf ski for better ergonomics for racing it can be less stable. Part of the reason for getting the Carbonology Surf X is their use of a ski bucket, so very stable. The main difference I noticed is the reduced length (5.8) as opposed to ocean skis at 6 to 6.1m is it the tail picks up later on the swell and it is more nimble on a wave. You can turn much easier (shorter length, flatter planing hull). My full length ocean skis tended to take more advantage of the bigger swells, being able to accelerate using the full length of the ski and hold the swell longer. So each has advantages. You need more skill and be better at reading the swell and waves to link them in a full length ski as they won’t necessarily turn as easily as a surf ski.

​@@brettmcdonald1798 Thanks 😊

@@arpadnagy1354 a safety boat was ahead of us moving very slowly and creating waves. The shallow water combined with the flow created standing waves for long sections of the river which as you can see we had to push through which caused a lot of problems for us as a group.

Just a name change so they now have the Flash single and flash double as their elite skis.

Yeah whenever Brett and I have jumped back in a boat together after a period we usually do some adjustments to get the rating down so we let the boat run better between strokes. It actually sees an increase in speed. This race however we didn’t have the chance to get our setup right and found the rating too high. Perfect rating at threshold for me is 85, we were running closer to 90-95. Having said that it was low tide and shallow so a higher rating did keep the boat running well in the shallows even though it hurt me at times (obvious from HR)

55cm x 5.07m

They have these contraptions called airplanes now, makes travelling great distances far easier :)

Yes, Finn Molokai, no longer in production. 5.8m long and 23kg

Actually my wife suggested this. I’ll keep it in mind but unfortunately I have an old computer that is prone to crashing when I edit videos and the more I try to muck around with edits the more prone it is to crashing.

I had requests to leave the music out, so this is the result🤣

@@brettmcdonald1798 Brett, that's not a problem. The natural soundtrack is great!

I actually think Michael (K1 paddler) reached wider than the log which caused him to pull himself in.

I have several paddles that range between 720 and 730.

They are all about the same weight (22-23kg)

I sold the Infusion X to an up and coming young guy who is going to Nationals and couldn’t find a marathon spec boat big enough for him. I certainly would have been much more comfortable in that boat, especially off the start, and when trying to hold washes behind groups. The trailing rudder can actually slow you down as you need to press on it a lot more to steady the boat causing drag.

No, seems the local importer stopped importing them.

Hi Luffy, I’m not sure what you mean? Are you talking about having fallen out and getting back in while in deep water?

@@brettmcdonald1798 exactly and I am really happy that you did reply to me

@@luffy__f1744 I’m a bit big and heavy to get back into a kayak so swim it to the bank to empty and get back in. I’ve seen smaller paddlers do it but it’s risky for light built kayaks as they usually sit on the back deck before getting in.

@@brettmcdonald1798 First thank you again that you did reply to me Well I am 14 aged and I am doing and using the way you are talking about I was asking if there is a more pro way that would come from a pro kayak sprinter like you cause here in Egypt this sport is not popular

Great to hear! My GoPro is out of action at the moment, hoping to get a new camera soon.

One might assume they come out of the same factory in China? I’ve done a bit of research on alibaba under surf ski and there’s a few various surf skis that share similar specs.

Look for the Dashware desktop app. You download the Garmin or other smartwatch file into it and the video, choose some gauges to display and it renders it onto the video. Is very time consuming so I only do it to some videos and you can’t snip the video or the data doesn’t match the video. Hence why you’ll see some of my videos have data frozen during the opening or closing scenes.

Will Lee

Great to hear Jordan!

Only issue with that is that I have a pump, so any wedge needs to go around pump and reduces effectiveness of pump.

Yep, near miss there😲

Marathon carbon layup appears to have improved. Apparently they changed the carbon being used. The bow is far less prone to holding weed which was a pain with the infusion II.

Thanks but no, no instagram, got my hands full as admin of quite a few Facebook paddling groups.

I agree, the K1 is better from an ergonomic perspective, but demands more skill to race at high level than a ski.

@@brettmcdonald1798 How long have you been paddling racing kayaks? And for the rotation, does it feel much different in the K1? E.g. less margin for error, therefore you are forced to be more balanced?

@@raju-bitter started competing in marathon racing about 15 years ago in ocean skis and graduated to K1’s about 11 years ago. I find it much easier to develop rotation and leg drive in a K1 due to the lack of a hump and less friction around the hips. So while a ski gives confidence to rip every stroke due to added stability, a K1 is easier to paddle efficiently. I hope that answers your question?

@@brettmcdonald1798 thanks for your answer, yes it does! Looking at the speed you are going at, I guessed that you have been paddling for a long time. Quite impressive! And a really useful comparison of those two boats. Happy paddling!

Hi, I don't really paddle skis. But I have never seen a ski do 19kmh on the flat like my sprint K1. Over a distance marathon the ski does seem to prevail over the K1.

you lose time and energy changing course

Wrong, you get a good draft just off to the side with your nose parallel to the other paddlers seated position or right on the tail

I would guess (not a racer) there’s a hydrodynamic advantage gained from riding the wake to the rear and side/rear (like in swimming), and an aerodynamic advantage (drafting, as in cycling) especially when traveling against the wind. There’s also likely a mental advantage when following since you don’t need to navigate and look around as much, you can just relax and follow. Again, just a guess and hope that helps. Someone will correct me to 100% if I know my YT… 😅

I had the chance to come very close to a racing SUP-Paddler for about 10 min...as soon I got with the front into the small waves from his SUP, I used much less force to stay close...we had an average of 10k @@tommyrq180