Surf ski wins ocean race

Press, 24 February 1977, Page 21

Surf ski wins ocean race

. Almost as tradition dictates, a I ski rider on Sunday, won the nineteenth annual ocean race, from Taylor's Mistake to Sumner, for surf life-saving craft. Mark Ramsay, from the Spencer Park Club, beat by ssec the [Taylor’s Mistake veteran. Darryl Neate. But his feat was almost overshadowed by the effort of the 1 New Brighton junior boat crew, [which took the fastest time : honours by 15sec from the fax - I ourites, Geoff Walker and Phil Davies, riding a double-ski for I Waimairi. For a little bit of a change, vessels figured quite prominently j in the major results. After Ram'say and Neate, there were five i canoes, two of them crewed by ! juniors, and David Conder’s long /board and the next skis were down in eighth place and lower. Results: — ' M. Ramsay (Spencer Park), ski, :6Amin, 1; D. T. Neate (Taylor's Mistake), ski, 6min. 2; Spencer 1 Park senior canoe, Bmin, 3; New Brighton junior canoe. Bmin. 4; iTaylor’s Mistake junior canoe. Bimin, 5; Waimairi senior canoe. iSmin, 6: Taylor's Mistake senior canoe. Bmin, 7; D. Conder (Tay-’ lor’s Mistake), long board. lOAmin, !8: D. Pipe (North Beach), ski, 6min. 9; G. Aiken (Waimairi), ski.j 6’min. 10. Fastest time: New Brighton junior boat. 14.15, 1: G. Walker and P. M. Dax ics. Waimairi : double-ski. 14:30. 2: Neate. 15:35. 3: R. Bevin and G. Aislabie (Wai-; mairi). double ski, 15.40. 4; Ram say, 15:50. 5.