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 **Reverse Snapper Run**
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   * [[:victoria|]] Melbourne, Bass Strait…
   * [[:south_australia|]] Adelaide,…
+  * [[:northern_territory_australia_surfski|]] Darwin…
   * [[:tasmania|]] Hobart…
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 ==== Augusta ====
-  * **Augusta (Blackwood) River Mouth** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXP-RIbiFPk|DAZ(Darryl Khng) surfing video]]
+  * **Augusta (Blackwood) River Mouth** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXP-RIbiFPk|DAZ(Darryl Khng) surfing video]] surf on the shallows is frequently friendly for surfskis
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 ==== Cape Leeuwin ====
-  * **Cape Leeuwin - Hamelin Bay**  22 km [[https://youtu.be/0n0WjyRRSKI|video]]
+  * **Cape Leeuwin - Hamelin Bay**  22 km [[https://youtu.be/0n0WjyRRSKI|video Jan. 2023]], [[https://youtu.be/1YmqMBqH8V0|video Dec. 2023]]
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 ==== Margaret River ====
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+[[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]]
   * **Surf ** [[https://youtu.be/eF9GqIOFHHc|video]]
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-**Downwind**
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-(Perth Area South to North more or less)
+**Marine**  - Perth Area Coastline South to North more or less
   * **Mandurah**
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       * **Dawesville Cut to Doddies Beach**  (Mandurah Duel SUP Race Course) 12.5km [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA1OcMWEnFc|video]]
   * **Point Peron, Rockingham**
-      * **Mussel Farm Run - Point Peron to Freemantle Ports (Kwinana Bulk Terminal) **10 km [[https://youtu.be/gp0x25pXtgA|video]]
+      * **Inside Garden Island**
-      * **The Snapper Run**  -** Point Peron to South Beach Fremantle **- 22km
+        * **Mussel Farm Run - Point Peron to Freemantle Ports (Kwinana Bulk Terminal) **10 km [[https://youtu.be/gp0x25pXtgA|video]]
-        * [[https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.downwind.fun/courses/snapper-run&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1673055959016392&usg=AOvVaw3NiTeVOZOA60NGgQ34KsTb|Downwindfun]]
+        * **The Snapper Run**  -** Point Peron to South Beach Fremantle **- 23 km
-        * [[https://www.surfski.info/latest-news/story/1708/the-snapper-run-downwind-in-perth.html|Rob Mousley Report]]
+          * [[https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.downwind.fun/courses/snapper-run&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1673055959016392&usg=AOvVaw3NiTeVOZOA60NGgQ34KsTb|Downwindfun]]
-        * [[https://youtu.be/SzTsX1cQeik|vid 2019]], [[https://youtu.be/u4iepB3FMLc|vid 2021]], [[https://youtu.be/Twam6BzAJrY|vid 2022]], [[https://youtu.be/CxrxPZmJU-s|vid 2023]], [[https://youtu.be/mDEZu6KVcCs|vid 2023]]
+          * [[https://www.surfski.info/latest-news/story/1708/the-snapper-run-downwind-in-perth.html|Rob Mousley Report]]
-        * Older, shorter version: **The Woodies Run - Point Peron to** [[https://goo.gl/maps/gFPTq1SoWssVCNeV6|Woodman Point Car park, Coogee (Map)]] 17 km [[https://youtu.be/eQqaqhKXYXY|video]]
+          * [[https://youtu.be/SzTsX1cQeik|vid 2019]], [[https://youtu.be/u4iepB3FMLc|vid 2021]], [[https://youtu.be/Twam6BzAJrY|vid 2022]], [[https://youtu.be/CxrxPZmJU-s|vid 2023]], [[https://youtu.be/mDEZu6KVcCs|vid 2023]], [[https://youtu.be/Ca4pZdl45jE|4K vid 2024]]
-      * **Point Peron to Sorrento Beach**  49 km
+        * **The Woodies Run - Point Peron to** [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/YH4EMKtctxPakTeWA|Woodman Point Car park, Coogee (Map)]] 16 km [[https://youtu.be/eQqaqhKXYXY|video]] (more west in the waves? may be better lined up than the Snapper Run). There's an early entrance into the protected rock jetties at Jervoise Bay - it's better to take the latter entrance a bit farther north so you get more surfing at the end (and avoid getting too close to Naval property). This run was originally starting from Palm Beach, but the protected launch at the Point Peron boat launch is nice.
+      * **Longer Runs for Bigger Days**
+        * **Point Peron to City Beach **42 km - if it lines up right paddle at the start to the outside of Garden Island
+        * **Point Peron to Sorrento Beach**  49 km
   * **Drummer's Run - Sand Tracks Beach (Toward South End of Port Beach) Freemantle to City Beach, Perth **11 km[[https://youtu.be/TnBFcgg_QNI|video]] (following the drumline (shark detection markers))
       * [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/drummers-run|Downwindfun]]
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   * **Sorrento**
       * **Dutchies Run - Cottesloe to Sorrento **20 km** DAZ ** [[https://youtu.be/BJ2Wz_Jk5W4|video]], [[https://youtu.be/KAe9BxCycKo|video2]] (with visitors Ana Swetish and Heather Nelson from Bellingham, WA) [[https://youtu.be/dGu2r6pUiB0|video3]]
-      * **Trigg to Sorrento**  6.5 km** DAZ ** [[https://youtu.be/HbncvDjLZnU|video]]
+      * **Trigg Run - Trigg to Sorrento**  6.5 km** DAZ ** [[https://youtu.be/HbncvDjLZnU|video]]
-      * **Gage Roads Run - ****Sand Tracks Beach - Sorrento Beach **  ~26 km, paddle 3km out to the Gage Roads cardinal marker, then turn and downwind for 23km up the coast to Sorrento Beach. **DAZ ** [[https://youtu.be/i3-sGObieMM|video]] * [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/gage-roads-run|Downwindfun]]
+      * **Gage Roads Run - ****Sand Tracks Beach to Sorrento Beach **  ~26 km, paddle 3km out to the Gage Roads cardinal marker, then turn and downwind for 23km up the coast to Sorrento Beach. [[https://youtu.be/i3-sGObieMM|DAZ video]], [[https://youtu.be/E7D7QRVPPNY?t=171|DAZ 4K video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/gage-roads-run|Downwindfun]]
-      * **The Doctor****- ****Rottnest Island to Sorrento **28 km [[https://youtu.be/uqWRDaOOZ8Q|race 2017]]
+      * **The Doctor ****- ****Rottnest Island to Sorrento **28 km [[https://youtu.be/uqWRDaOOZ8Q|race 2017]]
       * **The OC run - Sorrento to Mindarie Marina**  17 km
-  * **The Gingernut Run**  - **Hillarys to Ocean Reef Marinas**  7 km [[https://youtu.be/JSGW0xWsi78|video]][[https://downwindable.com/gingernut-run|Downwindable.com]]
+      * **The Gingernut Run**  - **Hillarys (Sorrento) to Ocean Reef Marina/Mulaloo Beach**  7 km [[https://youtu.be/JSGW0xWsi78|video]], [[https://youtu.be/cav57ZAmMZQ|video2]],[[https://downwindable.com/gingernut-run|Downwindable]]
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+**Freshwater**
+  * **Swan River** [[https://youtu.be/4dVVB8gpuAk|Downwinding video]],
+      * **Swan Yacht Club - Apex Reserve Park/Perth Rowing Club**  12 km [[https://youtu.be/qNU_XACTy98|Stormy Downwinder]] (route map at end of video)
+        * If you want to catch up with [[https://paddle.org.au/2022/05/24/on-the-water-with-terry-bolland-the-70-year-old-paddling-365-days-in-a-row-to-raise-money-for-prostate-cancer-research/|Terry Boland's mileage]] you better get started now!
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 **2018 Doctor Race Week**
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-**Surf**
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-  * **Mandurah River Estuary **- there is a sand bar that can has sustained waves for long surfs
+[[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]]
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+  * **Mandurah River Estuary **- there is a sand bar that can have sustained waves for long surfs
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 ==== Sorrento Northward ====
   * [[https://oceanpaddler.com/the-west-coast-passage-an-oceanpaddler-trip/|Ocean Paddler Trip Sorrento to Jurien Bay]]
-  * **Sandy Cape - Green Head **12 km (The Green Dream) [[https://youtu.be/eFMmBTCoy3k|video]] Ian Kininmonth: "The Green Dream is 12 kilometres of downwind paddling bliss from Sandy Cape to Green Head in Western Australia. It was first discovered by Glen A who was taken to Green Head on a family holiday when he was 6. At the time he was frustrated because the force of the wind kept on blowing away his blow up Flamingo. All was forgotten until he was in his mid 40's when suddenly the memory came back to him in a recurring dream. Night after night he kept screaming out "My Flamingo, get my Flamingo". At the time he had taken up downwind surfski paddling and knew that the memory was trying to tell him that this place was the Lasseter's Reef of downwind paddling. So year after year he took his family to various locations along the Mid West coast hoping to find this lost downwind course. Then one fateful day in 2022 he climbed over a dune at Green Head with his Flamingo and it was whipped out of his arms by the force of the wind. At that moment he knew he had rediscovered that place he had been to when he was a child. The following week at IOP training he was unable to keep his excitement under wraps, shouting out to anyone who would listen "I've discovered the Lasseter's Reef of downwind paddling". The rest is, as they say, history."
+  * **Sandy Cape - Green Head **12 km (The Green Dream) [[https://youtu.be/eFMmBTCoy3k|video]] Ian Kininmonth: "The Green Dream is 12 kilometres of downwind paddling bliss from Sandy Cape to Green Head in Western Australia. It was first discovered by Glen A who was taken to Green Head on a family holiday when he was 6. At the time he was frustrated because the force of the wind kept on blowing away his blow up Flamingo. All was forgotten until he was in his mid 40's when suddenly the memory came back to him in a recurring dream. Night after night he kept screaming out "My Flamingo, get my Flamingo". At the time he had taken up downwind surfski paddling and knew that the memory was trying to tell him that this place was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasseter's_Reef|Lasseter's Reef ]]of downwind paddling. So year after year he took his family to various locations along the Mid West coast hoping to find this lost downwind course. Then one fateful day in 2022 he climbed over a dune at Green Head with his Flamingo and it was whipped out of his arms by the force of the wind. At that moment he knew he had rediscovered that place he had been to when he was a child. The following week at IOP training he was unable to keep his excitement under wraps, shouting out to anyone who would listen "I've discovered the Lasseter's Reef of downwind paddling". The rest is, as they say, history."
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 **The Green Dream**
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   * [[https://www.beachwalks.com.au/live-beach-cams-perth.html|Perth Area Beach Webcams]]
+  * …
+----
+===== Clubs/Groups/Lessons =====
+  * [[https://paddlewa.asn.au/our-clubs/|Paddle WA Clubs]] list of WA clubs
+      * e.g. [[http://www.iop.asn.au/|Indian Ocean Paddlers]], [[https://paddlewa.asn.au/mandurah-ski-kayak-club/|Mandurah Ski & Kayak Club]], etc.
+  * [[https://paddlefitperth.com.au/|Paddle Fit Perth]] Mark Stewart, private & group training and lessons
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 ===== Dealers/Equipment =====
+[[:australia#newused_gear|Find Dealers Across Australia]]
   * [[http://jessephillips.com.au/|Australian Paddle Sports]] **Knysna, Carbonology Sport, Jantex**
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   * [[https://outriggerzone.com/dealers/ozone-australia-west/|Ozone Australia West ]]**Vega, most OCs**
   * [[https://paddlewest.com.au/|Paddle West ]]**Stellar**
-  * [[https://www.thinkkayak.com.au/|Think Kayak Australia]] - will ship **Think**  surfskis to WA free of charge?
   * [[https://www.zss.com.au/|ZSS Paddling Equipment ]]**Nordic Kayak**  John Wilkie Perth
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 ===== Resources =====
-  * [[https://www.paddlewa.asn.au/|Paddle WA]]
+  * [[https://coastalcruising.securedirectbookings.com/|Coastal Cruising Perth]] - Shuttle bus service for downwinders
-  * [[http://www.iop.asn.au/|Indian Ocean Paddlers]]
+  * [[https://www.waterwaysguide.org.au/map|Waterways Guide to Australia]]
-  * [[https://coastalcruising.securedirectbookings.com/?fbclid=IwAR2MnwquUT_XL9tgQ8eoj9pw27WE1QLNuOeQm-rvwgCbAifYvCnI7uBttFk|Coastal Cruising Perth]] - Shuttle bus service for downwinders
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