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We get in deep wth Billy Harker, one of the most influential personalities of South African Surfski.
For anyone involved with surfski paddling in South Africa, they will know the name, Billy Harker.
Billy created a nationwide surfski series that ran from the late nineties for over a decade and shaped the modern surfski racing landscape in SA. He transitioned surfski eventing from a volunteer amateur basis to a professional viable business and In so doing lifted the standard of what we came to expect from a surfski race.
Billy takes us on a fascinating journey from bumbling down the Dusi to staging the biggest surfski race South Africa has seen. We unpack the secret to his successes, now and back then. This is a fascinating episode for anyone who was lucky enough to have been paddling during the Billy Harker heydays.
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By Robin Tindall
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For anyone involved with surfski paddling in South Africa, they will know the name, Billy Harker.
Billy created a nationwide surfski series that ran from the late nineties for over a decade and shaped the modern surfski racing landscape in SA. He transitioned surfski eventing from a volunteer amateur basis to a professional viable business and In so doing lifted the standard of what we came to expect from a surfski race.
Billy takes us on a fascinating journey from bumbling down the Dusi to staging the biggest surfski race South Africa has seen. We unpack the secret to his successes, now and back then. This is a fascinating episode for anyone who was lucky enough to have been paddling during the Billy Harker heydays.