New Balance- Exciting new partnership for Dusi

Banji and I are really looking forward to working closely with New Balance through the build-up and right into the 2010 Dusi Canoe marathon.
As of today New Balance has hooked us up with some of their latest shoes which we will be using for training and racing!
I’ll be racing in the really stable RC769. On the road for my training I’ll be wearing the light weight and speedy looking MR827.
Aside from shoes we have been kitted out in almost all the gear that New Balance has to offer, shirts, vests, shorts just to name a few.
The New Balance range is really impressive so I would strongly suggest getting to your nearest outlet store right away to check out their stock!

Vaal Marathon- SA K2 river championships

Michael Mbanjwa (Banji) and I once more jumped in the boat together to do the 2 day Vaal River marathon as part of our Dusi preparation. At close to 40km per day it’s quite a tough one.
About 8km into day 1 at the Visgat weir Hank and Len got a bit of a gap over us. We worked hard to close them down at the same time getting some clear water between ourselves and the 3rd placed boat of King and Basson. We spent most of the day working with Hank and Len to gradually open the gap over the 3rd boat.
Theron and Cruickshank who badly holed their boat after about 5km and had to stop for repairs had a stormer of a day. After loosing about 3min they came flying through the field to finish only 40sec behind us along with 3 other boats.
Day 2- In the elapsed time start we went off 1sec behind Hank and Len. It did not take long at all for the 2nd group to make contact with us after starting 40sec later. Almost immediately as the group caught us 6 boats become 4, the front group was comprised of Hank/Len, Myself/Banji, Theron/Cruickshank, King/Basson.
The pace varied throughout the day with most of the flat out racing being done in and around the rapids. When it came to the end sprint all 4 boats will still together. It was Len and Hank who took the win from Theron and Cruickshank, Banji and I were content with 3rd. King and Basson had to settle for 4th after being stuck on the outside for the 90 degree turn into the final sprint.