SPSC Downwind Entry | SPSC Social Distancing Challenge

SPSC Downwind Challenge Rules

Choose a downwind course
Paddle the min distance required for the run and track with your GPS device
Submit the run using the form on this page, including a screenshot of the distance and average speed
You are responsible for your own safety and take appropriate safety measures to ensure this.
Only paddle within your skill level
Current COVID-19 guidelines in your area must be followed at all times.

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First select the run, then the required min distance will display here.

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It can be more, but the distance paddled needs to be at least the kms required as shown in previous field.

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km/hr

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Comments on the run

What were conditions like? What equipment were you using? Did you enjoy the run?

Results & Leaders

Ocean Results Leaderboard

Each member only listed once, showing your top speed on any ocean run. Click the run name to see all entries.

Name (date of run) Click on name to view all paddler entries	Run Click on name of run to view all run entries	km	km/hr
James Casey (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse James Casey 20-29 November 1, 2020 Epic from Port Kembla to Bellambi on foil	Bassy to Gong S or SW (min 20 km)	35	20.6 -Foil
Wade Carberry (23-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Wade Carberry October 23, 2020 15-18 knots nice wind bumps. Sunova Unlimited	Gerroa (min 10 km)	10.01	13.5 -UL
David Kissane (24-12-2020) Expand/Collapse David Kissane 50-59 December 24, 2020 Good bumps. 15 knots. V technical but managed not to fall which always an achievement for that run. And helps the average 😊	Newport to North Narrabeen (min 6 km)	6	13.0 -14 ft
Wade Carberry (21-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Wade Carberry October 21, 2020 Wind eased off. Sunova Unlimited.	Port Run (min 11 km)	11.02	12.8 -UL
Wade Carberry (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Wade Carberry November 1, 2020 15-17 knots. Nice bumps but heaps of rain, couldn’t see land so hard to know if going right way.	Bassy to Gong S or SW (min 20 km)	20.32	12.7 –
David Kissane (11-12-2020) Expand/Collapse David Kissane 50-59 December 11, 2020 Nice cruisy conditions. Perfect for ace. Wind at 12-15 knots which is good for a morning run.	Brownwater – Newport (min 8 km)	8	12.4 -14 ft
Tony Strang (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Tony Strang 50-59 November 1, 2020 14 x 27 Ace, VMG 35 Nice conditions with moderate SSW wind, fairly clean wind swell and none of the usual side chop.	Brownwater – Newport (min 8 km)	8	11 –
Jason Kennett (04-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Jason Kennett October 4, 2020 Used a 14 foot Board Sunova , conditions were tough , a lot of east in the wind direction and swell , NE, running at approx 15-18 Knots. Best 1km was 5.23	MonaVale – Brownwater (min 6 km)	6	10.8 –
Chris Cross (14-02-2021) Expand/Collapse Chris Cross 50-59 February 14, 2021 BW to Newport 20knot Southerly Clean bumps, no falls! Fanatic Falcon 26 VMG 35 and VMG Orca 82	Brownwater – Newport (min 8 km)	8	10.8 -14 ft
Jarrad Howse (23-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Jarrad Howse October 23, 2020 Nice to have some wind at our back again with a big SPSC crew.	MonaVale – Brownwater (min 6 km)	6	10.7 –
Tony Strang (25-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Tony Strang 50-59 October 25, 2020 14 x 27 Ace, VMG 35 Pretty good conditions with 20+ knot southerly wind. Seas got pretty big from Narrabeen onwards with some very big swells. Paddled with Andy Barker and Jinbo Dong.	Brownwater – Newport (min 8 km)	8	10.6 –
Tony Strang (10-12-2020) Expand/Collapse Tony Strang 50-59 December 10, 2020 14’ Ace, VMG 35 Strong southerly wind (20-25knots) with fairly clean bumps.	Brownwater – Newport (min 8 km)	8.67	10.3 -14 ft
Tony Strang (04-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Tony Strang 50-59 October 4, 2020 14 x 27 Ace, VMG 28 A moderate NE wind (15knots) with slight NE swell. A bit difficult to link the bumps but still good fun with a crew of 9 paddlers.	MonaVale – Brownwater (min 6 km)	6	10 –
Chris Ting (04-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Chris Ting 50-59 October 4, 2020 Ribs still pretty sore, a bit light, pretty technical Ace 14 x 27 Mako 28 fin Orca 82 paddle	MonaVale – Brownwater (min 6 km)	6	9.8 –
Nathan Krieger (02-01-2022) Expand/Collapse Nathan Krieger 40-49 January 2, 2022 Longy to Queenscliff	Avalon – Brownwater (min 11 km)	5	9.7 -14 ft
Traci Dostalek (23-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Traci Dostalek 40-49 October 23, 2020 Great paddle with SPSC crew. I did it during a coach Casey clinic.	MonaVale – Brownwater (min 6 km)	7.11	6.8 –

Inland Results

Each member only listed once, showing your top speed on any inland run. Click the run name to see all entries.

Name (date of run) Click on name to view all paddler entries	Run Click on name of run to view all run entries	km	km/hr
Wade Carberry (26-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Wade Carberry October 26, 2020 Sunova Unlimited Wind was wrong angle coming across shoulder.	Lake Illawara Southerly (min 9 km)	9.01	12.5 -UL
Mike Hayes (11-04-2021) Expand/Collapse Mike Hayes 50-59 April 11, 2021 Epic run in a classic Westerly breeze with a consistent wind, low tide and great runners. Riding ONE Storm 14 x 25 with VMG 28 Blade and ONE Carbon Paddle. First using the VMG 28 and worked a treat.	Botany Westerly (fish n chips run) (min 8 km)	9.10	12.4 -14 ft
Vanessa Smith (15-02-2021) Expand/Collapse Vanessa Smith 50-59 February 15, 2021 Southerly buster, Fun times outnumbered by foilers 😂	Tuggerah Lakes Mini Southerly (min 6 km)	6	12.2 -14 ft
Jarrad Howse (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Jarrad Howse November 1, 2020 Borrowed Shep’s Hollow ONE dugout. Nice to switch it up from the SIC Bullet. The wind looked light driving to Amanda Vanstone Cres, but was pretty nice once out there.	Botany SW (min 6 km)	6.44	11.7 –
Mike Hayes (25-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Mike Hayes 50-59 October 25, 2020 Was the second run of the morning where the wind picked up and swung more from the SSW. Some really nice glides and runners and smoother water. Riding ONE Storm 14 x 25 Ultralight with VMG 35 blade.	Botany SW (min 6 km)	6.84	11.5 –
Vanessa Smith (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Vanessa Smith 50-59 November 1, 2020 NE flukey wind & against outgoing tide last couple k’s -trusty ACE & VMG 28 combo still made for a fun time	Tuggerah Run NE (min 12 km)	12.12	11.4 -14 ft
Chris Cross (15-02-2021) Expand/Collapse Chris Cross 50-59 February 15, 2021 Pitty run.. 25knots ++ possibly best ever run Fanatic Falcon 26 VMG 35 VMG Orca 82 CX	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	7	11.3 -14 ft
Peter Shepherd (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Peter Shepherd 60+ November 1, 2020 Late afternoon paddle. Wind not as strong as we’d hoped for but some strong gusts to make it interesting. Dusted off ‘old faithful’ for this run…the F16 Bullet. Lots of fun but couldn’t hang on to Jarrad who was flying on a ‘One’ hollow dugout 👍	Botany SW (min 6 km)	7.0	11.1 -UL
Lee Condell (26-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Lee Condell 50-59 October 26, 2020 Promising, but the wind lulled and the bump was relatively small considering how hard it blew through the night	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	7.33	11.0 –
Rob Hooton (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Rob Hooton 40-49 November 1, 2020 Great conditions for botany. Would have been well into the 11 km per hour range of I hadn’t tired in the last third and taken quite a bit.	Botany SW (min 6 km)	6	10.9 –
Lee Condell (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Lee Condell 50-59 November 1, 2020 Good wind but bump wasn’t great as it was difficult to connect. Good fun though 😀	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	7.34	10.9 –
John Messenger (24-05-2020) Expand/Collapse John Messenger 40-49 May 24, 2020 Riding the Naish Javelin 14′ x 24″ 7km extract from the run. Just trimmed the first bit.	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	7	10.9 -14 ft
Lee Condell (25-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Lee Condell 50-59 October 25, 2020 Tide going out, so bump was small and wind was maybe 20 knots in gusts, but much lighter in the holes	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	7.50	10.9 –
Traci Dostalek (05-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Traci Dostalek 40-49 November 5, 2020 Wasn’t gale force at predicted 🤣 but a great run and I stayed dry	Botany SW (min 6 km)	6.07	10.8 -14 ft
Traci Dostalek (11-04-2021) Expand/Collapse Traci Dostalek 40-49 April 11, 2021 Such a great run with long smooth bumps. So good to get out again. Felt tired last half due to lack of time on water lately.	Botany Westerly (fish n chips run) (min 8 km)	9.07	10.8 -14 ft
Tony Strang (26-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Tony Strang 50-59 October 26, 2020 14 x 27 Ace, VMG 28 A good run in a strong SSE wind. Bumps didn’t stand up as much as expected but still a fun paddle with Lee and Jinbo 👍	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	7	10.7 –
Wade Carberry (16-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Wade Carberry October 16, 2020 Easing wind 15>10knt Sunova mutant	Lake Illawara NE (min 9 km)	9.38	10.6 –
Traci Dostalek (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Traci Dostalek 40-49 November 1, 2020 Almost didn’t get out today. Glad I did!	Botany SW (min 6 km)	6.04	10.5 –
Mike Hayes (29-05-2021) Expand/Collapse Mike Hayes 50-59 May 29, 2021 Bay to Bay SPSC Competitive Training run. Riding 14 x 25 ONE Storm 2.0 Ultralight with VMG 28 Blade and using Carbon ONE paddle	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	8.3	10.4 -14 ft
Tuan Lam (25-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Tuan Lam 40-49 October 25, 2020 20knots South, choppy with side swell. Sunova Allround Faast 14×24.	Botany SW (min 6 km)	6	10.1 –
Traci Dostalek (25-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Traci Dostalek 40-49 October 25, 2020 Had a few falls but some of the best runs ever. Linked lots of runs together and practices Jimmys gears 👌	Botany SW (min 6 km)	6.78	10.0 –
Traci Dostalek (15-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Traci Dostalek 40-49 October 15, 2020 Bontay with Isabel and Rod in about 23kts NE. Had to paddle all the way to the club to get 6k	Botany NE (min 6 km)	6.02	9.6 –
Pete Morrison (01-11-2020) Expand/Collapse Pete Morrison 30-39 November 1, 2020 Awesome fun! 30knts wind, nice swell, allstar 26″ was hard work!	Botany SW (min 6 km)	5.98	9.5 –
Brett Jones (03-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Brett Jones 50-59 October 3, 2020 15 to 20kn NE, Ace 27, always a fun run!	Tuggerah Run NE (min 12 km)	12.65	9.5 –
Mark Faunt (15-02-2021) Expand/Collapse Mark Faunt 50-59 February 15, 2021 on Sunova ocean faast 27, 30km/hr wind very nice conditions	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	7.64	9.0 -14 ft
Mark Faunt (25-10-2020) Expand/Collapse Mark Faunt 50-59 October 25, 2020 Moderate southerly, good fun runners on Sunova Ocean Faast	Pitty Run (min 7 km)	7.9	8.5 –