USACK has appointed the 2017 Gorge Downwind Champs (July 20-22) as the trials for selecting the USA team for the ICF Surfski Ocean Racing World Championships. The 3rd ICF World Championship for Ocean Racing (Surfski) will be held November 18-19, 2017 in Hong Kong. Each country is limited to 2 male and 2 female entrants in each of the following age classifications. Junior – Under 18 years as of January 1, 2017 Under 23 – Under 23 years as of January 1, 2017 Open – Any age (oft

Matt O’Garey of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia has been a Stellar sponsored paddler since 2010. Matt has achieved some impressive results for Stellar with state and national representation and medals, back to back Pacific Ocean Series wins, podium finishes at the famous Molokai World Championships (40+) and consistently on the podium at local and national events, with his most recent victory in the national marathon titles. Matt has benefited from the guidance, pr

In 2015 the Gorge Downwind Champs had a vision to grow into one of the largest downwind paddling events in the world. In 2017 we accomplished this goal with a full sellout of over 470 downwind paddlers 3 months before race day. Equally as drivin, TC surfski has goals of their own to dominate the online performance paddling market, and they are stepping up to the plate to prove it. They just pledged a primer gold sponsorship to the GDC to cover all of the following Convert al