REES DUNCAN / ENGLISH VERSION

Rees Duncan
Senior World Waveski Title 2009

SHORT & QUICK INTERVIEW

Name: Rees Duncan
Age: 37
Address: Emerald Beach, NSW, Australia
Occupation: Financial Planner
Paddling since: Age 11
Gear: Wavemaster Waveski and Styx Paddles
Sponsors: Wavemaster Waveski and Styx Paddles

Sportive achievements: 4 Open, 2 Juniors, 1 senior world Waveski titles, 13 Australian Titles
Favourite break: Hideaways in the Mentowies

Waveski World Titles: These titles went very well, great surf and weather all week and everyone had a great time
Your favourite destination for the next Worlds: Portugal
Waveski in Australia: It has reduced in size over the past 10 years but in the last 3-4 years has seen a increase in numbers and now becoming a member of the canoeing federation will hopefully seen a greater increase

Evolution of waveski in the near future: Construction will still mainly be epoxy resin, but shapes will be re produced by computer shaping and the board shape will become more stream lined and less volume similar to a surf board, which will allow for more radical manoeuvres

Experience in surfkayaking? No

Surfkayak & waveskis: Similar and will hopefully be able to feed off each others competitor numbers allowing each discipline to grow together
Did you ever been in Portugal? No.

Personal objectives in the sport: To help the sport to grow in Australia in number and for the average age to get younger rather than older.

Last words for all that want to try waveski. Give it a go, but ensure you try the right size board for your experience. We reciently had several very established stand up surfer try waveskiing and found themselves hooked, but found it quite hard as they started on a high performance, low volume ski. One of these surfers was Shaun Cansdell, a professional surfer, who admitted he quite enjoyed it and would like to try it again.

Thanks Rees and congratulations for the World Title!

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