The 2026 chapter of our historic Tingira paddle event is locked and loaded for Saturday 28th March from Rose Bay. 2 courses are offered: the 7km short course inside the harbour to Vaucluse Bay and the 14km long course, which crosses the Heads to Quarantine Beach and back. This year's event is again part of the Triseries https://triseries.com.au/ with our friends from MWKC and SHSC with their Palm Beach Pursuit and Spit to Zoo events. Race #1 = Palm Beach Pursuit Saturday 7 M

This Saturday’s Time Trial will be replaced by a SIP community paddle circle as a group to show solidarity with all our affected members, their families and the wider Jewish community. Starting at 0730 from Tingira Reserve, paddling past the boats for a "paddling circle of support", then to Camp Cove (potential coffee stop) and following with breakfast at Sugar + Spoon if you’d like to be amongst your friends. Everyone welcome, always

November 2025   Bondi Pavilion will be the first Australian stop of the 2026 World Paddling Film Festival Tour on Wednesday April 8 this year from 6pm, hosted by Shark Island Paddlers.   And your film could be on the big screen!!!!!!!!!!   The World Paddling Film Festival Tour brings award-winning films to communities around the globe. Audiences witness 20 or so of the best short (2-22 minute) paddling-themed films from over 800 global competitive entries. Since 2006, it's sc

21 March 2025   Shark Island Paddlers  (SIP) is delighted to announce a partnership with Australia's leading real estate group, The Agency , as Gold Sponsor for 2025.   As one of Sydney’s premier aquatic community organisations, SIP  has a storied history and illustrious membership, boasting surf ski events each week (the Rose Bay Time Trial ) and The Tingira , an annual race which showcases the very best of the harbour to paddlers from across the city and the state. This yea

By Jeremy Spear and B2.5111 Photo credits: Mark SUNDIN What could possibly go wrong? About 15 dedicated SIP reps had been training hard for the best surfski paddling race event on the east coast of Australia.  And whilst Accommodation was booked, and rides organised, watchful eyes were on a dreaded East Coast Low giving form to thoughts of big waves, crashing winds and driving rain in each paddler’s prophetic glass.  All those fires and that long long drought were about to be

Its hard to write about paddling when half the country is on fire … And so as the new year starts and so many are doing it tough from the compellingly obvious fires charring Australia, consider donating to: The Rural Fire Service: https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/about-us/fundraising Or the Australian Red Cross disaster relief and recovery fund: https://www.redcross.org.au/campaigns/disaster-relief-and-recovery-new-years-eve#donate We all know how bad things are, so take the time t

Dear Friends, the Christmas and Silly Season is upon us. The first and last message in this time of great joy and loneliness is - for my money - not going to be blah blah Merry Christmas or Joy to the world as arms exports are up and defences are down…NO. My message today is a salient and stern reminder in respect of the ways of paddling. FIRST : Safety. Remember wherever you go paddling or indeed carousing over the silly season bear in mind some practical safety tips.

On Saturday 7 December 2019, the richest paddling race in the world ’20 Beaches’ was held over 20 kilometres between Palm Beach and Fisherman’s Beach near Narrabeen.  It is no idle boast to suggest the largest contingent of paddlers came from WSC and the Shark Island Paddlers.  Our crew included seriously experienced and strong, hard paddlers, and some newbies who were taking on 20 Beaches for the very first time.  Notwithstanding we all knew the race was going to be c