For anyone involved with surfski paddling in South Africa, they will know the name, Billy Harker. 

Billy created a nationwide surfski series that ran from the late nineties for over a decade and shaped the modern surfski racing landscape in SA. He transitioned surfski eventing from a volunteer amateur basis to a professional viable business and In so doing lifted the standard of what we came to expect from a surfski race. 

Billy takes us on a fascinating journey from bumbling down the Dusi to staging the biggest surfski race South Africa has seen. We unpack the secret to his successes, now and back then. This is a fascinating episode for anyone who was lucky enough to have been paddling during the Billy Harker heydays.