Samuel Djodan, Author at The Paddler

NORTON EMBRACING THE UNKNOWN AHEAD OF SHAW AND PARTNERS WA RACE WEEK

He’s one of the form athletes heading into the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week, but right now, paddling is far from Tom Norton’s mind.

Jemma Smith hadn’t raced in her surfski for months before the World Championships, but that didn’t slow her charge toward the title.

The prodigy of paddling has fulfilled his potential by producing the best performance of his career on the sport’s biggest stage.

She’s been on the road for five weeks, but in just a few hours time, Danielle McKenzie will step on the start line for the main event.

It’s a title he wasn’t necessarily chasing, but Valentin Henot’s breakthrough victory at the European Championships has been a long time coming.