Boss Man’s note: Here’s a recap of the final race from the latest Downwind Dash Series in Cape Town, South Africa, courtesy of our SA Correspondent and SUP Culture founder Peter Petersen.

The final race, and the series, were taken out by young gun Dylan Frick, a name you’d recognise if you followed our ISA World Champs coverage a couple of weeks back. Dylan took out the Bronze Medal in the Technical Course race and now has a win in his home country to add to it.

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Dylan Frick Takes Out The PRIMI Naish Downwind Dash Series

After a poor run of luck, we finally struck wind for the final of the 2013 PRIMI Naish Downwind Dash series.

15-20knots South Easter, balmy 30deg Celsius and virtually flat seas was a perfect setting for the final race. Having only completed 3 races so far, this 4th race would trigger a discard and it looked like a three horse race for glory between Greg Bertish, Ivan van Vuuren and Dylan Frick.

Out the blocks Dylan Frick made his intentions known as he set off at a blistering pace. The lighter winds don’t suit the older, wiser, Coreban riders so Ivan and Greg had their work cut out for them. Ivan had a reasonable start sitting in about 3rd with Greg sitting in 6th. Andrew Cillie, Brad Adams and Joshua Robertson were mixing it up amongst this group. Greg seemed to find his mojo about halfway and started making up places while Ivan started running out of steam at about the same time.

Up front Dylan was disappearing into the distance while the 3 contenders behind were pretty close. Brad Adams had a great race to take 3rd, but he couldn’t quite catch Andrew Cillie while Greg nearly caught up to these two. Not far behind them, the future of SA downwinding, were fighting it out for 5th and 6th with Joshua Robertson recording his first win in the juniors, 3 secs ahead of Ethan Koopmans, also a junior.

Dylan was more than 5% quicker than the next guy and hence our sole Elite paddler tonight – this is a first – quite extraordinary!

In the ladies Mishka Steyn caused an upset by unseating Brigette van Aswegen for the first time ever. Tammy Robarts, who represented SA in the waves at ISA Worlds, took a fine 3rd.

Third junior in was Matthew Maxwell with his older brother Dylan a little further back. Calvin Ginsberg rounded out the juniors coming 32nd overall.

Overall the discard enabled Dylan Frick to win the series with 3 bullets to become undisputed King of Cape Town’s downwinders. Greg Bertish had to settle for 2nd while Ivan van Vuuren was relegated to 4th as Brad Adams managed to squeeze himself onto the podium with his fine race today.

Brigette van Aswegen takes overall womens, also with three bullets, Mishka Steyn takes 2nd and Patricia Kohrs 3rd.

In the Masters, Ivan van Vuuren took the win (and 4th overall) with Andrew Cillie and Pietro Muscas tied on points and getting 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Ethan Koopmans took out the juniors (and 5th overall) ahead of Joshua Robertson and Matthew Maxwell – these guys are beginning to fly and will no doubt start vying for overall podium placings come next year.

Thanks to our sponsors: PRIMI, Naish, BulkSMS, VitaminWater, Buchulife, BodyTec Sunset Beach, Watersports Warehouse, Coreban/Expression on the Beach, SWOX, SUPHQ.com and SUPracer.com.

BIG thanks to our timekeepers Lolo, Jen and Aden!

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2013 PRIMI Naish Downwind Dash Series – Overall Results

Man of the Year
Dylan Frick – Starboard

Woman of the Year
Brigette van Aswegen – Starboard

Junior of the Year
Ethan Koopmans – Naish

Master of the Year
Ivan van Vuuren – Coreban

Rookie of the Year
Armin Wohlgemuth

Fighter of the Year
Maleen Hoekstra

OVERALL RESULTS
Click “#1”, “#2”, “#3” or “#4” to show results from each different race in the series

#	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	Best 3	Class	Board
1	Dylan Frick	1	1	52	1	3	Open	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
2	Greg Bertish	9	2	2	4	8	Open	Coreban 14' Dart
3	Brad Adams	8	5	5	3	13	Open	Fanatic 14 Falcon
4	Ivan van Vuuren	31	3	1	10	14	Masters	Coreban 14' Dart
5	Ethan Koopmans	5	8	4	6	15	Junior	Naish 14 Glide
6	Andrew Cillie	3	39	11	2	16	Masters	Starboard 14' OO
7	Pietro Muscas	10	6	3	7	16	Masters	Naish 14 Glide
8	Peter Petersen	7	4	6	9	17	Masters	Naish 14 LE
9	Joshua Robertson	6	11	13	5	22	Junior	Naish 14 LE
10	Francois Frick	2	9	52	12	23	Open	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
11	Armien Wohlgemuth	12	14	8	11	31	Masters	Naish 14 Glide
12	Tom King	19	10	12	41	41	Open	Fanatic 14 Fly
13	Justin Bing	31	17	7	22	46	Open	Coreban 14' Dart
14	Nico Pfitzenmaier	13	13	22	41	48	Open	Naish 14 Glide
15	John de Roy	31	12	10	41	53	Open	Coreban 14' Dart
16	Dave Maxwell	14	16	26	23	53	Open	Naish 14 Glide
17	Brigette van Aswegen	16	19	24	18	53	Ladies	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
18	Mike Fiet	20	18	20	16	54	Open	Coreban 14' Dart
19	James Taylor	31	15	14	41	60	Open	Naish 14 Glide
20	Mishka Steyn	17	26	52	17	60	Ladies	Starboard 14' OO
21	Craig Ginsberg	26	21	31	14	61	Open	Naish 14 Glide
22	Nic Muhl	11	39	16	41	66	Open	Naish 14 Glide
23	Tyran Cooper	21	23	25	25	69	Open	Coreban 14' Dart
24	Ike Frans	31	20	52	19	70	Open	Starboard 14' OO
25	Mitch Wagstaff	18	39	15	41	72	Open	Starboard 14' OO
26	Rob Munro	23	22	28	30	73	Masters	Fanatic 14 OO
27	Neal Esterhuysen	31	24	21	41	76	Open	Coreban 14' Dart
28	Gary van Rooyen	31	39	30	15	76	Masters	Coreban 14' Dart
29	Wayne Robertson	25	27	34	27	79	Open	Coreban 14' Dart
30	Gavin Dace	31	39	23	26	80	Open	Naish 14 Glide
31	Mathew Maxwell	31	39	27	24	82	Junior	Naish 14 Glide
32	Kimon Dos Santos	31	39	52	13	83	Junior	Naish 14 Glide
33	Patricia Kohrs	24	25	52	35	84	Ladies	Naish 14 Glide
34	Nicky Carstens	31	39	17	41	87	Masters	Coreban 14' Proto
35	Mathew vd Linden	31	39	18	41	88	Open	Naish 14 MC
36	Nicky Venter	31	39	19	41	89	Open	Starboard 14' OO
37	Tammy Robarts	29	32	33	28	89	Ladies	Naish 12 Glide
38	Monika Wohlgemuth	28	30	37	31	89	Ladies	Naish 14 Glide
39	Steve Tripney	27	29	35	41	91	Masters	Coreban 14' Dart
40	Calvin Ginsberg	30	31	52	32	93	Junior	Naish 14 Glide
41	Oscar Wollheim	15	39	52	41	95	Open	Naish 14 Glide AST
42	Dylan Maxwell	31	39	52	29	99	Junior	Naish 14 Glide AST
43	Jonathan Donner	31	33	39	36	100	Open	Naish 12 Glide
44	Francois Ferreira	31	28	52	41	100	Open	Starboard 14' OO
45	Danny Aeberli	22	39	52	41	102	Open	Starboard 14' OO
46	Iyves Gonder	31	39	52	33	103	Open	Naish 14 Glide AST
47	Mike Smith	31	39	52	34	104	Masters	Fanatic 14 OO
48	Iva Lopes	31	34	47	41	106	Ladies	Naish 14 Glide AST
49	Anna Knotten	31	35	41	41	107	Ladies	Proneboard
50	Craig Girdlestone	31	39	43	38	108	Open	Naish 14 Glide
51	Amanda Rootman	31	36	52	41	108	Ladies	Starboard 14' OO
52	Annalisa o'brien	31	37	52	41	109	Ladies	Coreban 14' Dart
53	Grant Donald	31	39	49	39	109	Open	Coreban 14' Dart
54	Kim Docherty	31	38	45	41	110	Open	RRD 12'6
55	Nick King	31	39	52	40	110	Masters	Coreban 14' Dart
56	Rory Smith	31	39	52	41	111	Open	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
57	Paul Ruger	31	39	44	41	111	Masters	Coreban 14' Dart
58	Michaela Gabriel	31	39	48	41	111	Ladies	Naish 14 Glide
59	Maleen Hoekstra	31	39	52	41	111	Ladies	Naish 12 Glide