Ever seen those row boats crash­ing through the waves? Won­dered what a thrill it would be? Well, surf boat row­ing can be a ‘full con­tact sport’, but be assured, you’ll have a lot of prepa­ra­tion before you carve through your first wave.

At Mul­laloo, we have a range of surf boat squads to suit your stan­dard, start­ing with our ‘Devel­op­ment Squad’, designed to instill good row­ing tech­nique, safe boat han­dling pro­ce­dures and appro­pri­ate base level fit­ness and strength. Our accred­ited coaches will intro­duce you to row­ing through the dreaded row­ing machine (the ‘ergo’), then progress to shel­tered water (Hillarys Marina) row­ing and build to some flat ocean boat ses­sions. This will be com­pli­mented by strength and cardio-fitness work, all blended with the good humour and team spirit famous of ‘boaties’.

Mul­laloo also offers high stan­dard male and female boat row­ing squads in junior, senior and mas­ters cat­e­gories con­ducted by our expert sweeps/coaches who have com­peted and medalled at State and National level. These crews have access to our com­pe­ti­tion boats and equip­ment as well as proven train­ing pro­grams that incor­po­rate spe­cial­ist ‘ergo’, gym and boat components.

So, if you’re a bit of a thrill seeker, have the ded­i­ca­tion and heart and are pre­pared for a great laugh along the way (you got to laugh at hav­ing to hoick your bathers up your butt), then you’re going to fit in just fine with the Mul­laloo boaties!!!

The Race

Start­ing on the beach, the crews jump into their boats and row out through the break and out to the turn­ing buoys around 400M out to sea. After turn­ing the buoys, they row for the beach catch­ing any wave they can, fin­ish­ing on the shore line.

Divi­sions of surf­boat rac­ing include Open Men’s and Women’s, Reserves, U23 Men’s and Women’s and U19’s. There are also sev­eral Mas­ters Divi­sions. You must be 16 years or older to com­pete in a surf boat.

To try us out, just con­tact the Boat Cap­tain, Andy Penney.