Photos and video by Bruce Viaene www.bvphoto.co.za

Great shot just inside the La Morne pass by Chantelle Melzer in this months SA Paddler Mag.

My words in the article on the race. Thanks to Claire for the opportunity and glad we had it in on time, came out great.

If you missed Mauitius t...

Found this in the paper today. Interview from Decorex a month ago that hit print this morning in the Mercury. Some funny questions about life outside paddling.

Check out the latest SA Paddler mag for an article I wrote on being in control of your surfski. You can download the mag online here: http://www.paddle365.com/sa-paddler/online-magazine/ 

Great to leverage the use of my GoPro Hero 2 and shoot the picture for the article myself.

So proud of my Marine Zulu's making the center poster pic coming off their awesome 2nd in the Read More..

A rare photo of me smiling. All thanks to Kirsty, the Man Cave came out sick. Great experince!

I really enjoy some of the opportunities I get. I am helping the post office with their writing competition at the moment and did a cool talk at Livingstone School last week. What a treat to be back at my old school and to get such a warm welcome.

I have teamed up with the The South African Post office to help promote sport within school. they are running a cool writing competition. Their Press Release to the local press below.

South Africa’s finest up and coming athletes are getting behind the popular South African Post Office letter writing competition. The competition which is open to scholars up to the age of 15 years has coincided with the 2012 Olympic Games by encouraging scholars to writ...

If you were wondering who gets up before the sun is up to go paddle. I would be one of them. Great shot of me in the SA Paddler Calander for July. Thanks Anthony Grote for the shot!

Sad not to have it branded to give some back to the dream givers but cool never the less!

I helped out with a launch at the Green Hub and kindly Olivia Jones Communications crew sent me there pic's

Team Jeep SA's Gareth Harrington and myself

Brandon Van Der Walt and myself in the rain. Watch Brandon in the coming months. He...

My work in the words and new vibe, my work on the photo to!

Great to gave a Varsity College Canoe Club boat on the cover! Well done Jody and your K3

Got tagged on facebook in this photo of the front bunch heading out to the first buoy in last weekend's US Surfski Champs. Just so cool seeing it from a different angel on what we get up to out there. 

Thanks to Sean Gibson for sharing the shot. It even hit the papers back home!

I got back from CT and sat down on the couch to read the Sunday Tribune as I always do. Surprised to find this in the sports section.

The branding is terrible and very little ROI to my sponsors (bummed) but builds the profile never the less.

More awesome media. picked up the Kayak World Mag with a double page spread including my atricle and pics. Stoked!

Along with my awesome partnership with Garmin come a link to G-Tribe online communities. They recently picked up some of my blogs in their blog. Check it out here:

The year has hardly started but no chance for a stretch or warm up. With the Varsity College Marine Surfski Series in full force I have picked up some nice media already this year. Helps with a great relationship with Multisport Magazine, I have a coulomb in every issue of this FREE mag, plus they cover surfski in a big way. Check out the pictures below as well as www.sportsguide.co.za

My article in Multisport Mag

I have been amazed at the reaction to the article I wrote for Multisport Magazine (www.sportsguide.co.za) last month here.

I have had requests from all over to republish the article on various websites and emails from people asking questions. I am stoked with the feedback.

The article was picked up but surfski website www.surfski.info (http://www.surfski.info/g...

SportsGuide magazine are seriously throwing me the love. I write for them every issue and really appreciate the opportunity. I have been meaning to write this specific article for some time as I have seen some big gains from testing the basics on some of my ocean expert class at the varsity College Surfskischool.

Been lazy and finally under pressure from Bianca I put this one to paper and was greatly rewarded with a double page. The article is cer...

My article for this months SportsGuide is about the surfski start and how to do it like a pro. Check it out at www.sportsguide.co.za

Really did the layout and photos of my artical in SportsGuide Magazine. So love working with SportsGuide, dynamic people with a propper product pushing sport coverge to a new level. You can pick up a SportsGuide for FREE at all good sports stores or download it off their website www.sportsguide.co.za.

The highly anticipated Southern Shamaal for 2009 has launched their website. It's is awesome and sets a huge statement for the event, what it represents and where it is going. 

The race has huge history, charator and tradition. With only the international relay this year the oos kaap is going to cook with some of the worlds best surfski paddlers. 

Go check out the site at Read More..

SportsGuide is out, pick one up for free or download it at www.sportsguide.co.za, check out my incert on travelling to Surfski Races!

This is way off topic but found it such good reading i had to put it up. The surfing industry is in debate over a new world tour. Read this artical for ll the details: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25858526-5013449,00.html. What a cool place to be in. The ASP are dominating with the best live coverage of sport already with webcam technology and surfing is about to up it's game even more to main stream coverage in the US. Now isn't this where Surfski should be headed!

Download the SportsGuide from their website at www.sportsguide.co.za or pick it for FREE at a shore near you in SA.

I have been playing around on Twitter for a while and am just amazed at its growth and popularity. If you are not on Twitter, go find out more at www.twitter.com. This is huge! Think the key on it's growth as it is mobile and messages can be sent straight to your phone. How cool.

If you are on twitter, my user name is simply BarryLewin. I am updating it regularly! Please send me your user names so I can follow you to, drop me a line with your usernames to barry@barrylewin.co.za  
 

Again and again SportsGuide are lifting their game. The mag is totally free, get it at a store or you can download it off their website at www.sportsguide.co.za. Classic articals of which one is mine, Thanks to Craig Dutton and Rudy project for supplying the photo!

All photos by Anthony Grote! www.anthonygrote.com

Billy Harker who runs the infamous Surfski Series organises a media challenge every year before the series starts. Its great to mix with some of the media and for me a opportunity to leverage my amazing sponsors.

Wednesday was already a hectic morning with...

A true privilege that my Varsity College are using me in their advertising, this for the local media. Super stoked!!!

Here is my article for the next edition of SportsGuide magazine. You can download the mag off the web at www.sportsguide.co.za or pick one up for FREE at your local sports store.

SportsGuide have really lifted their game over the last year and continue to do so in the new year. You can download the mag on their wesite at www.sportsguide.co.za. Check out my artical in the mag below.

Inbetween the training last week I took some photo's and wrote up an intructional artical for SportsGuide Mag. The SportGuide team is really passionate about their mag and went out of their way to make the photo's for the artical work. Thanks to Bianca and Tracy for their effort.

SportsGuide is totally free, yes totally free. You can pick one up at all major sports stores or how's this, you can download the mag online at Read More..

The East Cape is passionate about sport and with a SA champs in their back yard the media is certainly watching the race this weekend. Found a classic pic of me on the back page of the Knysna Herald. Thanks to Alister Fraser, one of the local paddlers for the coverage!

I didnt write one but rather two articals for this months Free SportsGuide Magazine.

SportsGuide is totally free and you can pic it up at all you major sports stores or races. Its a complete guide to multisport events in KZN. Great to have such a strong pressence in the mag with 2 arti...

Again I wrote some words in the latest SportsGuide Magazine. Its a free mag in KZN so head down to a local sports store and pick one up.