SOUTH Coast duo Skyla Rayner and Nathan Cross have excelled at the 2019 stand-up paddleboard division of the Port Stephens Surf Festival.
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Berrara's Rayner found a handful of long righthanders, allowing her to perform a combination of giant carves and technical cutbacks, to claim second spot in the open women's marathon - with North Entrance's Terrene Black taking the win.
While Woollamia's Cross put in a commanding performance to claim the open men's marathon, ahead of James Casey, Ben Bricknell and Liam Farrell.
Cross finished the 12 kilometre race in one hour, four minutes and 12 seconds to get the win ahead of Collaroy's Casey by a 20-second margin.
Other events were taken out by Clayton Kane (junior men), Evan Green (over 40 men), Jason Kennett (over 50 men) and Vanessa Smith (over 40 women) - an event which saw Berrara's Madeline Rayner claim third.
This meet, which involves more than 6000 competitors across six days, will help decide the NSW teams for the upcoming Australian SUP Titles in Currumbin and the Australian Longboard Titles at Tweed Heads.