Olympian, World Champion and Commonwealth Games medallist are three words often used when summing up Emma Jackson.

He parachutes into the middle of the ocean to ride the world’s biggest wave, breaks world records during the dead of night and happily hauls himself onto monstrous 40-foot swell – There is no denying, Mark Visser is the ultimate Australian adventure athlete.

There is no denying Todd Cohen is Australia’s best OC1 paddler, and with good reason. Having recently added a fourth national OC1 title to his name he is known in the paddling fraternity as the man to beat, and at almost 7ft tall and a body of muscle, there are few who can.