On Monday 18th November, Shaw and Partners was delighted to host over 100 people from the WA paddling community at the exclusive charity dinner “The Legends of the Ocean”.

The charity event, held at the North Cottesloe SLSC in Perth was part of the Shaw and Partners WA Race Week, one of the biggest events in the Australian ocean paddling calendar with a staggering prize pool of $100,000 on offer.

The format of the evening included an open panel discussion with some of the best athletes and ocean surf ski champions in the world including Ali Day, Shannon Eckstein, Hayley Nixon, Jordan Mercer and Shaw and Partners Race Team members Cory Hill and Michael Booth.

For every seat purchased, the Shaw and Partners Foundation committed to donate $250 to the Flourishing Oceans Project.

At the end of the evening Shaw and Partners Co-CEO Earl Evans was delighted to hand over a cheque of $25,000 to Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation, the Flourishing Ocean Project. The key objective of the Flourishing Ocean Project is to return our oceans to a flourishing state by eliminating overfishing and marine pollution and facilitating world class research. For more information please see www.minderoo.com.au/flourishing-oceans

The Shaw and Partners WA Race Week continues in Perth this evening with the Nipper Clinic at the City of Perth SLSC where over 300 nippers are expected to join the best Ironmen and Ironwomen from around Australia for a free 90 minute clinic.