Dale Stanton & I are off the Hainan Island in Southern China in Aussie team of 14 riders . Go to www.kingbay.cn/Kb to catch up on results over next week. 120 men & 30 women from 42 countries are riding. Hopefully we are up to speed and will race well - time will tell. Conditions are tropical 28degrees C with a steady 15/18 knot trade wind every day - a lot of racers from worlds are coming your Oceanics racing in December