A Race of a life time! I had the longest and most consistent runs of my life and the most violent launch/capsize ever off of Angel Island. Moments of fear alternated with all out effort and exhilaration. I've never been so pumped on a ski. Yet as a race, nobody [...]
I met Dean Gardiner in Chicago in 1994. It was my second year of paddling and we were in Chicago at the start a month-long stage race from Chicago to New York. He’d recently won Molokai and the forecast for 20 knot winds for our 33 mile crossing of Lake [...]
My personal experience (from the middle of the pack) of the 2009 US Surf Ski Champs was definitely positive. It was the biggest Surf Ski race I have ever been in, maybe the biggest in the US? I had been concerned about the start as we all had to get [...]
