The Run of the Charles may primarily be a punishing battle for those who want to test their mettle against 19 miles of portages, rudder-tearing shallows, and the endless meanderings of the river, but don't tell that to the 27 paddlers who instead opted for a painless 6.1 mile surfski [...]
In its 8 years of existence, the Narrow River Race has grown from a thinly-attended ragtag affair to Rhode Islands' preeminent shallow-water surfski competition. Jointly hosted by Wesley Echols and Tim Dwyer, hardly a paddler in New England doesn't have a hair-raising tale of adventure on this treacherous river. I [...]
For 38 years the Hull Lifesaving Museum has sponsored the Snow Row - a 3.6 mile triangular course that kicks off the New England race season. Despite the fact that you can see Hull jutting proudly into Boston Harbor from just about anywhere in Massachusetts, it's virtually impossible to actually [...]
A small but cantankerous group gathered last weekend at Long Sands beach in York for the final race of the New England Surfski point series. Newly renamed the Glicker Downwinder in honor of Joe Glickman, this race would finally settle the question on every young surfski enthusiast's mind: Lesher or [...]
Say what you may about Chris Sherwood, you have to credit his Prospero-like powers to bend tempests to his will. After an impressive inaugural effort in 2014, this year's rollicking Cape Cod Downwind cements him as New England's preeminent Weathermage. With an unseasonable northeast wind (a bit of showing off [...]
