With King Borys and Queen Beata having moved on to a better place, the Northeast surfski thrones sit vacant for the first time in many harvests. With no heirs apparent, the upcoming season promises to be filled with deft strategic maneuvering, ferocious duels to the finish, and the occasional poisoning. [...]
The Snow Row inaugurates the New England racing season - a frigid baptism of sorts. Originally scheduled for two weeks earlier, the event had been rescheduled due to a profound shortage of sled dogs in the Boston area. A cold snap (colloquially known as "winter") had rendered the waters of [...]
Since the days of the Boston Tea Party, hardy souls may have gathered in February on the banks of the Charles to test themselves in rowing matches, but it wasn't until the invention of the kilometer, unitards, and the Concept2 rowing machine (henceforth, the erg) that things really got rolling. [...]
The weather for the final race of the season went off-script, ad-libbing uncooperative winds and a light but steady rain. Despite the gloomy day that lacked proper downwind conditions, 25 skis, a rowing shell, and 3 SUPs gathered at Long Sands Beach in Maine for one last grab at fame, [...]
The inaugural Cape Cod Downwind race (the name of which has been something of a moving target, starting with "Buzzard Bay Race", briefly passing through "Sherwood's Fun Time Paddle Paddle Paddle Jamboree" before settling on - in my mind at least - the final moniker). We'd be paddling from Stony [...]
