“Humans thrive on reward for success by achieving the goals we set out for ourselves. If you never set goals then you can never achieve success. Learn to enjoy racing. Race your Garmin, race your mate, and race the local ferry – even race the setting sun! Make your paddling [...]
This is a story of a surf ski ocean kayaker, a beginner (now intermediate or somewhere in between?) on a quest for knowledge and expertise. It’s my story, and it starts in 1967 but we can skip the first 40 years of me as a dry-lander. The kayak days [...]
This is a comparison and review chart based on 12 years of paddling surf skis with GPS recorded time trials with all the 25 skis listed on the chart over the same four courses since 2002 as explained below. I added 10 new skis to the comparison chart since last time [...]
Below is a link to a fantastic video narrated and written by Joe Glickman made possible by NBC and Jim Hoffman and Chrysler. Joe takes us from the beginning of surf skis with Oscar to Greg Barton and then takes us on the 2012 US Surf Ski Championship with some [...]
2014 Race Schedule I updated most of the local Northeast races to the 2014 calendar. I put them on the same date as last year. There are some confirmed like US Surfski Champs, L2L, Blackburn Challenge, Essex, Sakonnet, Ride the Bull, Narrow River, Double Beaver, Run of the Charles, Snow [...]
