The 26th Blackburn Challenge promises to be a particularly exciting race for the New England surfski community. There's a huge pre-registered field of 44 single HPKs and 7 double HPKs, nearly all of which are skis. This will almost certainly be the largest collection of surfskis ever in New England, [...]
The Blackburn is the premier ocean race on the East Coast due to a host of factors. First of all, it has a great history, from its inception back in 1987. It encourages all human-powered vessels, namely rowing craft of all kinds, sea kayaks, paddle boards, and yes, surfskis. Second, [...]
I have lived in the same neighborhood for twenty years paddling from McCorrie Point for most of that. 99.9% of the time, I load my boats up and drive down to the beach which takes about 2 minutes. Year's ago I tried a paddle cart with my sea kayak walking [...]
Blackburn Challenge July 14, 2012 We are all looking forward to the Blackburn Challenge. We will have 2 of the top paddlers on the East Coast Reid Hyle and Borys Markin in a Rematch of last years East Coast Surfski Championship where Borys edged out Reid by a mere 5 [...]
Thinking about a Surf Ski? Asking yourself what is the learning curve? Are you currently paddling a ski but under performing? Want to improve in all the areas below on the picture? I can help. Over the years I have helped many paddlers so I decided to formally offer Surfski [...]
