May 20th is the Molokai World Championships. Below are the registered paddlers. I also posted the profiles and links of two of the Stellar sponsored paddlers from Australia, Richard Germain from Canada, and Tim Burke from Maryland, USA. This will be Richard's 4th Molokai! Richard is every mid packers hero. [...]
Yesterday was Demo Day for the Kayak Centre in Wickford, Rhode Island. I thought it would be a good idea as part of the Demo Day to get a race in two weeks before Essex and one week after the ROTC. This course is one of my favorites; 8 miles, [...]
Sandbagging (a.k.a. ‘cherry picking’): knowingly entering a given class utilizing the unfair advantage of age, boat and/or fitness, often resulting in under the breath grumbling and well-chosen expletives regarding one’s character from fellow competitors. The 30th Annual Run of the Charles Race, or ‘ROTC’ for those in the know, took [...]
The Run of the Charles is one of the largest kayak races in the United States. Living near Boston has it's perks: flat water, ocean, World Champions :New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Celtics, the storied Boston Marathon, and all the happenings and diversity a big city has to offer [...]
Last weekend the Achilles Kayak Team competed in the annual Shark Bite Challenge race event in Dunedin, FL. This is an open water race on the Gulf of Mexico that attracts surf ski, kayak and paddleboard races from the region and further afield. Our team comprised of [...]
