The American Canoe Association has selected the Cape Ann Rowing Club's Blackburn Challenge as the host venue for the 2026 USA Canoe Ocean Racing National Championships, placing one of America’s most iconic open-water races at the center of next year’s ocean racing calendar. Long known as the “Boston Marathon” of [...]
The 2025 ICF Canoe Ocean Racing (COR) World Championships were held in Durban, South Africa this past October. Worlds is the pinnacle international competition for surfski paddlers all over the world, in addition to World Cups and (for us) Pan American Continental Championships. The venues for these international competitions are fantastic [...]
The American Canoe Association's Ocean Racing Committee has been working on a national development program for competitive ICF-spec surfski paddling in the USA since 2023. The latest news from the ORC is the opening of the submission window for state, regional, and national championship competitions for 2026 and beyond. The [...]
The 14th Sakonnet River Race will take place Saturday, August 23, 11 am start time at McCorrie Beach, Portsmouth, RI. 9 miles, small bay conditions with downwind likely for half of the course. I changed the course to be more paddle friendly and shorten the race to 9 miles vice [...]
I was not sure what to expect for the Bay State Games 6 miler, except it was only an hour ride from my house, a triangle course of roughly six miles and hosted by Matt Drayer, surfski paddler of this site and more. For this article I did a quick [...]
