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 [...]
Thursday, July 24, 2025, Full Tilt Blackburn Challenge: Sixth Sense The Cape Ann Rowing Club restored the Blackburn Challenge course to its traditional 19.5 mile incarnation for 2025. The results of last year's experimental choose-your-own-adventure race were catastrophic. While undeniably capturing the spirit (and length, in some cases) of Howard [...]
"They Don't Call It Ride The Pony" now a laughable quote from John Hair, a many time racer of Ride The Bull. John, Jim, Tim, Mary Beth In 2013, I had to idea of having a rough water race, not too long in length, not too exposed, but [...]
