The post-Covid 2022 New England race season got off to a blazing start with 24 entries, 16 eager surfski paddlers, and two K1 starters. We had paddlers from NJ, MA, CT, NY, and of course Rhode Island. Rhode Island native Mike Florio put the hammer down from the start [...]
Leg Drive: My experience is that the term 'heel drive' is a relative term to get paddlers comfortable with using leg drive. It is easy for newer paddlers to envision using "Heel drive" and for instructors to possibly teach it this way. Those of us who paddle surfskis as [...]
By the time March and April are here in New England, most of us are pulling on the lead to start paddling. Here are some tips to get ready for the season. Hopefully, you stored your surf ski to protect it over the off-season. Before you get on the water [...]
If you paddle long enough, probably in the early phases of your career, you probably have been lost in the fog while paddling. This has happened twice to me, once paddling on my home waters, the Sakonnet River in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and the other on Narragansett Bay at the [...]
In May 2021, I reviewed the newly designed Nelo 540L 2G and now the 550L 2G in the WWR layup. I have approximately 60 miles in the 550L 2g in various small bay conditions where I live in Portsmouth, RI. I have also raced it on the modified Ride the [...]
