My Epic V12 story started in 2009 when I got the first V12 1g on the East Coast. I paddled it for 3 months, reviewed it and sold it to my training partner Tim who paddled it for years. The 1G had a distinctive roll but once you got used [...]
This race is one my favorite race of the season because of the race organization, competition, sponsorship, venue, and race course. We had roughly 67 surfskis registered in all the classes including the 13 mile race and the 7 mile race. We also had 40 racers in other classes of [...]
2017 East Coast Surfski Champs from Wesley Echols on Vimeo.
The Great Stone Dam Race in Lawrence, Massachusetts on the Merrimack River in its 8th year is a wonderful race for many reasons. Today it had a record field with the Unlimited Class(surfskis and K1's) leading the way but Sups, kayaks, doubles, etc were in good numbers too. It was [...]
With a couple of Rhode Island races shifted into July to avoid the hustle and bustle of kraken season (and, sure, the boat-chomping too), the Nahant Bay Cup remained as the only August race in New England. Despite retiring from competitive paddling back in the mid-teens, Mike McDonough was on [...]
