Category for Northeast Surfski Races, 2014
Last year around this time I was relishing in the afterglow of my world class spectatorship at the inaugural Ride the Bull race in Jamestown, Rhode Island. I was yanked from the starting line-up in 2013 because the race organizers decided that death by “Bull” would be a too kind [...]
Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound were humming with water activity of all kinds yesterday including not only our race but a sail boat regatta, scores of divers at every point, fisherman, pleasure craft of all sorts and more. So if you were one of the 21 paddlers who showed [...]
Well before I even dreamed that it was possible, let alone desirable, to spend so much time and money on surfskis, the Essex River Race gave me my first taste of competitive paddling. That bitter flavor lingered on my palette for the hour and seven minutes it took me to [...]
The Essex River Race is one of the best attended races in the Northeast because of the distance of 5.72 mile is doable by the casual paddler as well as the experienced racer. All classes were filled out from the rowers, to the stand up paddle boards, to the surf [...]
In days past, the 6 mile Run of the Charles race was a relaxing spring event. A handful of paddlers would mess about on the lazy river for a while, then enjoy some crumpets and split a Zima. The real competitors were doing the 19 mile race, lugging their boats [...]
