Around ten years ago I headed north from my home in the San Francisco Bay Area to race in the San Juan Challenge. Long story short, by the end of the trip wheels were in motion for my wife, Luanne and I to move to a small Canadian Island in [...]
I had the worst possible preparation. The third polar vortex hit the Midwest at the end of March and the lakes were still frozen. Except for a few short weeks in California, I had been unable to get on the water. The days to the Molokai Challenge were ticking away [...]
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 [...]
