For the past few years I wanted to do this race and after reading Joe Glickman’s account of last year’s race, I could relate only too well to his story. Why? I am from Mississippi. To be specific Starkville, MS, home of Mississippi State University. While I have lived in Rhode Island [...]
I'm sitting in the stern of a homemade 16' divorce boat with my girlfriend Tracy at the bow just drifting to & fro. We're in a small channel on the east side of the Mighty Mississippi surrounded by more then 100 kayaks and canoes. There are fast sleek surfskis with [...]
‘With one deft stroke, the blade’s leading edge cleft a half moon shaped fissure along the slate gray trough; the smell of salt sea acrid in our nostrils, a trail of racers strung stern to bow in a ragtag line, breathing heavily, eyes focused hungrily on the prize…And this my [...]
I was looking forward to this race being the last big race of the season in the Northeast. It was also the last race of the SurfskiRacing.com series and would determine the top three places since the standings were extremely close by design. I was just one of over 100 paddlers looking [...]
I ran my own race. I ran my own race. I think I should be able to say that twice, maybe even squeeze out a third time. As the regatta chairman 7 years now, I do sometimes think of it as my race, or more to the point our race. [...]
