Boat fatigue: every paddler's unknowing nightmare. It particularly comes into play in ocean conditions. It is worth revisiting with the race season getting cranked up. I was thinking about one of our biggest races in New England, the 20-mile Blackburn Challenge where many of the paddlers have suffered. Most years, [...]
Training Basics 1. Time in the boat, time in the boat, time in the boat - or time on a kayak erg. There is no substitute for paddling if you want to be a better or faster paddler. 2. Spend time going into the wind, downwind, beam to the wind [...]
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 [...]
See the below link to the PDF file that Henning Hansen wrote and illustrated. I posted with Henning's permission. It is excellent article with some video links by Oscar and Ivan at the end of the article. It is a very good read for the novice to elite. About Henning [...]
Austin Keiffer and Ocean Paddle Sports East will be hosting a FREE Surfski Clinic and Demo Day Saturday, September 14th for the East Coast Surfski Champs (Lighthouse to Lighthouse). Also Ocean Paddle Sports East (OPSE) is sponsoring the ECSSC Surfski Hotspot. $250 for the first women and first man to [...]
