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  • On Downwinding: You’re Not Surfing

    Most paddlers learn to think about downwind paddling in terms of waves.  You catch a wave, you ride the wave, and you look for the next wave.  Wash, rinse, repeat.  That model works well enough [...]

  • On Training: Stress and Adaptation

    Nothing in training happens without stress.  In the absence of a stressor, our system remains exactly as it is.  But stress alone is not improvement, and in an ocean environment, misunderstanding that difference is one [...]

  • On Racing: Starting Right

    Most races are decided long before the first buoy or the first run.  They begin in the final minutes before the start, when paddlers are already spending physical, mental, and emotional energy, whether they realize [...]

  • Blackburn Challenge to host 2026 National Championships

    The American Canoe Association has selected the Cape Ann Rowing Club's Blackburn Challenge as the host venue for the 2026 USA Canoe Ocean Racing National Championships, placing one of America’s most iconic open-water races at [...]

  • USA Surfski Paddlers @ 2025 ICF COR World Championships

    The 2025 ICF Canoe Ocean Racing (COR) World Championships were held in Durban, South Africa this past October.  Worlds is the pinnacle international competition for surfski paddlers all over the world, in addition to World Cups [...]

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Narrow River: Sweet Release of Depth

As all locals are aware, Rhode Island is the epicenter of surfski racing in New England.  As inexorable as gravity, the wee state draws in paddlers from hundreds of miles away.  Mary Beth and I took advantage of this mysterious attractive force to grab a couple of extra hours of sleep [...]

2 Events, 2 weeks, 2 much Rowing Fun!

This February I was able to compete in two indoor rowing events; a team relay( 10,000 meters) with my son, Tyler and daughter in law Jen, along with Greg Lesher and "erged on" by Mary Beth. A week later, I competed in my 17th Crash B's (Indoor Rowing Championship) 2000 meters. [...]

History of SurfskiRacing.com, Stellar, Moving On!

  Search for the perfect ski.   I needed a website to launch the first ever surfski DVD.  I can remember walking on the beach after the Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race with Chris who I had recently met at my house when I sold him a used Onno paddle and later [...]

Chattajack 31: Living by the Sword

Paddling 31 miles down the Tennessee River isn't everyone's dream, but veterans of the Chattajack 31 are relentless in trying to convince you that it should be.  The camaraderie of shared suffering!  The pre-dawn muster!  The fully-trained medical staff!  How could I resist their rabid proselytizing?  I registered in early May, [...]

2018 SurfskiRacing.com Series Winners

Congratulations to Greg Lesher, Chris Quinn, and Chris Chappell for their season performances and taking the podium places in the series. This is Greg's third time to win as he did in 2016, 2017 and now 2018. I started the series in 2010 and Greg only did 2 races then scoring [...]

Plum Beach Lighthouse Race: End Days

The inexorable march of time has once again made fools of us all, drawing another New England paddling season to a close despite our frequent mid-race assertions that "This duck-slapping debacle is never going to end!" Fortunately, Wesley had negotiated a one-week extension by dusting off an unused standby course in [...]

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Epic V10 Ultra Review by Wesley Echols, SurfskiRacing.com, “The Wow Moment”

In marketing terms, I would be referred to as an "early adopter".  This is someone who looks forward to trying the newest products as they become available to the market. However, in regards to the newest V10, I was late to the game. Like most surf skiers trying to find [...]

Stellar SR Surfski Review

                            https://picasaweb.google.com/Surfski14/StellarSRSurfski#   (Disclaimer: I am the Northeast Surfski Rep for Stellar).  The best way to decide on any ski is to gather as much information as possible from paddlers, manufacturers, websites, then paddle all the skis [...]

Think Evo Fiberglass Review – by Wesley Echols

My first paddling experience with my Evo was a 37 mile circumnavigation of Aquidneck Island with my partner in crime, Tim Dwyer. I had purchased the glass Evo the previous day and was excited to try out my latest acquisition. Tim paddled my Huki S1R. So, in comparable boats, we [...]

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