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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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Narragansett Boat Club Regatta 2018

This ten mile race was directed John Ryan and Dan Gorriaran by the Narragansett Boat Club(rowing) located on the Seekonk River on the East Side of Providence. I have known these guys for years since they put on the Around the Island (Jamestown) and the Counter Revolution Race(1st East Coast Surfski [...]

Ride the Bull: Tidal Race

Like many New England paddlers, I awoke this past Saturday with an inexorable compulsion. A mysterious beckoning against which there could be no resistance. In a trance-like state of compliance, Mary Beth and I loaded a couple of skis on the car and started our migration south. Navigating by the invisible [...]

SUNSHINE COAST BEACH-TO-BEACH RACE REPORT

By Craig Spender of PaddleSmart The conditions for the inaugural “Beach to Beach” Ocean Race on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast were probably not quite what everyone was expecting…! With 125 registered competitors covering various types of craft, the competitor list featured a strong field of paddlers including recent Molokai winner Corey Hill [...]

SRR 2018

Sakonnet River Race going strong after 10 years. This was my 10th year to host this race. For years I wanted to host a race but thought only kayak shops or other big organizations with the money and support could host a race. True to my nature, I said I will [...]

Sakonnet River Race: Hot Streak

Unless you wanted to spend the entire month of August in Rhode Island making up for missed credits, attending the Sakonnet River Race was a must to keep on pace to make quota. Now in its 11th year, this Echols-branded event always attracts a rowdy band of paddlers anxious to throw [...]