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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2015 Gorge Paddling Festival, Reid Hyle
This little summary of a week at the Gorge Paddling Festival is meant to give those unfortunate souls enduring actual winter something to draw them on into next summer while we paddle away down here in Florida. In brief, put a Columbia River Gorge paddling vacation on your short list of [...]
2015 ETC Regatta, San Francisco Bay by Ken Katz
My long time paddling partner, Paul McIntyre decided to participate in the 2015 ETC Regatta and Paddle-a-thon on San Francisco Bay. This race, formerly known as the SeaTrek Regatta has been going on for 35 years. For most of those years it has been a fundraiser for Environmental Traveling Companions, whose [...]
2015 Cape Cod Surf Ski Race Video, Drone Coverage and Photos
https://vimeo.com/141237812 Drone Coverage by Peter Traykovski. https://youtu.be/1LX3Ve_LoTE https://youtu.be/K3IH3TERJHc
BIG River Regional Race by Joseph Dichiacchio
BIG River Regional----Asteroids and "Fais Do Do". With my first ever paddling related shoulder injury, 2015 has proven to be a bit of a disappointment. After a layoff and some physical therapy, I was anxious to get back on the boat and gauge my recovery. My first opportunity would arrive at [...]
Plum Island Lighthouse Race
It was a small turnout for Plum Island Lighthouse Race in Wickford, RI today since I postponed it by one day due to weather. It was a beautiful day for the last race of the season. Bob Jehn, Greg Lesher, and Tim Dwyer took the top 3 places. These three paddlers [...]
Glicker Downwinder: Twist Ending
A small but cantankerous group gathered last weekend at Long Sands beach in York for the final race of the New England Surfski point series. Newly renamed the Glicker Downwinder in honor of Joe Glickman, this race would finally settle the question on every young surfski enthusiast's mind: Lesher or Lupinski? [...]
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