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National Series Notebook: A Red-Hot October
The USA Surfski leaderboard grew to 203 paddlers this week, with seven new names added in five days. Kieffer now sits just ahead of Wilson Reavley (A26), whose 1,959 points represent a full season of [...]
On Downwinding: Crosswind and Mixed Days
From the parking lot the water looks like nothing worth the drive. Wind chop runs in from the southwest, a leftover groundswell rolls in from the southeast, and where the two meet the surface has [...]
2026 Great Stone Dam Race
By Wesley Echols I really enjoyed myself today at the Great Stone Dam Classic, an 8.14 mile race in Lawrence, MA hosted by Shawn Burke, and Francisco. It was a perfect day New England day [...]
On Training: Decision and Commitment
A runner lifts behind you, and for half a second you know exactly what to do. Then the half second passes, and you're still thinking about it. The gap between the boat and the swell [...]
On Training: Orientation and Pattern Recognition
Your nemesis is two kilometers of confused water where the swell from the south meets a cross-chop off the eastern point of land. You've paddled it dozens of times. For most of those sessions it's [...]
On Downwinding: Leveraging Energy
The difference between flatwater paddling and downwinding isn't subtle. Grinding a flat stretch is the opposite: all work and no rest, every foot of distance earned stroke by stroke with nothing free about it. Catching [...]
On Training: Efficiency and Friction
During any long session or race, most of each stroke converts cleanly into forward motion. A small fraction gets diverted into correction, stabilization, and adjustment. Some of that cost comes from outside: the ocean pushes, [...]
On Racing: Finishing Strong
Finishing well has little to do with who is most tired. Everyone is tired. What separates paddlers at the end of a race is not how much they have left, but how clearly they can [...]
On Racing: Expecting the Unexpected
The forecast you checked the night before is completely different when you wake up. The wind has increased, the swell period has changed, and there's a conversation happening near the water's edge about which direction [...]
On Downwinding: Reading Lines
The line appears before the decision to take it is fully formed. A shift in the water texture, maybe forty meters ahead, something about the way a long roller is organizing at an angle to [...]

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Glicker Downwinder: Twist Ending
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Glicker Downwinder: Twist Ending

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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? [...]

ICF Women’s World Surf Ski Championship Highlight Video
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ICF Women’s World Surf Ski Championship Highlight Video

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ICF Women’s World Surf Ski Championship Highlight Video

It was wonderful to watch the race LIVE Streaming on Youtube. Michele Eray(South African/USA) was in the lead the entire race (32K) with Teaneale Hatton(NZ) keeping in touch. With 3k to go and flatter conditions, Teaneale made her move, coming along side Michele and passing her. Michele countered by riding her [...]

Cape Cod Downwind: Instant Classic
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Cape Cod Downwind: Instant Classic

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Cape Cod Downwind: Instant Classic

Say what you may about Chris Sherwood, you have to credit his Prospero-like powers to bend tempests to his will. After an impressive inaugural effort in 2014, this year's rollicking Cape Cod Downwind cements him as New England's preeminent Weathermage. With an unseasonable northeast wind (a bit of showing off there) [...]

Winners of SurfskiRacing.com Race Series: Jan 1st,Greg 2nd ,Eric 3rd, Mary Beth 1st.
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Winners of SurfskiRacing.com Race Series: Jan 1st,Greg 2nd ,Eric 3rd, Mary Beth 1st.

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Winners of SurfskiRacing.com Race Series: Jan 1st,Greg 2nd ,Eric 3rd, Mary Beth 1st.

The SurfskiRacing.com Series is made up of 12 races starting with the Snow Row, a four mile sprint in frigid conditions in March. It ends with the new (2nd annual) Cape Cod Downwind. Over the years I have added more flat water races so there is an excellent mixture of flat [...]

Great Peconic Race: It’s Kieffer, Lishchuk, and… Lupinski
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Great Peconic Race: It’s Kieffer, Lishchuk, and… Lupinski

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Great Peconic Race: It’s Kieffer, Lishchuk, and… Lupinski

Everyone has that friend. The one that tells you that you just have to go to such-and-such a restaurant and try their possum sliders (I'm assuming your friend is from Appalachia). Bob Capellini's not quite that friend (too refined a palette), but he has been tireless in promoting the Great Peconic [...]

USCA Nationals by Steve Horney
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USCA Nationals by Steve Horney

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USCA Nationals by Steve Horney

A “Stellar” Nationals As competitive paddlers, we’re blessed to have many outstanding races throughout this country, and in fact throughout the world. Few, however, can mimic the flavor of the USCA Nationals. Hosted annually, and at a different location each year, this is river racing at its finest. No matter the [...]