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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Battle of the Bay (Featuring Sean Rice)
Nobody can deny that Rhode Island has a proud history worthy of appreciation. Crafting a full-fledged state out of a forgotten parcel small enough to be written off as a surveying error? A real credit to Yankee ingenuity. Let's say on that basis that Rhode Island merits a couple of surfski [...]
Cape Cod Race-Featured Race, September 26th, 2015
Date: Saturday, September 26, 2105. Skippers meeting at 12:30 PM. COURSE IS NOW REVERSED FROM LAST YEAR DUE TO WIND DIRECTION. See all docs and chart on link below. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8N-jKkHg3tuUFprNjU2aWVTbzQ&usp=sharing The inviting waters of Stony Beach. Dana paddled over from Martha's Vinyard for a warm up at last year's [...]
Nahant Bay Race: Triangulation
If you're anything like me, you're inordinately fond of circus peanuts. And, more to the point, you're suffering a nasty case of race report fatigue. In an effort to minimize our collective discomfort, I'll keep this concise. Actually, let's go with "more concise". Polonius claims that brevity is the soul of [...]
Jamestown Double Beaver: Now Rodent Free!
For years Tim Dwyer has dreamed of running a downwind race from Point Judith to Jamestown, taking advantage of the prevailing south-easterly winds to hurtle us screaming across a 10+ mile span of open water. Since this route passes by the Beavertail Lighthouse that inspired the name of the Jamestown Double [...]
2015 Missouri River 340 by Charles Goodson
My 2015 MR340 I set out on 1 January 2015 to win the MR340. That was my plan anyway. I knew if I set my standards for the stars and only reached the moon I would be happy with my performance as long as I gave it all I had. With [...]
Jamestown 9 Miler-Modified Double Beaver
Jamestown 9 Miler with Wesley Echols of Stellar Surfskis and SurfskiRacing.com from Wesley Echols on Vimeo. Good turn out yesterday for the modified Double Beaver Course. Yesterday, however would have been a good day for the Double Beaver course with light northeast winds. Jesse Lishchuk made the drive up from PA [...]
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