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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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My 2015 Blackburn Video Filmed by Chris Chappell
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My 2015 Blackburn Video Filmed by Chris Chappell

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My 2015 Blackburn Video Filmed by Chris Chappell

Wesley Echols - 2015 Blackburn Challenge from Chappell iStudio on Vimeo. Wesley Echols of Stellar Surfski and Kayaks completing his 13th Blackburn Challenge. Some video taken at Halibut Point, about 7 miles into the 20 mile race. A few pictures at the finish taken by Tim Hudyncia. Great Race! This was [...]

2015 Blackburn Video by Chris Chappell
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2015 Blackburn Video by Chris Chappell

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2015 Blackburn Video by Chris Chappell

Blackburn Challenge 2015 from Chappell iStudio on Vimeo. Blackburn Challenge, July 25, 2015. Video from Halibut Point State Park, with a 10-15 knot NNE wind creating some 4-6 foot seas. This is an excellent video by Chris showing us the conditions of the race at this point shot at Halibut Point, [...]

2015 Canadian Surfski Champs Video by Wesley Echols
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2015 Canadian Surfski Champs Video by Wesley Echols

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2015 Canadian Surfski Champs Video by Wesley Echols

Below is my Race Video of the 2015 Canadian Surfski Championship in majestic Squamish, British Columbia. Race was 14 mile long in fjord on Howe Sound. My summary will be later but this captures the race.Eric Costanzo and our families had a wonderful time. Sean Rice won it for the second [...]

2014 Canadian Surf Ski Championship “Success” by Bob Putnam
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2014 Canadian Surf Ski Championship “Success” by Bob Putnam

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2014 Canadian Surf Ski Championship “Success” by Bob Putnam

The Brain Worm Well I can’t remember when the hair-brain scheme for the First ever Canadian Surfski Champs took a hold of me. It was sometime around last October. Somewhere between the Epic Dealer Conference and the Hong Kong Dragon Run. I believe that Daryl Remmler of Think Kayaks used some [...]

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Gorge Paddling Festival-HUGE!

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Gorge Paddling Festival-HUGE!

Join Rivers for Change for the Gorge Downwind Paddling Festival (GDPF) – a week-long event at the Columbia River Gorge near Hood River, OR, from July 19-25. There are two premier events – the inaugural North American Surfski/OC1 Downwind Championships and the incredibly fun and popularWildside Relay. The week will also feature clinics [...]

Meltdown 10 Miler w/Video
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Meltdown 10 Miler w/Video

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Meltdown 10 Miler w/Video

This venue will be the used for the 2016 USCA National Championship August 11-16, 2016. This first time race was set up to give racers a preview of the course for 2016. http://www.uscanoe.com/ Mark your calendars. As you will see from the video there were only a few surfskis but many C2's. [...]