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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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Casco Bay Challenge: Tactical Maneuvers

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Casco Bay Challenge: Tactical Maneuvers

From its murky origins in 2013, the Casco Bay Challenge has quickly grown to be an important race on the New England calendar. In theory, the course is dead simple: Proceed northeast from Willard Beach in South Portland 16.5 miles across Casco Bay to the Mere Point boat launch. In practice, [...]

Taming the Bull
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Taming the Bull

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Taming the Bull

The 2015 Ride the Bull race was intense. A few years ago, I thought we should have a moderate distance race(9 miles) but make it ROUGH. The course runs along the small cliffs of Bull Point, Mackeral Cove,Short Point and into Hull Cove. The course even encompasses a tidal rip with [...]

Ride the Bull: Returning to Form
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Ride the Bull: Returning to Form

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Ride the Bull: Returning to Form

Hubris, I've recently learned, is not a tasty Middle Eastern dish (which explains a lot about the odd looks I got when ordering Lebanese take-out the other day). Turns out it's a virulent strain of cockiness that can be cured only by by being surgically cut down a notch or two [...]

Seasit.Org 9 mile Downwinder
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Seasit.Org 9 mile Downwinder

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Seasit.Org 9 mile Downwinder

Copied with Permission from Eric Costanzo and SeasIt.Org. http://seasit.org/event/1st-annual-seas-it-downwinder-allenhurst-nj/ Thank you to all the participants, spectators, and volunteers for making our 1st Annual Seas It Downwinder a huge success! Race Results Category 1: Surfski Long Course 9.2 miles 1st Place: Sean Brennan (1:18) 2nd Place: Eric Costanzo (1:23) 3rd Place: Matt [...]

RPM Murray 200K in 3 Days
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RPM Murray 200K in 3 Days

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RPM Murray 200K in 3 Days

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Sakonnet River Race: Winding Up
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Sakonnet River Race: Winding Up

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Sakonnet River Race: Winding Up

As the first open water competition of the year, the Sakonnet River race always attracts an enthusiastic group of paddlers anxious to frolic once again in the salt spray. Twenty-some skis and assorted accoutrement festooned the beach at McCorrie Point, adding some color to the overcast and breezy morning. This was [...]