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 Snow Row Surf Ski Video
2015 Snow Row with Wesley Echols from Wesley Echols on Vimeo.
CRASH-Bs: Rowing to Nowhere
Since the days of the Boston Tea Party, hardy souls may have gathered in February on the banks of the Charles to test themselves in rowing matches, but it wasn't until the invention of the kilometer, unitards, and the Concept2 rowing machine (henceforth, the erg) that things really got rolling. The [...]
Are You Going?
2nd Annual CMW Canadian Surfski Champs – July 18, 2015 from Deep Cove Canoe & Kayak Centre on Vimeo. So maybe you have heard? The Canadian Surfski Champs is the Kick-Off event for the North American Triple Crown. Gorge Paddling Festival - July 20 - 26 will include a Solo Race [...]
RePost:Snow Row, Where Rowers Rule, but Surf Skiers……
Today was my 7th Snow Row and like the Race Director said "everyone made it back safely". Those words mean something at the Snow Row. The surf skis and kayaks are mixing it up with some big wooden row boats. So if a collision occurs we will be on the wrong [...]
Repost: 2012 Snow Row is an Exciting Race: Big Boats and Surfskis!
The Snow Row is an exciting race in many aspects. First of all, the weather is almost always very cold and very windy. There even was a tiny snow squall that went through just before I pulled into the parking lot. How exciting is that? This race marks the beginning of [...]
2015 Sharkbite Race, Be There!
OC6 with Rob Mirlenbrink(steering) and Reid Hyle(4th seat) One of the biggest paddle festivals in Florida is happening. It includes all craft from SUPs, Surfskis, OC1, OC6's, kayaks and more. Race Director Karen Mirlenbrink said they have more surfskis registered this [...]
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