#1 in Surfski News and Reviews2025-12-31T20:30:22-05:00

  • 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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Fun Times at the 2023 Blackburn Challenge

Pretty much on a whim, Tim and decided to race a double surf ski for this year's 2023 Blackburn Challenge. While I have raced 17 Blackburn, never in a double. Tim has raced both in his 20 years at Blackburn. Four weeks out, Tim and I did a training paddle in [...]

2023 Double Beaver, Double the Fun in a Double.

Last week Tim ask me if I wanted to paddle as he got ready for the race he hosted, the 10-mile Double Beaver Race that starts at Bay Voyage Inn, passes the House on the Rocks, to the Beaver Tail Lighthouse navigational can that sits a half mile off the coast [...]

Ride The Bull, Stormless Weather by Greg Lesher

The Ride the Bull race in Jamestown, Rhode Island is the high point of the season for many paddlers.  And not just because it's the only course in New England in which misjudging the confused surf might leave you stranded 10 feet up a cliff face.  It's a beautiful course with [...]

2023, Crash B’s, Indoor Rowing Championship

Today was my 17th or 18th Crash B, Indoor Rowing Championship held at the New Balance Track in Boston.  Up until a few years ago, this race held in Boston was the World Indoor Rowing Championship. Now they move the World's around to different cities every year.  Just last week the [...]

Nahant Bay Race 2022 Summary

  After a two-year hiatus, Mike McDonough revived his popular Nahant Bay Race for 2022. With a 7-10 mph north wind forecast to swing to the northeast during the race, Mike decided to reuse a course he plotted for the 2014 race. From Fisherman’s Beach in Swampscott, MA, paddlers would exit [...]

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