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2025 Spring Edition Narrow River Race
The Narrow River Race begins the Northeast Race Season in early April leading to the Run of the Charles Race in late April, April 27, 2025 to be exact. Yesterday's race was attended by a small group of us that were motivated to make the drive, endure the cold windy miserable [...]
Good To Race-Holyoke Rows Fall Festival 6 Miler
Healthy Distractions Since retiring from pharmaceutical sales three years ago, I have been busy, just not paddling as much. I have been running/racing 5k, 5 milers, and 10k's often winning my age group or at least on the podium. The 60 to 65 age group is still competitive as is the [...]
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 [...]
Narrow Race 2023 Recap- New England Surfski
https://newenglandsurfski.com/2023/04/09/narrow-river-2023-summary/
Surfski Reviews
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Think Zen Surfski Review
Update June 2019. Since my January post about the Zen I have much more bucket time. I even raced the Zen in the June 2019, Ride the Bull Race on a 20 mph day in mixed conditions that included some downwind, quarter beam seas at 25mph, mega big boat chop, [...]
New and Updated 2016 Surf Ski Comparison Charts.
Click on the link below for all the charts and tables or go to Wesley's Surfski Chart Reviews on the Home page. https://surfskiracing.org/surfski-reviews-updated-march-2012/
2015 Redesigned Stellar SR Review
Since 2003 when I began paddling surfskis, I have reviewed more surfskis than anyone else in the world making those reviews public via this website. Like most things in life, I did not intentionally set out to buy so many surfskis. I simply started out trying to find the perfect [...]
Surfski Comparison Chart is Now Updated!
Check out the Comparison Chart with the numbers assigned to each ski along with the comparison Grid to get an overall visual on the relative speed vs stability. For example you can see that I rated the SR as the most stable since it at the top of the chart [...]
2020 Surf Ski Comparison Chart
I updated the 2016 Surfski Comparison Chart with many new skis. Please click on the CHART ALL SKIS header tab above or on the Home page to view the 2020 Chart and the 2016 Chart. Be sure and read the text accompanied with the Chart for clarification. Enjoy! More boats [...]