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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 [...]
On Training: Chain of Fools
The stroke catches and the boat runs. There is a feeling to it, a brief firmness in the water that holds long enough for the body to push through, and the boat moves with more [...]
Nationals: Meet the (Blackburn) Challenge
Every local racing community has a structure. You know who the fast paddlers are, roughly how you stack up against them, and what a good day on the water looks like for you. That knowledge [...]
18th Sakonnet River Race 2026
The 18th Sakonnet River Race went off without a hitch with a small group of New England surfski paddlers. Conditions were ideal for the 9.4 mile course. It was not the total grind up to [...]
On Racing: Current, Tide, and Timing
Current is the quiet architect of many races. Unlike wind, it rarely announces itself. There is no sound, no visible force—just the subtle difference between working hard and going nowhere, or moving efficiently with effort [...]
On Downwinding: Decision Scope
Around the ninety-minute mark, a bump builds ahead and gets left alone. Not because of anything physical. The opportunity was real. But a sprint that reads as obvious on a twenty-minute run reads differently when [...]
On Training: Recovery and Adaptation
The main concept behind "training" of any sort is that damage accumulates when work occurs, and adaptation happens during recovery. There's a well-established process at this point for optimizing our adaptation mechanism to quickly achieve [...]

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A Midwestern Perspective on the US Surfski Championships by Zach Handler
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A Midwestern Perspective on the US Surfski Championships by Zach Handler

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A Midwestern Perspective on the US Surfski Championships by Zach Handler

Wednesday Wavechaser Race Last year, in my first US Surfski Championships, I made the mistake of racing my guts out in the Wednesday Wavechaser race. I placed really well against international superstars (who were treating the even like a warm up), but then felt flat when the real race rolled around [...]

Come Join Us at the Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race(East Coast Surfski Championship)
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Come Join Us at the Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race(East Coast Surfski Championship)

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Come Join Us at the Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race(East Coast Surfski Championship)

If you have not already registered here is a quick reminder: This years event is on Saturday Sept 6th 2014 at Shady Beach, Norwalk, CT. Race day check-in opens at 7:00 am, racing starts at 9:00 am. Registration is open. There is no 'day of race' registration and online registration closes [...]

2014 US Surf Ski Championship, A Trip to Remember by Beata Cseke
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2014 US Surf Ski Championship, A Trip to Remember by Beata Cseke

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2014 US Surf Ski Championship, A Trip to Remember by Beata Cseke

This year my main focus was the US Surfski Champs in San Francisco so I started my preparation last November. After endless paddling, running and weight training I was very determined to come to California and race. Not just race, I wanted to race well. Last year, I was a little [...]

US Surfski Championships: Westward Whoa!
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US Surfski Championships: Westward Whoa!

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US Surfski Championships: Westward Whoa!

Each time I told land-based friends or family members that I was heading out to the US Surfski Championships, I allowed myself several seconds to enjoy the grudging admiration they expressed at finding that I was competing at the national level (while ignoring the raised eyebrows of obvious surprise). I then [...]

Nahant Race: Course Change=Fun.
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Nahant Race: Course Change=Fun.

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Nahant Race: Course Change=Fun.

For as long I can remember the Nahant Race hosted by Mike and Carol McDonough has been flat. Long Beach is a beautiful beach and as you look back, you can see the skyline of Boston. Today, however, the winds were up and Mike changed the course to take advantage of [...]

Beaver Times Two by Mark Ceconi
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Beaver Times Two by Mark Ceconi

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2014

Beaver Times Two by Mark Ceconi

Beaver Times Two: What’s a Little Weather Amongst Friends? Jamestown, RI, August 2, 2014 The Double Beaver Race… Despite a name that none of us can repeat in public without, at the very least, a downward cast of the eyes and slight blush, the mention of this out and back surfski [...]

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