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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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Hong Kong’s 2013 Dragon Run, Fun Adventures by Sean Rice
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Hong Kong’s 2013 Dragon Run, Fun Adventures by Sean Rice

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Hong Kong’s 2013 Dragon Run, Fun Adventures by Sean Rice

I look forward to the Dragon Run every year. You may not believe me if you took a look at the results sheet from the past few years but I actually really enjoy the trip every November. I say this because in terms of results it’s never been fantastic for me. [...]

SurfskiRacing.com Race Series Recap and Winners!
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SurfskiRacing.com Race Series Recap and Winners!

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013, Race Reports

SurfskiRacing.com Race Series Recap and Winners!

The SurfskiRacing.com Race Series began back in 2010 to include most of the races in New England but scoring it differently than the previous series as a way to encourage more local paddlers to attend the local races. If you are a local paddler(Northeast) then you get points for the series. [...]

2013 Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race Video by Vadim Lishchuk
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2013 Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race Video by Vadim Lishchuk

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2013 Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race Video by Vadim Lishchuk

Awesome video of the L2L Race held September 7, 2013. Vadim a professional photographer, Main Street Photography, shot this video of the kayak race. The paddlers featured most are Jesse Lishchuk(Vajda Hawx), Vadim's son who placed 4th overall, Reid Hyle(winner in Yellow SES), Borys (2nd in SES Ultra), Michele Eray(3rd overall [...]

Potato Race Gets a New Venue and Shorter Course
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Potato Race Gets a New Venue and Shorter Course

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Potato Race Gets a New Venue and Shorter Course

I always look forward to the Potato Race since it is the last race, albeit flat water race of the season that began with the Narrow River Race in April. So it is a long race season, but there is a significant break between the last ocean race and this race. [...]

NE Surfski Downwind: Gulp… by Greg Lesher
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NE Surfski Downwind: Gulp… by Greg Lesher

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013

NE Surfski Downwind: Gulp… by Greg Lesher

With winds at 15+ knots from an unfavorable ENE direction, the Board of Trustees made a day-before decision to shift the NE Surfski Downwind course from its normal Kittery-to-York route down to the North Shore of Massachusetts. We'd run 11 miles from Stage Fort Park in Gloucester to Lynch Park in [...]

The Greenway Challenge by Tim Hudyncia
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The Greenway Challenge by Tim Hudyncia

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The Greenway Challenge by Tim Hudyncia

Run-Kayak-Bike-Mtn. Bike-Kayak-Bike-Run… Collapse Two and half years ago my brother and I were at a rhythm festival in Uxbridge, MA (Steve, didgeridoo, me, djembe). Nature called as it tends to, and exiting the bathroom I spotted a brochure rack on my right. One of the brochures caught my eye. “Greenway Challenge: [...]