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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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Kettle Island Run: 15.3 Miles of Radiant Bliss by Greg Lesher
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Kettle Island Run: 15.3 Miles of Radiant Bliss by Greg Lesher

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Kettle Island Run: 15.3 Miles of Radiant Bliss by Greg Lesher

If you were going to schedule a race for the confused waters of Salem Sound, you probably wouldn't make it 15+ miles. Or schedule it in late September. Or choose a course almost guaranteed to beam slap you into submission. That's why you'll never be Ed Duggan. Ed once paddled shore-to-shore [...]

Kettle Island Race, 2nd Longest Race of Season by Wesley Echols
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Kettle Island Race, 2nd Longest Race of Season by Wesley Echols

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Kettle Island Race, 2nd Longest Race of Season by Wesley Echols

We are fortunate in New England to have some of the best places to paddle with easy access. Lynn Park in Beverly, Massachusetts is one of those places. Ed Duggan of The Kayak Learning Center host the race as well as the Salem League Training Races. With so many races under [...]

Lighthouse to Lighthouse: Last Gasps of the Summer by Greg Lesher
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Lighthouse to Lighthouse: Last Gasps of the Summer by Greg Lesher

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013

Lighthouse to Lighthouse: Last Gasps of the Summer by Greg Lesher

In New England's relatively short but colorful surfski history (whatever happened to that that guy who used to paddle with a porcupine balanced on his rear deck?), this year's Lighthouse to Lighthouse may rank as the best ever all-around race. It had a little of everything: most of the top competitors [...]

TV Debut – 2012 US Surfski Champs – by Joe Glickman
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TV Debut – 2012 US Surfski Champs – by Joe Glickman

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TV Debut – 2012 US Surfski Champs – by Joe Glickman

Below are the times and dates of a 30-minute show on the 2012 US Surf Ski Champs that Joe Glickman wrote & directed. It features, in no particular order: Dean Gardiner, Clint Robinson, Matt Bouman, Hank McGregor, Oscar Chalupsky, the Mocke boys, Sean Rice, Jeremy Cotter, Simon Van Gysen, Greg Barton, Carter Johnson [...]

Nahant Race by Wesley Echols
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Nahant Race by Wesley Echols

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Nahant Race by Wesley Echols

Hard to believe there could be three articles on a nine mile flat water ocean race.However, everyone is racing someone whether you are up front, mid pack or bringing up the rear. Greg gave you the upfront version, below is my mid pack version, and Tim wrote about his rookie experience. [...]

Nahant Bay Race: Coming Soon To a Theater Near You. by Greg Lesher
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Nahant Bay Race: Coming Soon To a Theater Near You. by Greg Lesher

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Nahant Bay Race: Coming Soon To a Theater Near You. by Greg Lesher

Before you say anything, let me assure you that I'm at least as tired of this endless string of race summaries as you are. We're in this together, so let's just power through. We may someday look back at all this and laugh, but today is not that day. Grit your [...]