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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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: [...]
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 [...]
Maine Downwind Run – October 11th, 2014
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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
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 [...]
Think Dealers on East Coast,Elite Ocean Sports(South Carolina) and North Coast Kayaks(Maine)
A month ago I bought a Uno Max Elite from Chris Laughlin at North Coast Kayaks. I have been paddling this ski for over a month now. I have been wanting an Uno Max since it came out. I paddled the first generation Uno for over a year and traded for [...]
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