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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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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

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2012

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

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013

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 [...]

Rookie Strikes Nahant, by Tim Hudyncia
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Rookie Strikes Nahant, by Tim Hudyncia

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Rookie Strikes Nahant, by Tim Hudyncia

It’s likely few want to read some long, winding rookie’s tale when they could be spending their time on a high-flying, partially fabricated adventure with Greg “Full Tilt” Lesher, so I’ll try to keep it brief. I lined up, Kam-jammed, swam and swam again (and again), I paddled on with cheeks [...]