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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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Re Post from 2013 Narrow River Race: Who was training over the winter?
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Re Post from 2013 Narrow River Race: Who was training over the winter?

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Re Post from 2013 Narrow River Race: Who was training over the winter?

We had a great turnout of 16 paddlers and several others on the water taking pictures(Tim H), video(Dave Grainger). Others paddled but did not race opting to enjoy the paddle and enjoy the event. The coarse has a lot to offer due to its length of almost 10 miles, some shallows, [...]

2012 Narrow River Race-New Faces
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2012 Narrow River Race-New Faces

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2012 Narrow River Race-New Faces

This race always is a small affair so I was pleasantly surprised that most of the guys came quite a distance to paddle the 10 mile course. Matt in his sea kayak came down from Marblehead. I give Matt a lot of credit, he made the trip, paddled hard for almost [...]

Snow Row 2013 – by Greg Lesher
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Snow Row 2013 – by Greg Lesher

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013

Snow Row 2013 – by Greg Lesher

Reprinted with permission from Greg's Blog: Full Tilt Snow Row: Now with Cryptosporidiosis! The Snow Row, sponsored by the Hull Lifesaving Museum, is traditionally the first race of the New England season. I had always assumed that the Snow Row was thus named because people were rowing and it was March. [...]

Blackburn Challenge 2012 Video – by Vadim Lishchuk

Vadim Lishchuk from Keystone Kayaks and owner of Main Street Photo and Video has produced another awesome video - The Blackburn Challenge 2012. Be sure to check out Vadim's other videos... Make sure you maximize and watch in full screen by clicking the graphic between "HD" and "Vimeo". Thanks Vadim for the [...]

2013 SurfskiRacing Series Sponsored by Stellar Surfskis
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2013 SurfskiRacing Series Sponsored by Stellar Surfskis

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2013 SurfskiRacing Series Sponsored by Stellar Surfskis

April 6th starts off the SurfskiRacing.com race season with the Narrow River. I have added the a few more races to the Series to include more flat water races and the Ride the Bull Race which I am very excited about. Below are the races for the upcoming season. Details can [...]

Chattajack,31-mile Paddleboard by Karen Mirlenbrink

While I used to paddles surfskis with my husband Rob, I switched to paddleboards after some back issues. A few months ago I competed in the Chattajack 31, a 31-mile race on my Stand Up Paddleboard on the Tennessee River through the Tennessee River Gorge on October 13th. I really want [...]