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2023, Crash B’s, Indoor Rowing Championship
Today was my 17th or 18th Crash B, Indoor Rowing Championship held at the New Balance Track in Boston. Up until a few years ago, this race held in Boston was the World Indoor Rowing Championship. Now they move the World's around to different cities every year. Just last week the [...]
Nahant Bay Race 2022 Summary
After a two-year hiatus, Mike McDonough revived his popular Nahant Bay Race for 2022. With a 7-10 mph north wind forecast to swing to the northeast during the race, Mike decided to reuse a course he plotted for the 2014 race. From Fisherman’s Beach in Swampscott, MA, paddlers would exit [...]
Clean Open Access Race 6 miles
Clean Ocean Access Sup, Surfski, Kayak 3/6 mile Race was held at the Newport Shipyard. Timothy P. Dwyer and John Redos, Sam Duffield took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively in the 6-mile race. 98 participants that included 80+ Sups, then a mix of kayaks, surf skis, and Oc's. Flat ocean [...]
2022 Blackburn Challenge Summary
Article Reposted with Permission from New England Surfski(NESS) This year’s Blackburn Challenge in Gloucester, MA featured one of the great head-to-head battles in the storied 35-year history of this great race. Twenty-one single HPKs (all skis but one) and four double skis participated in this classic 19.5-mile race around Cape Ann. [...]
Sakonnet River Race 2022
Reposted with permission from New England Surfski(NESS) Twenty-one paddlers gathered at Island Park Beach in Rhode Island on Saturday for the 15th running of Wesley Echol’s Sakonnet Surfski Race. The 9.4-mile out-and-back course had competitors starting just off the beach, heading south 4.7 miles to a red can, and then returning [...]
Ride The Bull 2022
Reprinted with permission from New England Surfski Competitors at this year’s Ride the Bull Race didn’t have to contend with conditions as daunting as in some former years, but still had to negotiate a course with vexing tidal currents and confused waves from varied directions. Sixteen paddlers traveled to Jamestown, Rhode [...]
Surfski Reviews
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What are my favorite skis? by Wesley Echols
Over my years of racing, my goal has been to try to optimize my boat choice for a particular race based on the conditions of that race and my skill level at that point in time. As we all know, our skill level changes over time if you paddle regularly (2-5 [...]
The New Innovative Stellar 18S Surfski, Review 2012
The New Innovative Stellar 18S Surfski is Here!! Read On! 2 Hatches w/2 bulkheads Nice shaped cockpit, drink holder, leash attachment Nice lines Handles, 4 inch rudder McCorrie Beach w/Good Boy Kayak Racks Profile [...]
New Surfski Reviews Coming: 2012 Nelo Vintage(30lbs), 2010 Nelo Vintage(23lbs) and Van Dusen Mohican
Team SurfskiRacing.com Chris(web master) and myself will be reviewing the 2012 Nelo Vintage in the WWR construction(30lbs), a Nelo Vintage in the E construction at 23lbs, and the pure flat water surf ski, the Ted Van Dusen Mohican. It will probably be a month before we get everything posted but [...]
Surfski Comparison Chart is Now Updated!
Check out the Comparison Chart with the numbers assigned to each ski along with the comparison Grid to get an overall visual on the relative speed vs stability. For example you can see that I rated the SR as the most stable since it at the top of the chart [...]
Think Evo II Surfski Review by Wesley Echols
Over the years with so many different boats paddled, the Evo and now the Evo 2 are on my favorite ski list so lets get that out of the way first. They have not gotten as much press or photo time as my other skis since I rarely race intermediate [...]