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  • 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 [...]

  • Nationals: Shifting Context

    The first thing you notice at an unfamiliar venue is the water: how it flows, how the wind sets up, how the waves stack, whether there's chop on top of swell or just one or [...]

  • On Racing: Wind Direction and Strength

    Wind strength gets the headlines. Wind direction decides the race. Many paddlers fixate on how hard the wind is blowing, yet struggle to explain from where it is actually affecting them once they are on [...]

  • NK Rapido Surf Ski Review at 40 miles

    Review by Wesley Echols Intro I got my NK Rapido, Carbon Lite layup(Green Tip) at the Run of the Charles Race in Boston, Massachusetts on April 27th, 2026. I had previously paddled the Storm for [...]

  • On Downwinding: Preparing for Wind, Without Wind

    Not every downwind season begins with downwind conditions. In many places, spring offers fragments rather than full runs: partial wind, confused chop, short fetch, or days that never quite organize. It is easy to treat [...]

  • On Equipment: Leashes

    "I'm a good swimmer, I'll be fine." The boat is five feet away, then ten, then fifteen.  The hull is above the water, catching air, rolling with the waves. You are floating in the water, [...]

  • On Training: Endurance as Structural Tolerance

    Something went in a shoulder during what should have been a recovery paddle. Not a hard session, not a race, just an hour on flat water at a pace that required nothing in particular. The [...]

  • Nationals: Shared Uncertainty

    There are paddlers in the launch area you've never raced before. Names you've seen in results from the other coast, or heard mentioned by someone who trains differently, in water you've never paddled. They're rigging [...]

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Epic V10 Sport Performance Review – by Wesley Echols

The Epic V10S( Sport) is one of a group of more stable surfskis along with the Think Evo, Mako XT, and Huki S1R. The Sport, along with the other Epic skis, is offered in several different layups. I have personally owned the Ultra(24 lbs) and the Performance (32lbs). Like all [...]

Stellar Introduces New 18S Surfski, 18R Performance Sea Kayak

Review Update of 18R by Joe Zellner, Winner of the Dakota 72 Mile Race.  June 1, 2012 Here are my thoughts on the S18R in Excel  layup.  When I first saw the boat all I could think was “Wow, what a fast, pretty boat. I always liked the color orange. [...]

Stellar Double (SE2) 1st Impression

Maiden Voyage I am not sure who was more excited me or Tim(my training partner) over the arrival of the new Stellar double(SE2).   The SE2 is just one of the new models coming out for Stellar this year.   My previous experience in doubles was demoing two popular models [...]

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