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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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RePost of 2013 Ride the Bull, Summary and Pics, Super Fun!

This winter I thought there should be another race before the Blackburn Challenge and after the Sakonnet River Race since there was a seven week gap. So I came up with the Ride the Bull Race, conferred with Tim about the course off and on during our winter paddles. So today [...]

Ride The Bull Race

Join us for this exciting nine mile rough water ocean race. Can you Ride the Bull? This series is part of the SurfskiRacing.com Series sponsored by Stellar. We laid out the course to go along the rocks and small cliffs to test your rough water skills. Course starts at Fort Wetherill, [...]

Sakonnet River Race Report by Greg Lesher

Sakonnet River: Huki! Huki! Huki! Mary Beth and I pulled onto the beach at McCorrie Point an hour and a half before the start of the Sakonnet River Race and watched in growing anticipation as car after car parked alongside us. When the last stragglers arrived from points West, there were [...]

Sakonnet River Race: Great Turnout, Glorious Conditions, Great Fun!

Thanks to everyone for coming and to my wife Betsy with registration, pics, and timing. Thanks to Chris and Razz for taking pics. We had 24 paddlers today coming from all over the Northeast, making it an excellent turnout for the 5th Sakonnet River Race. Conditions were as good as they [...]

June 1st, Saturday, 10am, Sakonnet River Race, Home of SurfskiRacing.com!

On June 1st, get out of bed, grab a cup of joe, load your ski or kayak, grab your paddle, pfd, leash and 70 ounces of hydration and join us on the Sakonnet River for 12 miles of race pace paddling. It could be a gale like last year or flat [...]

Stormy Sakonnet No Match for Racers!-Repost from 2012

With much planning of routes Plan A(new downwind course), Plan B(old course), Plan C(Weavers Cove's, in lee on opposite side of Aquidneck Island), the ever adventurous New England Surfskiers put on a show with pure determination and boating skills. Small Craft Warning, sheeting rain, 21mph steady from Southeast, 30+ gust, 2-3ft [...]