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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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Stormy Sakonnet No Match for Racers!-Repost from 2012
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Stormy Sakonnet No Match for Racers!-Repost from 2012

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2012

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 [...]

Essex River Race Report by Greg Lesher
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Essex River Race Report by Greg Lesher

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013

Essex River Race Report by Greg Lesher

Essex River: Terror on the Low Seas The Essex River Race holds a special place in my heart. At the 2004 race, I stood on the shores and watched the most fascinating collection of watercraft I had ever seen. A month later, we bought a house 5 minutes down the road [...]

Essex River Race, Getting Paddlers on the Water!
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Essex River Race, Getting Paddlers on the Water!

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013, Race Reports

Essex River Race, Getting Paddlers on the Water!

The Essex River Race draws an excellent crowd of New England paddlers from rowers, sea kayakers, surf skiers, Sup and and more, due to its short distance, protected flat waters and expert organization. It also is a great place to catch up with some paddling friends. I met fellow paddler, Brian [...]

ROTC 6 Mile Race – By Greg Lesher
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ROTC 6 Mile Race – By Greg Lesher

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013

ROTC 6 Mile Race – By Greg Lesher

Run of the Charles: Bridges! Warmth! Pulled Pork! With the addition of the 6 mile version of the Run of the Charles added to the SurfskiRacing.com point series, I expected to see a robust turn-out for this early season flat-water race. A beautiful spring day may have also helped coax a [...]

Beautiful Day at the ROTC,Boston, Massachusetts
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Beautiful Day at the ROTC,Boston, Massachusetts

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013, Race Reports

Beautiful Day at the ROTC,Boston, Massachusetts

Spring finally has arrived in New England, at least it felt like it at the this year's ROTC. Racing on the Charles River in 60 degree weather and sunny skies felt terrific. We had 12 surf skis line up for this flat water race of 6.14 miles and one new surfskier [...]

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?

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2013, Race Reports

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, [...]