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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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SurfskiRacing.com Series Winners and Season Recap

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Holyoke Race-Mohicans Shine, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th

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Holyoke Race-Mohicans Shine, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th

With my choice of an ocean race or a flat water race, 90% of the time I choose ocean hands down. However, with my newly purchased Ted Van Dusen Mohican, I could not wait to race the Holyoke 6 mile on the Connecticut River hosted by Mark and Alicia Wendolowski. So [...]

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Holyoke Flatwater Race, September 29th, 2012: Last year’s 2011 Race Hugh Pritchard Wins Holyoke Going Away!

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Holyoke Flatwater Race, September 29th, 2012: Last year’s 2011 Race Hugh Pritchard Wins Holyoke Going Away!

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L2L Race: “Go Back! Go Back!” by Mark Ceconi
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L2L Race: “Go Back! Go Back!” by Mark Ceconi

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L2L Race: “Go Back! Go Back!” by Mark Ceconi

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Lighthouse to Lighthouse(L2L) Race September 15, 2012
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Lighthouse to Lighthouse(L2L) Race September 15, 2012

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Lighthouse to Lighthouse(L2L) Race September 15, 2012

New Logo 2012 Registration is open for the 2012 Lighthouse To Lighthouse Race! 14 or 7 miles of open water racing for any seaworthy, human powered craft. The L2L is the second most attended race outside of the Blackburn Challenge. See below link for all the details and registration. [...]

Great Dam Stone Race, Fabulous Race for All!
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Great Dam Stone Race, Fabulous Race for All!

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Great Dam Stone Race, Fabulous Race for All!

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