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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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Double Beaver 2012 – Lots of Pictures!
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Double Beaver 2012 – Lots of Pictures!

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2012, Race Reports

Double Beaver 2012 – Lots of Pictures!

Great turn out for the 2012 Double Beaver Race. Being a spectator today, was able to take some photos from the start and finish line as well as the west side of Beavertail Point. And yes, you do see Borys Markin go by me multiple times...unfortunately he missed the turn buoy [...]

Get Your Money’s Worth, Race or Survive the Double Beav!!
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Get Your Money’s Worth, Race or Survive the Double Beav!!

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Get Your Money’s Worth, Race or Survive the Double Beav!!

The Double Beaver Race is by far the hardest race in New England if you are not prepared for it. Tim and I have paddled the course or parts of it more than anyone. I have virtually lived on the course this summer opting to paddle it vice my home waters [...]

Blackburn Challenge 2012 – Race Committee Summary – By Bill Kuklinski
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Blackburn Challenge 2012 – Race Committee Summary – By Bill Kuklinski

Blackburn Challenge, NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2012, Race Reports

Blackburn Challenge 2012 – Race Committee Summary – By Bill Kuklinski

One of these years, we're going to have to schedule this race for early February if we want to get the rough seas of Howard Blackburn's infamous adventure. The local weather is usually benign in July and August, and this year's course conditions were pretty much like the last 3 or [...]

2012 Blackburn Challenge: Course and Personal Records
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2012 Blackburn Challenge: Course and Personal Records

Blackburn Challenge, NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2012, Race Reports

2012 Blackburn Challenge: Course and Personal Records

The Blackburn Challenge is enormously popular event for the paddling and rowing community. For many years it has grown to be the benchmark race here in the Northeast. It is different in many ways from our other races. First of all it is the longest race at almost 20 miles so [...]

New Records at Blackburn!
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New Records at Blackburn!

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New Records at Blackburn!

Below are the unofficial results of the High Performance Class which includes Surskis and Unlimited Boats. Dorian Walters, Reid Hyle, and Boris Markin broke the singles record. Dorian and Reid average just over 8mph over 19.40 miles. Dorian 1st, 2:24.36, Reid Hyle, 2:25.28, Boris Markin, 2:30:16. Tim Dwyer and Eric McNett [...]

Blackburn 2012 Preview by Greg Lesher
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Blackburn 2012 Preview by Greg Lesher

Blackburn Challenge, Race Reports

Blackburn 2012 Preview by Greg Lesher

The 26th Blackburn Challenge promises to be a particularly exciting race for the New England surfski community. There's a huge pre-registered field of 44 single HPKs and 7 double HPKs, nearly all of which are skis. This will almost certainly be the largest collection of surfskis ever in New England, and [...]