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National Series Notebook: A Red-Hot October
The USA Surfski leaderboard grew to 203 paddlers this week, with seven new names added in five days. Kieffer now sits just ahead of Wilson Reavley (A26), whose 1,959 points represent a full season of [...]
On Downwinding: Crosswind and Mixed Days
From the parking lot the water looks like nothing worth the drive. Wind chop runs in from the southwest, a leftover groundswell rolls in from the southeast, and where the two meet the surface has [...]
2026 Great Stone Dam Race
By Wesley Echols I really enjoyed myself today at the Great Stone Dam Classic, an 8.14 mile race in Lawrence, MA hosted by Shawn Burke, and Francisco. It was a perfect day New England day [...]
On Training: Decision and Commitment
A runner lifts behind you, and for half a second you know exactly what to do. Then the half second passes, and you're still thinking about it. The gap between the boat and the swell [...]
On Training: Orientation and Pattern Recognition
Your nemesis is two kilometers of confused water where the swell from the south meets a cross-chop off the eastern point of land. You've paddled it dozens of times. For most of those sessions it's [...]
On Downwinding: Leveraging Energy
The difference between flatwater paddling and downwinding isn't subtle. Grinding a flat stretch is the opposite: all work and no rest, every foot of distance earned stroke by stroke with nothing free about it. Catching [...]
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 [...]

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Karukera Surfski Challenge 2011 Great edition,Great conditions,Great champion
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Karukera Surfski Challenge 2011 Great edition,Great conditions,Great champion

Yannick LaRousse, French Open Water "Vice Champion" paddling to finish on final 3K flatwater section. PFD is below yellow vest. Below is a link to some really great pics [...]

Mississippi Phatwater Challenge by Phil Capel
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Mississippi Phatwater Challenge by Phil Capel

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Mississippi Phatwater Challenge by Phil Capel

10th Annual Phatwater Challenge in Natchez, Mississippi Phil Capel, 2nd Place Single After arriving in Natchez Friday afternoon before the race and getting signed up, it was time to see who was there and who was paddling what boat. I had heard that Joe Glickman had begged Eric Mims (half his [...]

The Great Stone Dam Classic – 2011 Edition – By Shawn Burke
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The Great Stone Dam Classic – 2011 Edition – By Shawn Burke

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The Great Stone Dam Classic – 2011 Edition – By Shawn Burke

Shawn BurkeEvent Co-chair The 2nd annual Great Stone Dam Classic canoe & kayak race was held on Sunday, September 11th on the Merrimack River in Lawrence Mass. Despite high water attendance grew this year to 104 paddlers, including 72 racers on our long course, 22 recreational racers on the short course, [...]

Marblehead Rotary Great Race Video – by Mike Tracy
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Marblehead Rotary Great Race Video – by Mike Tracy

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Marblehead Rotary Great Race Video – by Mike Tracy

Marblehead Rotary Great Race by Mike Tracy Rotary Great Race – Marblehead MA - 2011 from Mike Tracy on Vimeo. Click Play, then click on icon to left of "Vimeo" for full screen

View from the back – Marblehead Rotary Great Race – 5x tougher than the Blackburn? by Bill Kuklinksi
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View from the back – Marblehead Rotary Great Race – 5x tougher than the Blackburn? by Bill Kuklinksi

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View from the back – Marblehead Rotary Great Race – 5x tougher than the Blackburn? by Bill Kuklinksi

While the majority of the paddling and rowing community in New England made their way to the venerable and justifiably popular Lighthouse To Lighthouse race on 9/10, a handful of the commuter-phobic went instead to Devereaux Beach in Marblehead for the 1st or 2nd or 3rd attempt by the Rotarians to [...]

2011 SurfskiRacing.com Race Series Summary
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2011 SurfskiRacing.com Race Series Summary

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2011 SurfskiRacing.com Race Series Summary

Visit 2011 SurfskiRacing.com Race Series Page The L2L race ended the SurfskiRacing.com Race Series sponsored by Stellar for the second year in a row. This year congratulations go to Joe Glickman who won the series by two points (55) over yours truly with 53. Joe came in 1st, 2nd or 3rd [...]