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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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Blood, Sweat and Beers – Blackburn 2011 – By Mark Ceconi
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Blood, Sweat and Beers – Blackburn 2011 – By Mark Ceconi

Blackburn Challenge, NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2011, Race Reports

Blood, Sweat and Beers – Blackburn 2011 – By Mark Ceconi

Driving up from Connecticut was a relief. At home, my central air was malfunctioning and the prospect of four hours in an air-conditioned car was a welcome one. The outside temperature readout hopscotched back and forth in the triple digit range…103, 105, and for one brief instant, 107… When we arrived [...]

25th Blackburn by Wayne Lysobey
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25th Blackburn by Wayne Lysobey

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25th Blackburn by Wayne Lysobey

The Start The sky had changed. “This guy at the boat ramp told me there’s a squall in Boston and it’s headed our way!” said Bill as we stood looking at the ominous sky.The weather had changed in the short time we were inside for the captains meeting. Bill, me and [...]

My First Blackburn by Barend Spies
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My First Blackburn by Barend Spies

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My First Blackburn by Barend Spies

This was my first Blackburn and I really looked forward to the race. I worked in Danvers for 9 months about 3 years ago, so I did a bit of paddling on the Salem Sound and just absolutely love the area. It was probably one of the most scenic races I [...]

RePost of 2011Double Beaver, Twice as Hard as Blackburn!!
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RePost of 2011Double Beaver, Twice as Hard as Blackburn!!

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RePost of 2011Double Beaver, Twice as Hard as Blackburn!!

Mike Tracy(3rd), Joe Glickman(1st), Wesley Echols(2nd) We had an excellent turn out for the Double Beaver Race held in Jamestown, RI, hosted by Tim and Alyse Dwyer. 4 of the top 10 Blackburn finishers were there, including myself, Joe Glickman, Chris Chappell and Eric McNett. The weather cooperated today [...]

Sakonnet River Race 2011 – by Mark Ceconi
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Sakonnet River Race 2011 – by Mark Ceconi

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2011

Sakonnet River Race 2011 – by Mark Ceconi

>If a boat could have body English, the slow turn away from the cove they thought was the finish, communicated two four letter expletives and a crushing sense of disappointment.< It was the exact opposite of last year’s weather conditions, replete with monsoons and violent thunderstorms on the way up, to [...]