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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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Festirame – July 2nd, Quebec – by Richard Germain
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Festirame – July 2nd, Quebec – by Richard Germain

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Festirame – July 2nd, Quebec – by Richard Germain

FESTIRAME If you look at a map of Québec, you will notice a large lake in the middle. This is Lac St-Jean, a huge fresh water inland sea, remnant of the Champlain Sea and the last ice age. The town of Alma has, for the last 37 years, organized the Festirame [...]

Salem Sound Surfski League Kicks off to a Great Start!!
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Salem Sound Surfski League Kicks off to a Great Start!!

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Salem Sound Surfski League Kicks off to a Great Start!!

Tuesday, May 24th - Kayak Learning Center, Lynch Park, Beverly, MA After a long cold damp spring, we finally had a great evening to kick off the 6th season of the Salem Sound Surfski League last Tuesday night. For those of you not familiar with the league, Ed Duggan owner of [...]

Shoot out on the Charles
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Shoot out on the Charles

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Shoot out on the Charles

I almost turned around snarled in Boston traffic on my way up to the Charles River Training Race held on Wednesday nights across from Charles River Canoe and Kayak. I am glad I did not, because it was a heart pounding shoot out from the time Dave Vandorpe said GO!!!!! [...]

Essex River 2011 Race Summary – by Bill Kuklinski

The cold spring continued, but at least the wind was nowhere near last year's game changing 30 mph. Race Director Bill Kuklinski Crosses Finish Line Once again, HPK was the single largest class in the event - 28 boats total, 27 men, 1 woman. Similar to reports from the front of [...]

SAKONNET RIVER RACE, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 10AM
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SAKONNET RIVER RACE, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 10AM

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SAKONNET RIVER RACE, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 10AM

Come join us. Last years race we squeezed in between thunder storms. This year good weather is promised!

2011 Essex River Race – Inspirational
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2011 Essex River Race – Inspirational

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2011 Essex River Race – Inspirational

Today's race has many story lines:Great surfski turnout, race tactics, seeing familiar racing buddies, demoing boats, flattest water ever. However, what really sticks in my mind today was a story about duty, hardship, perseverance, and the human spirit. With an earlier start time and different parking venues, I chose to spend [...]