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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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‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat…Paddle in Between…’ Snow Row 2011 by Mark Ceconi
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‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat…Paddle in Between…’ Snow Row 2011 by Mark Ceconi

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‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat…Paddle in Between…’ Snow Row 2011 by Mark Ceconi

Snow Row 2011, March 12, 2011, Hull, MA > Rounding the island’s sandy spit, all the massive wooden boats seemingly converged at once, churning up the wind-driven fetch into a foamy latte-like frothing. I was faced with a choice: thread the proverbial needle between two six-person Whitehall gigs, or be a [...]

Surfski Championships, View from the Rear by Tim Dwyer
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Surfski Championships, View from the Rear by Tim Dwyer

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Surfski Championships, View from the Rear by Tim Dwyer

A Race of a life time! I had the longest and most consistent runs of my life and the most violent launch/capsize ever off of Angel Island. Moments of fear alternated with all out effort and exhilaration. I've never been so pumped on a ski. Yet as a race, nobody could [...]

Snow Row 2011- Saturday March 12
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Snow Row 2011- Saturday March 12

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2011

Snow Row 2011- Saturday March 12

Get ready for the 2011 Snow Row!!!! This is the first race in the SurfskiRacing.com Series. Get your points! The weather is always unpredictable as is the start but this year should be different. I talked to Ed McCabe, [...]

Narrow River Race April 2, 10am
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Narrow River Race April 2, 10am

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Narrow River Race April 2, 10am

The Narrow River Race is Saturday,April 2 at 10am. This race is a great tune up race for the ROTC. If you want to get in a good 2 hour paddle at race or tempo pace then come and join us. The course is perfect for Mohicans, Surfskis, and K1's. [...]

2010 Salem Sound Double Header – by Greg Lesher

Greg Lesher Every Tuesday evening during paddling season, a group of North Shore surfskiers get together at Lynch Park in Beverly to race in the Salem Sound SurfSki League. Under the direction of Ed Duggan, founder of the Kayak Learning Center, the [...]

Wave Chaser Race (Crissy Field) by Mike McNulty
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Wave Chaser Race (Crissy Field) by Mike McNulty

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Wave Chaser Race (Crissy Field) by Mike McNulty

The President's Day weekend is traditionally a Wavechaser double header, http://wavechaser.com/ with a more protected course inside SF bay on Saturday and a more exposed course (especially the long course) on Sunday. The weather forecast for Saturday was terrible by West Coast standards: rainy and highs in the 40s. I had [...]