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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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Record Turnout at 2010 Essex River Race – By Wesley Echols
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Record Turnout at 2010 Essex River Race – By Wesley Echols

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2010

Record Turnout at 2010 Essex River Race – By Wesley Echols

A Paddler's Perspective - by Wesley Echols This race is a favorite for many paddlers and rowers. It is a short, protected course with expert organization thanks to the race organizers made up of: Donna and Dave Lind, Rich Klajnscek, Bill Kuklinski, Chris Chappell, and others from the Cape Ann Rowing Club, [...]

2010 Run of the Charles – By Mark Ceconi
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2010 Run of the Charles – By Mark Ceconi

NE US Flat Water Race Reports

2010 Run of the Charles – By Mark Ceconi

“Great weather,” Steve commented, as he arrived at the crack of dark (5:15 A.M.) to mount up my two Cliff’s ‘V’ racks to his vehicle for the drive up to our umpteenth running of the Run of the Charles. A cold rain was coming down, and it was hard to muster [...]

2010 Narrow River Race Summary – By Wesley Echols
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2010 Narrow River Race Summary – By Wesley Echols

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2010

2010 Narrow River Race Summary – By Wesley Echols

Unlike the previous two years where the weather was raw and cold like a typical New England early spring day, today was wonderful; brilliant sunshine, warm temperatures, and not much wind. While we had only a few paddlers, we had many family members, the Ceconi clan, Richard and Chantele from Canada, the [...]

2010 Snow Row Kicks off New England Race Season! – by Wesley Echols
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2010 Snow Row Kicks off New England Race Season! – by Wesley Echols

NE US Surfski Race Reports - 2010

2010 Snow Row Kicks off New England Race Season! – by Wesley Echols

It was a glorious day in New England with radiant sunshine and over 105 paddlers for the largest field ever, never mind they were mostly rowers of all types. After all it’s called the Snow Row. The surfski class was made up of the Nahant Boys( Mike McDonough, Graeme Rockett), SurfskiRacing.com [...]

The Great Potato Race 2009 – by Wesley Echols
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The Great Potato Race 2009 – by Wesley Echols

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The Great Potato Race 2009 – by Wesley Echols

The Great Potato Race on the Connecticut River NO it is not surfskiracing at it’s best, no 2-3 foot waves, no 10-20 mph winds, just a beautiful day to be on the water in any craft. Today just happened to be the last race of the season, a flat water race [...]

2009 Salem Sound Double Header Race Summary – by Wesley Echols

Something Different! The Salem Sound Double Header offered two slightly different twists than our usual races this summer. Race Director Ed Duggan of Beverly intentionally kept the multitude of potential race courses close to his vest until that morning increasing the tension leading up to the race. Salem Sound is encircled [...]