Paddling and Philosophizing with Boyan I recently had a chance to visit Boyan in Tarifa for a short but impactful two days. The easy blog to write is about how awesome it felt to escape the cold gray skies of Northern Michigan in February to catch seemingly endless runs on the sunny Mediterranean with […]
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PPP Episode 23: Learn to Love the Load with Ivan Lawler
Today’s podcast guest is the legendary Ivan Lawler. Ivan is regarded as Britain’s greatest canoe paddler of all time, and many argue the world’s greatest marathon paddler. Ivan has also been recognized internationally for sportsmanship when in the 1990 world championship he and his partner stopped to wait for the Danish team who were having […]
TOP 10 REASONS TO PADDLE A SURFSKI
A Short List of Why We Paddle The last few weeks of the year always seem to invoke reflection. As we close out 2017 it has been another exciting growth year for surfski around the world. I love the sport so much, I remain forever optimistic that over time the rest of the world will […]
A Downwind Paddler’s View on the Nuance of Wind Waves
Wind Waves are Like Snow Flakes, Infinitely Unique and Complex Disclaimer: Whenever launching into a technical and somewhat subjective blog, background and context is always helpful. First off, I am not a oceanographer or physicist. My thought outlined below are based on personal experience and a little bit of technical research at Wikipedia, a handful of […]
PPP Episode 22: Oscar Chalupsky Provides a Recap of the ICF World Surfski Championship
In this podcast we catch up with Oscar to get a front row view of the racing at the ICF World Surfski Championships in Hong Kong (check out the link for great live footage) and the infamous Doctor downwind race in Perth, Australia. This is a relatively short podcast at just over 30 minutes, but […]
