In this podcast I get a chance to chat for the first time with the great American surfski champion Austin Kieffer. In just 5 short years, Austin has gone from paddling a surfski for the first time, to battling it out for podium finishes with the greatest paddlers in the world. He is now a force […]
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Improving Mental Focus for Better Downwind Paddling
The Challenge of Coming Up with Original Ideas At least once a year I try to write a new post on downwind paddling, aka the surfing part of surfski. As I’ve now been writing for over five years, it is getting harder to come up with unique and beneficial ways of describing how to […]
PPP Episode 19: All Things Cadence with Dr Brendan O’Neill
In today’s podcast we sit down with Dr Brendan O’Neill the Chief Operating Officer of Vaaka Cadence based out of New Zealand. Brendan grew up in competitive kayaking starting at the age of 15. He competed at very high levels in the UK during his peak years and then transitioned into coaching. As […]
PPP Episode 18: Surfski 600 Revealed with Boyan Z
In today’s podcast we catch up with Boyan Zlatarev of the Tarifa, Spain Surfski Center. Boyan recently executed a spoof on Social Media known as the Surfski 600 Project. The goal was to get the attention of the paddling community and ultimately drive a mindset shift into how we view the capabilities of […]
Overview of My Training Over the Last Year and Plans For Next Year
A Little Bit Overambitious In early 2016, listening to a few too many Tim Ferriss “minimal effective dose” podcasts and looking for a big goal and inspiration in the throws of a Northern Michigan winter, I posted a blog outlining a challenge for myself to achieve a top 10 finish at the US Surfski Champs […]
