Erik Borgnes Winter ERG Coaching – Absolutely The Best Kept Secret to Improve your Paddling! For those of you who may not be aware, Erik Borgnes (TC SURFSKI Immersion Camp Coach and pioneer of SURFSKI paddling in the Great Lakes) runs a Yahoo News Group that provides weekly coaching guidance for those dedicated souls training on […]
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Another Great Year Behind Us: An Incredible Year Ahead
Happy New Year! As we close out 2015, we always like to reflect back on the season to evaluate how far we’ve come in our mission to grow surfski paddling and community across the Great Lakes region and stay true to our ethos and tagline: be present, be challenged, be unique. Overall 2015 was a […]
Downwind Paddling: A Never Ending Evolution
Downwind Paddling: A Never Ending Evolution This summer I didn’t have the bandwidth to blog about downwind paddling, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of interest. As I sit down to write this, I’m on a 13 hour flight to Tokyo, so what better time to recap my summer of downwind paddling. Yesterday […]
Posture, Posture, Posture
Posture, Posture, Posture As most of you know, since first attending one of Oscar Chalupsky’s clinics in the fall of 2013, I have been a huge proponent of the forward stroke technique principles and style that Oscar teaches. I have made it a point to both teach the drills to my students and also to […]
Race TC: The Best Kept Secret in Northern Michigan
A True Trifecta of Summer Paddle Races I didn’t get the chance this summer to blog much on some of the great races I had the opportunity to participate in, so now that I have a little more time, I’d like to give a shout out to Dan Novak and Race TC for continuing another […]