Oscar Chalupsky Paddling Clinic: Highlight of the Summer for 18 Paddlers As many of you know, Oscar and his wife Clare made a brief appearance in Traverse City and a very fortunate 18 paddlers had the opportunity to spend the better half of their Monday with them. Based on the feedback I have received, it […]
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TC Waterman: Top 10 Reasons You Should Do this Race
TC Waterman – Just Do It! We are now just two weeks away from the 3rd Annual TC Waterman Surfski Race, and I’m going to start putting on the full court press to get all the Great Lakes surfski racers to come out and participate in this phenomenal race. Last year we had around […]
GL Surfski Race Series: Mid Season Update
Great Lakes Surfski Race Series Update and Remaining Races The start of this summer has been hectic and I haven’t been able to cover the Great Lakes Race Series as much as I would like to, but I do believe that better late than never, so the following is an update on the action […]
Downwind Surfski Paddling: Secrets to Achieving more Elation and Less Frustration
Downwind Surfski Paddling – Don’t Discount Finesse I haven’t been able to paddle that often since racing the Molokai in mid May, but luckily most of the paddling I have done has been in good wind/wave conditions. This past weekend I had the chance to take my younger brothers out for their first time […]
Surfski Hawaii: The Top 3 Things I Learned
Exposure, Stability, and Downwind Expose yourself to challenging conditions in a controlled environment My first day paddling in Hawaii was pretty mild and uneventful. The second day we took the shuttle up for a Hawaii Kai run. Before turning downwind from Hawaii Kai, we first went out to the China Wall area to […]
