TC Waterman 2012 – A Raging Success It all started with a voicemail from TC Waterman race director Todd Mackey last Sunday afternoon. Todd heard the news that the surfski paddlers had become innocent victims of Chicago politics when the City of Chicago shut down the entire beach front for the weekend and effectively canceled […]
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Chicago Shoreline Surfski Race: The Race that Wasn’t
Chicago Shoreline Surfski Race: Getting Psyched Up or Out, I’m Not Quite Sure In order to really write about the Chicago Shoreline Marathon for 2012, I need to start with the full week leading up to the race. I started obsessively checking weather/wind forecasts at least a week before the race. By mid week it was […]
Kensington Metro Park Kayak Race: An Intense Battle
Kensington Metro Park Kayak Race A few weeks ago I was reading the Midwest Performance Paddlers Yahoo News Group e-mail and noticed a 2nd annual race that was being organized in Milford (Detroit Metro area) at Kensington Metro Park. I immediately thought this would be a great opportunity to go do a race and start […]
Downwind Paddling Technique: The Learning Curve is Worth It!
Downwind Paddling Technique Disclaimer: I don’t have downwind experience in the big ocean conditions, what I write about below is based on experience primarily in Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan and occasionally on open Lake Michigan. Six foot swell is probably the largest conditions I have seen. I do suspect that the fundamentals hold […]
Surfski Time Trial Results: Which Boat Is the Fastest?
Surfski Time Trial Results It has been very exciting to go from owning/paddling two boats over the past 7 years to now having a whole shop full of different surfskis and kayaks to choose from. Initially I was a little overwhelmed at the thought of deciding which boat to paddle until I came up with […]
