Rob joins the Peak Paddle Performance podcast for the second time. But this time, it’s all about an epic 80 mile adventure crossing Lake Michigan this past August. Now in his mid fifties, Rob continues to paddle and race at a very high level. I’m not sure he has ever been beat in the Great […]
Podcasts
PPP Episode 46: Unstoppable with Oscar Chalupsky
It’s been way too long since we had a chance to catch up with Oscar Chalupsky on the Peak Paddle Performance Podcast. Although battling an incurable cancer, Oscar hasn’t slowed down a single bit. He remains a man in perpetual motion. Despite being read his last rights twice in the last two years, Oscar has […]
PPP Episode 45: Growing Surfski through Competition with Matt Drayer
In this podcast I sit down with Matt Drayer who is part of a small team including Greg Barton, Jesse Lishchuk, and Geoff Pearson who are dedicated to promoting surfski development in the US via the Ocean Racing Committee (ORC) which is part of the competition arm of the American Canoe Association (ACA). Matt and […]
PPP Episode 44: Coaching Session #2 with Dr Brendan O’Neill
In this podcast I check in with Brendan to review how the past 10 weeks of training have gone and what I need to focus on in the final four weeks leading up to the Gorge Downwind Champs. If you missed Podcast Episode 43, I would recommend checking it out, and don’t forget you can […]
PPP Episode 43: Coaching Session #1 with Dr Brendan O’Neill
In this episode of the Peak Paddle Performance Podcast, I reconnect with Dr Brendan O’Neill creator of the Vaaka Cadence Sensor. In 2019 Brendan graciously put together a 14 week cadence based training plan to prepare an intermediate level paddler for racing the 14 mile Gorge Downwind Champs. COVID disrupted everything, and I never got […]
