Coach Tricks: The Oar-Carry Strap    by row2k hackers , posted on May 16, 2012 Off to the races, hands-free This hack, sent in by Fordham assistant coach Nick Dawe, combines two of a Rowing Hack's favorite things: it is simple & makes things easier -- heck, it even makes good use of a boat strap. More...		row2k exclusives
		row2k Interview - Sarah Megan Thomas, from BACKWARDS This week's row2k Interview is with Sarah Megan Thomas, Executive Producer (and writer, and star) of the upcoming 'sports romance' film BACKWARDS, shot on location in Philadelphia. 1932 Olympic Rowing Tryout flyer On the eve of NSR II in Chula Vista, this 1932 Olympic Rowing Tryout announcement is how it was done 80 years ago. Crew of the Week - 2012 Did your crew or a crew you know of have a great race over the weekend? Nominate them for row2k's "Crew of the Week" poll. more Features

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God @#$%! the Pizza Man - April 27, 2012 Fixing the Set, One Detail at a Time - March 30, 2010 Coach Kaehler: Improving your rowing technique by changing from the ‘inside’ out - April 19, 2012 Masters Nationals...The Final Day - August 15, 2010 Strap This, Tie That - January 17, 2006 Coach Tricks: The Oar-Carry Strap - May 16, 2012 Some Thoughts on the Winter Olympics - March 22, 2006 more Columns		Flash About halfway down the lake, I noticed a very peculiar trend. Some of the other boats were already heading back, not even fifteen minutes into the practice. Legacy A poem by Rose Ehrlich, a senior who rows two-seat for the Mount Saint Joseph varsity eight. She wrote this poem to read to her team mates at the boat talk before her final Head of the Charles rowing for the Mount. Gently Down the Stream I was a coxswain at Merion Mercy Academy in Philadelphia for the past 4 years of high school, so when asked to write a definition paper for my english class, naturally, I defined the word "crew". The meaning came upon me during last years Head of the Charles regatta, so I felt it necessary to share it with the rowing world headed to Boston this year. 7AM Warmup in Oak Ridge Junior rower Hannah Weiss bring us this essay, about her "first ever row before dawn" in Oak Ridge, TN. 6 am Practice Junior lightweight rower Samantha Brecht makes her second contribution to row2k with a poem on the everyday early morning practices that help her crew to their goals more Stories