How do the birds perceive a person in a boat – did they see, well, a person in a boat? Or perhaps not as a person at all, but as a giant water-walking creature? more
Open water rowing isn't all Atlantic crossings and round-the-world trips - a few weeks back Nick Trojan, a four-time member of the US National Team, adventured in his single from the Southern California Coast to Catalina Island. more
Carie Graves was at the very first C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints in the winter of 1981. It was the winter after the boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games, and the Model A erg – the one that was pretty much a bicycle wheel with a chain attached to a handle - was brand new. more
If you participated in the Concept2 Virtual Team Challenge (VTC) this year, then you'll know these two names: Damien Digbeu and Darlene Brennan – two rowers who erged more meters than you, or anyone else. more
Brand new rowing clubs pop at regular intervals these days. Usually it takes them a few years to become something of note and unfortunately (more often than not) many don’t survive long enough to have their story told. more
row2k wraps up our spring collegiate features with Wisconsin lightweight coxswain Tenzin Khangkar. Khangkar came to the USA with her family from Tibet and got her start in rowing at Row New York prior to coxing the Wisconsin LW4+ to the IRA title in 2014. more
This week's feature is an interview with Virginia junior rower Sam Casto. Casto picked up the sport as a novice at Georgia Tech, and has since transferred to UVa and raced as the USA W1x at the 2014 U23 World Championships, finishing 10th. more
This week's feature is with Williams sophomore Gemma Holt. Holt and her family just returned from summiting Mount Vinson, the tallest peak in Antarctica at 16,050 feet. more
This week row2k interviews Penn Heavyweight senior rower Dara Alizadeh. Alizadeh picked up rowing in middle school, and now his entire family is involved with the sport. more
This week, we stay in the bay area with an interview with Cal junior coxswain Julian Venonsky. Venonsky transitioned from rowing in high school to coxing in college and last season coxed the Cal JV to Pac-12, IRA, and Henley titles. more
This week row2k features an interview with Stanford Junior rower Kay Rusher. Rusher comes from a rowing family: both parents were Olympians and her sister is a current teammate, while her mother raced with her current coach Yaz Farooq. more