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Umbrellas and Pink W's: Seattle's Opening Day Regatta

Rainy (surprise) weather and a conflict with the WIRA Regatta this weekend kept the size of the usual Opening Day throng down in the mere thousands, but the fans and crews that did make it out to the Montlake Cut for the annual regatta, party and boat parade put on a stellar show nonetheless.  more

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Crew of the Week - 2008

Did your crew or a crew you know of have a great race over the weekend? Nominate them for row2k's new "Crew of the Week" poll.  more

Interview
Tom Weil Q&A

Mystic Seaport Museum received a substantial collection of rowing artifacts from Thomas Eliot Weil, who lives in Woodbridge, Conn., but has a long and storied career both on and off the water.  more

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Brown Cup Boat Race

The Gorge Waterway is becoming a favored course for UBC having won on it in each of the last 5 meetings with UVic between the Head of the Gorge and Brown Cup races.  more

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Destination Spring Break: Oak Ridge

The pilgrimage to Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee made sense for crews across the country this year. As the northern-most of the southern-ish training locales, many teams rolled into town a few hours earlier than expected, followed the plentiful signs to the venue, and still had time for the Waffle House after unloading the trailer.  more

Peter Mallory's 'The Sport of Rowing'
Joe Burk, Coach; Harry Parker, Sculler

Two more chapters from Peter Mallory's book on the Evolution of the Rowing Stroke: Chapter 59: The continuing story of Joe Burk's extraordinary career in rowing, this time as a coach; Chapter 60: Harry Parker, sculler and Burk protege  more

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CRASH-B's on ice

The cold floor of the Agganis Arena on Boston's University's campus could have had something to do with the hockey rink under the floorboards, but being "on ice" was a fitting metaphor for the seasonal nature of rowing.  more

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The 40 Year Storm: Change Comes to the 106th (or 107th) IRA Regatta

"I resist change even as I call for it." As the coaches and Stewards of the 106-year-old IRA Regatta ponder the future of the event, Mason Cooley's aphorism describes well the personal feelings and professional view of many of those most closely involved.  more

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Waddell shows top form in Karapiro comeback

Former Olympic champion Rob Waddell's comeback remained on track today after a two length victory over World Champion Mahe Drysdale in the Premier Single Sculls race today at Lake Karapiro's KRI 1 regatta.  more

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USRowing Awards: Lost Luggage and Worthy Winners

By the time of the closing remarks of the USRowing 2007 annual awards presentation at the USRowing Convention in Miami on Friday, December 7, there was still no sign of Male Athlete of the Year Wyatt Allen.  more

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Seventeen Crews Headed for Beijing from Latin American Qualifier

The Latin American Olympic qualifier, held November 16-18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, saw 17 crews in five boat classes earn a berth to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing next August.  more

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Prizes Claimed at the NK Boathouse Row Speed Order

One last chance for National Team and Olympic aspirants to have at it this fall.  more

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Fish Story

The real story starts with Ezekiel Fish. Ezekiel was a man, not a fish, but nonetheless the regatta that ultimately took his name, the Head of the Fish in Saratoga Springs, New York, has become a place where "did you get a fish head?" is a common question.  more

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Burgers, the Band, and Newbies on the Bridge: The Princeton Chase

Another great fall Sunday at the Chase, a bigger and better version of the same stripped-down, get the important things right regatta it has always been.  more

Fall Racing
Touching Down in Connecticut

A quick nod to weekend races in the Constitution state.  more

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Row4life Duo Complete 300-mile trek

Alan "Heart-attack Harry" Kitty and Steve Raffuel complete 300-mile Erie Canal trek.  more

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Fish Creek 5000: Rowers of the Kinder and Masters Kind Alike

The bass tournament practice session that launched just before the Fish Creek 5000 may have had more horse power, but not nearly the charm of this small but growing human-powered stake race.  more

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Note to the Rowing Community from John and Phoebe Murphy

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