Rowing Stories, Features & Interviews

row2k Features

row2k Recap
Winning for Mom, Super Socks, a Tiny Speedboat: What Really Went Down in Rowing Last Week

Time to get all caught up on what row2k spotted last weekend. more

row2k Exclusives

InstaRowing
This Week's Best of Rowing on Instagram 5/9/2025

White smoke, mic'd up, Anita deFrantz, and more! more

row2k Recap
Racing the 7+, Bicep 'Tats,' Double Buckets (in a 4!): What Really Went On Last Week in Rowing

First big weekend of championship racing did not disappoint. Let's Recap. more

InstaRowing: This Week's Best of Rowing on Instagram 5/2/2025

row2k Recap: Cheeto Tosses, Near Misses, and Cox'n Twins: What Really Went Down in Rowing Last Week

InstaRowing: This Week's Best of Rowing on Instagram 4/25/2025

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Coxing

row2k Coxswains Corner
In the Driver's Seat, with Dira Mahmud

This week, hop in an eight with cow print blades as we ride along with Middlebury coxswain Dira Mahmud. more

row2k Coxswains Corner
In the Driver's Seat, with Mari Teh

This week, Mari Teh from TBC Racing is In the Driver's Seat. more

row2k Coxswains Corner: Calling the Start: 'Driver's Seat' Coxswains on Racing Starts

row2k Coxswains Corner: In the Driver's Seat, with Jonah McDonnell

row2k Coxswains Corner: In the Driver's Seat, with Alex Catalano

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row2k Interviews

Interview
M.I.T.'s Sophie Thompson

We have a bonus interview today with MIT coxswain Sophie Thompson. We discuss many topics; coxing at MIT, racing at HOCR, using natural fibers as part of prosthetic socket replacement in Africa, and more. more

Interview
Rhode Island's Chris Grivers

row2k concludes our 2025 spring collegiate racing interview series today with an interview with Rhode Island coxswain Chris Grivers. We chat with him on club coxing, racing HOCR, and more. more

Interview: Brown's Adam von Bismarck

Interview: Jacksonville's Nathan Fletcher

Interview: Oregon State's Giulia Clerici

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Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge
Rowing Science: The Effect of a Rower's Age on Rowing Power

Trends of absolute power were similar in the following age groups: 15-18 ˜ 40-59 years, and U14 ˜ 60-75 years. more

Competitive Edge
Gold Medal 1500m Target Speeds for the 2028 Olympics

'A 2% increase in speed may not seem dramatic, but achieving it would require approximately 6% more rowing power' more

Competitive Edge: Rowing Science: Practical Application of Variability Analysis - Part 3

Competitive Edge: Rowing Science: Evaluation of Rower’s Technique Variability - Part 2

Competitive Edge: Rowing Science: New Analysis of Variability of Rower's Technique - Part 1

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row2k Photo Features

November
Best POTD's 2024 - November

We are now well into 2025, but it never hurts to take a look back. Over the next few weeks we are looking back at some of our favorite row2k reader submitted Photo of the Day photos. more

October
Best POTD's 2024 - October

We are now well into 2025, but it never hurts to take a look back. Over the next few weeks we are looking back at some of our favorite row2k reader submitted Photo of the Day photos. more

September: Best POTD's 2024 - September

August: Best POTD's 2024 - August

July: Best POTD's 2024 - July

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Equipment & Hacks

Coach Tricks
Rowing Hack: Lane Number Buckets

Need easy-to-make Lane Numbers? There's a hack for that. more

Boathouse Builds
Rowing Hack: The Stand Up Oar Rack

A Hacker's how-to for oar storage: build your own rack. more

Rigger Tricks: Rowing Hack: Back Stay Un-Bender

Trailer Tricks: Rowing Hack: The Trailer Hook Trick

Coach Tricks: Rowing Hack: The Alignment Sight Rig

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row2k Book exclusives

row2k Book exclusives
Book Excerpt: Into My Scull - Out of My Mind: My First Year with Oars

David Wing began rowing at the age of seventy-three, and describes in this memoir his early scrambles up the lifelong learning curve of the sport. The book is 128 pages, with 88 photographs made by the author and his fellow rowers more

row2k Book exclusives
Excerpt: 'Bitten by the Rowing Bug - Challenges of an Untamed River'

Pair-oared shells seemed precarious to me more

row2k Book exclusives: Ringing the Buoy: An Excerpt from 'Out of My Scull: Mayhem & Misadventures on Delaware's Christina River '

row2k Book exclusives: Scribe and Sketcher: Washburn Meets Eakins - Excerpt from 'News Fit to Print' by Rowing Journalist Chris Dodd

row2k Book exclusives: But an Officer on Duty Knows No One...

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Reader Contributions

Reader Contributions
Rowing Travelogue: John Tracey Reports from the Philippines

As we rowed and got drenched in the super warm rain, it felt like heaven. more

Reader Contributions
Aquil Abdullah: A Return to Camden and the Cooper River

My hope for them was that they would know that they could also do hard things. more

Reader Contributions: ACRA Enters a New Era, Part 3: Advice for All College Rowing Coaches from an ACRA Vet

Reader Contributions: ACRA Enters a New Era, Part 2: The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Club Rowing Program

Reader Contributions: ACRA Enters a New Era, Part 1: The Formation of ACRA

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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Book Review: 'Body of Water' by Dan Boyne

After former coxswain Finley Sparks is found floating in the Charles, questions (and suspects) multiply in author Dan Boyne's entertaining murder mystery. more

Book Reviews
Book Review: The Hammers - The Story of Harvard's Underdog and Undefeated 1976 Crew, by Hovey Kemp

Rowing historian and writer Peter Mallory reviews The Hammers by Hovey Kemp, who rowed four years (1972-1976) at Harvard. more

Book Reviews: Book Review: 'Learnings from Five Olympic Games' by Frances Houghton

Book Reviews: Book Review: Phil Stekl's 'The Wondrous Sport of Rowing'

Book Reviews: Book Review: Maureen McCauley's 'Falling Out of the Boat'

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Rowing 101

Rowing 101
Winter Rowing Safety: The Four-Oar and 90-Degree Rules

Know when to - and when not to - row using the 'Four Oar Rule' and the '90 Degree Rule' more

Rowing 101
Nine Things to Know How to Do Before You Race Your Single

As rowers forced into small boats look to race the single for the first time, there are a few things to practice before you get to the starting line more

Rowing 101: Rigging 101 for Masters

Rowing 101: How To Do A Simple Rigger Height Check

Rowing 101: Rowing 101: Ask the Ergmaker - Heel Heights and Settings on the Erg

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