The big story of 2020 without a doubt was the COVID-19 crisis, but in the midst of interrupted seasons, postponed Olympics, athletes and coaches tried to find ways to continue rowing despite obstacles. Below are our our ten most-read rowing features from the past year!

If you have spent any amount of time at a boathouse, you have probably come across at least one boathouse dog. Here are the finalist for the favorite collegiate boathouse dog!   Read more

The Dollar Bill Trick is a fun and slick trick to teach better rowing on the erg   Read more

The erg does not replicate all the nuances of rigging and boat fit, but it simulates the motions of rowing closely enough to make sure to optimize the various adjustment available on most ergs. C2 offers some guidelines on setting heel heights on the erg   Read more

If you have spent any amount of time at a boathouse, you have probably come across at least one boathouse dog. Here are the finalist for the favorite club boathouse dog!   Read more

Manley Team on location in Oakland. © 2019 Richard Schultz. Courtesy 50 Eggs Films

Based on the upcoming A Most Beautiful Thing: A Memoir by Arshay Cooper, narrated and produced by Common, Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, directed by Mary Mazzio   Read more

You bet this one's on the list.

As boathouses continue to be locked up, waterways closed, and erging not getting any more fun, we humbly present the first installment of row2k's admittedly partisan and woefully incomplete listing of the races that every rower should see.   Read more

Use common sense and best practices when exercising these days

As isolation, both self-imposed or enforced, deepens in the rowing community, row2k reached out to rowing medical folks for some common-sense guidance for athletes who are looking to stay active during these times.   Read more

In the fourth of a series of articles designed to help coaches, athletes, and programs through this extremely rough patch, row2k is working with Mike Davenport to cross-post the information he generates from the effort.   Read more

US women doing laps in small boats, March 3 2016

Sometimes we do crazy things to get a photo - but taunting the Feds wasn't one of them   Read more

Led by stroke Caroline Lind, the US Women's Eight went to the well at World Cup II in Aiguebelette in 2014.

Part Two of row2k's admittedly partisan and woefully incomplete listing of the races that every rower should see.   Read more