On this Ready, Row! USA podcast I was invited to chat about coxing weigh-ins, HOCR, and rowing an erg half-marathon next to an Olympic gold medalist.... Read More...
When you're a 90-pound high school freshman, your seat in the boat is the ninth. And if you take on the challenge of learning the coxing ropes as a teenager, yo... Read More...
"Change the culture of what it means to be a coxswain."
So proclaimed US National team coxswain Katelin Snyder at RowingTalks, held on the campus of Washington... Read More...
When I met Brett Freeman in 2011, he was just figuring out the difference between squared and feathered. At 38, Brett was five to ten years older than the major... Read More...
The big stories that get the most coverage around the Head of the Charles, most often spotlight national team rowers, former Olympians, and talented athletes wh... Read More...
Question of the week, from a second-year masters rower:
I have a little experience with stern-coxed 4s and 8s, but this weekend my coaches had me cox a bowload... Read More...
Hmmmm. I was planning another tiresome polemic on the details of technique to follow my first column ("It All Starts with the Hands") about the proper position ... Read More...
The Head of the Charles Regatta turned 50 this year. Another year older, another year stronger.
That's how I felt – older and stronger – when I slid down into ... Read More...
Three miles. Seven bridges. 4 rowers and me in a bucket-rigged bow-loader.
The 2013 Head of the Charles was the fourth year I had the opportunity to steer the c... Read More...
No matter how much experience you have in the coxswain seat, a little extra help can go a long way. With seven bridges, six big turns and three miles of river t... Read More...
