With the “Golden Blades of St Petersburg” Sprint Competition, the classic sport realizes its new strategy to bring rowing to major cities where the racing will be fast, exciting and much closer to the public. The 250m course on the Fontaka river, a branch of the famous river Neva, running through the heart of the 5-million-metropolis, has drawn some of the world’s best athletes to Russia. Olympic Gold medallists Luka Spik (SLO) and Ekaterina Karsten (BLR), World- Cup and Championships veterans Mahe Drysdale (NZL), Alan Campbell (GBR), Frida Svensson (SWE) and Mirka Knapkova (CZE) are only a few of the prominent champions eager to prove their abilities in the new challenge
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Kahakai Outrigger Canoe Club members fully intend to be an inclusive bunch.
The six-person outrigger canoes the club uses frequently can be seen gliding through the canals and channels of Naples, said Tracy Ames, and people should not get the sense that these rowers are part of an exclusive club.
“We’re a public kind of club,†she said. “People think it’s private, but it’s not.â€
Ames, who is a member of Kahakai, also is the racing coordinator for the club’s upcoming Kahakai Relay, which will be hosted this weekend in Marine Stadium   … More
The sun broke briefly through the overcast sky over Kualoa Regional Park Saturday morning as the crew members from seven canoes that had journeyed across the Pacific made their way to shore.
The voyagers, who numbered well more than 100 people, came from 14 island nations in the South Pacific, including Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, the Cook Islands, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Tonga and New Guinea.
It was a chicken-skin moment for  … More
#ICFplattling – Dane Jackson, 17, Wins Three Golds and a Bronze.
The 2011 International Canoe Federation Freestyle Kayak World Championships could be called Dane’s party, for US teen Dane Jackson who not only was the first and only person to ever compete in all four freestyle disciplines but also took top honors in three of the four and one bronze in the other.
The 17-year-old won … More