Foreword by Ian Randall Teenage years are brutal. I would never want to relive those years again. The ever-changing expectations from your family and friends coupled with a hyped-up popular culture, advertising and techno/media, all telling you who should be. No one seems to ask who you actually are or the type of person you
By Ian Randall “Good morning class. Please sit down. Open your textbooks to the chapter titled: ROWING BIOMECHANICS. I want you to rip it out. You heard me. . . rip it all out. I want to hear ripping!” Everything you think you know about Power Profiles, Speed and Acceleration graphs are wrong. Power Profiles
The year 2020 was a time of introspection for us all, as we had a chance to slow down and realise what is profoundly important in life. As part of this process for a lot of people that may have included setting some new goals for their rowing, or for the crews and athletes they
Around 2009 Filippi introduced the reverse wing sculling rigger and for many people around the World this was their first introduction to a rear mounted rigger. For us in Australia however the reverse rigger was introduced by the legendary Ted Hale on his Chinese made boats in the early 2000s. Prior to this, both Empacher
Active-Tools re-invigorates Rowing Electronics Choices for rowing electronics have been few and far between for as long as most of us can remember. Just as competition on the water improves the performance of all of us the same applies off the water. Ultimately we all benefit from advances in technology and Active-Tools have become a
Empacher are known for the quality (and price!) of their boats with a no compromise attitude to the way they build their boats. So when it came to finding the best shoe to put in their boats they chose Against rowing shoes. Founded by Davide Pojer, a passionate designer and rower, Against rowing is renowned
With the current coronavirus lockdown and no crew boat rowing, now is a great time to get all those annoying maintenance jobs done on boats that have been neglected. While maintenance can be expensive, it is a far smaller price to pay than crew suffering equipment failure in training, or even worse, in a regatta
Recently there have been some interesting studies completed around rowing. Congratulations to the authors on their hard work and their contribution to furthering our sport. The first study looks at rigging and the impact this has on catch slip and drive time with a correlation being demonstrated between positive catch slip and reduced drive time