Rowing Reimagined: Coastal is a fun challenge
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Hosts Rachel and Tara together have more than 50 years of rowing, coaching, and coxing experience on flat water. What do we know about coastal rowing? A little, but not a whole lot, so we sat down with coastal rowers and coaches to talk wetsuits in winter, beach sprints and endurance races, boat design, surfing green waves, and running in the sand.
Coastal is slated to be a part of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, and the 2028 Olympic Games. To get ready, USRowing is developing a framework to adopt and embrace coastal rowing.
Besides ALL of that, coastal just looks plain fun and offers up exciting opportunities for new and experienced rowers.
GUESTS
Ben Booth: Coastal rower, teacher, student of life. Co-designer of the Rebel C1x Coastal Rower
Marc Oria: Head Coach, Great Miami Rowing Center; former Catalunya National Team and Spanish National Team member; former Coach of Club Rem Barcelona
Christine Rubino: LTWT sculler and coach; member of the US 2019 World Coastal Rowing Championship squad
Hillary Saeger: 7-time Sr. National Team member, LTWT sculler
TIME STAMPS
Jump to what interests you:
0:00 - Intro
2:25 - Your rowing week
8:58 - Intro to coastal rowing
19:05 - Coastal equipment
24:43 - Next Boat Works, Coastal 1x
33:27 - Rowing origin stories
47:40 - Vision for coastal
56:40 - Rapid Fire Q&A