Join us for a virtual tour of the venue, speakers, and topic highlights with Brett Gorman, Director of Learning & Development at USRowing. Ready, Row! USA is once again a media partner for #RowCon23 , and we'd love to hear your rowing story at the first in-person gathering of the movers & shakers & regular folks of rowing. Stop by our mobile studio at the convention or book your interview in advance (recommended) at https://readyrowusa.com/USRowCon23: https://readyrowusa.com/usrowcon...
Jan 31, 2023•23 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Welcome to Season 5 of Ready, Row! USA! We kick off our 2023 coverage with an interview with one of the rowing world's most admired figures: USRowing para high-performance director Ellen Minzner ( replay on the website & audio on all major podcast apps ). Minzner discusses how US Paralympic rowing is embarking on groundbreaking research that will not only benefit the Paralympic program, but will have ripple effects for inclusive rowing programs everywhere. More on the research & associat...
Jan 27, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 1
The team of four—Christal Clashing, Elvira Bell, Kevinia Francis and Samara Emmanuel—will compete in the inaugural Pacific Challenge in 2023. Atlantic Campaigns, the official race organizers of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge , is also organizing this initiative. The Pacific Challenge is a 2,800 nautical mile race from Monterey Bay in California to Nawiliwili Harbor in Kauai, Hawaii. The challenge begins on June 12, 2023. Team Antigua Island Girls launched their Pacific2023 campaign at a ...
Oct 06, 2022•31 min•Season 4Ep. 126
“I hope to pursue my passion for rowing for the rest of my days,” says Kline, “and I am incredibly grateful for the many life lessons that this beautiful sport has taught me.” In this episode, we meet Kirsten Kline, the 2021 World Indoor Rowing champion and a Concept 2 World Record Holder. Kline is a 33-year old Alabama native who currently resides in Houston, TX where she works in the O&G industry. She is also a recovering alcoholic, which she believes is a very relevant part of her rowing ...
Sep 14, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 125
Catch the video replay or listen here to meet Jen Fitz-Roy – elite PR1 adaptive rower, mentor to disabled youth, and fierce advocate for inclusion and disability rights. And now Jen’s on her way to compete for the US National Team in the World Rowing Championships! Jen is a graduate of Boston College and learned to row in CRI’s para program. She now manages the club’s Para and Military Programs. Since Jen's single sculling boat is not yet an official Paralympic category, she and her coach Beth N...
Sep 13, 2022•10 min•Season 4Ep. 124
It’s that time of year again (a little earlier this year to give you a “heads” up!), when the legendary Jim Dietz and Mark Wilson, founders of All-American Rowing Camp reveal secret strategies, tell fun stories, and inspire you to participate in the great Fall Head races across the US. They’ll touch on regattas like the Charles, the Fish, the Ohio, the Lake, the Dog, the Schuylkill, the Music, the Hooch, the South, the Colorado, the Cuyahoga, and the latest addition, the brand-new Waco Regatta i...
Aug 27, 2022•30 min•Season 4Ep. 123
Launched in 2021, the new Waco Rowing Center features a course stretching from the historic bridges of downtown Waco to the picturesque bluffs of Cameron Park. But wait! Not content to “simply” launch a rowing center, Walton & Scheuritzel decided this was the year to kick off the next great North American fall head race, the first annual 5K Waco Rowing Regatta, on Sunday November 6th, 2022. Waco Nov. 6 Regatta info & Registration SPONSOR LINKS Burnham Boat Slings GoodInklings Web Design ...
Jul 29, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 122
Kerry Kingdon went from ultra marathoner to being told she could no longer run. After eventually being diagnosed with POTS and IST, she received treatment that made her feel ready for competition again. She took a position as adaptive coach at Bair Island Aquatic Center , where she runs an adaptive erg class and rows. Kerry won gold at Indoor National Championships in 2022, 2021, and 2019, Silver at Masters’ Nationals in 2018 and Crew Classic 2019 (PR2 Double). Coach Patrick Johnson has played a...
Jul 25, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 121
Today, we're talking with Jonathan A. Wright, writer known to his friends as "our local renaissance guy.” Wright is a craftsman and green-building designer. He is the founder of Wright Builders, a firm based in Northampton, MA and known for innovative green design and precise execution. Jonathan is the author of two volumes of poetry, “After the Rain” and “Coming to Quiet.” He writes, coaches, and rows out of Northampton on the Connecticut River. He's the real deal. SPONSOR LINKS Resolute Racing...
Jul 07, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 120
Join us on this Club Spotlight livestream with Olympic rower & coach Jim Dietz as we discuss the development of his eponymous new Rowing Center in Stonington, CT, scheduled to open in 2024. Livestream 6/22 11am ET on our website ; click through for replay & podcast distribution links. Joining the conversation will be John Thornell, head of Stonington Community Rowing and girls head coach @stoningtoncrew , who has been working closely with Jim Dietz since he came on board the project earl...
Jun 22, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 119
As eager new rowers get set to try the sport on National Learn-To-Row Day June 4, Ready, Row! USA takes a look at how boathouses & rowing programs can create successful events and transform these new enthusiasts into long-term rowers and sustaining members. Boathouses and rowing programs are gearing up for USRowing’s Learn-to-Row Day on Saturday, June 4. Individual clubs have their own schedules for Learn-to-Row (LTR) programs as well, throughout the rowing season. With this annual event in ...
Jun 02, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 118
Get away and make some memories this summer & fall! Our experts will give you last-minute inspiration for memorable rowing adventure travel in 2022. Listen on your podcast app or watch the replay for some last-minute planning secrets & strategies from seasoned guides & travelers Ruth Marr CEO of Rowing the World and Mark Wilson, co-founder of All-American Rowing Camp . Ruth & Mark will focus on 1) last-minute travel opportunities, 2) secrets for successful trips, and 3) benefits ...
May 12, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 117
This Club Spotlight Pop-Up focuses on the innovations & community connections that are part of the DNA at the new Tacoma Rowing Club. Our guest Dave Harvey, coaches and is a founder of the club. “In the shadow of Mount Tahoma, we strive to be a program that truly reflects the diversity and strength of our community.” – Tacoma Rowing website. Tacoma Rowing’s coach & founder Dave Harvey join us on this livestream “pop-up” to bring us up-to-date on this new club, which is committed to creat...
Apr 21, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 116
First in a series on Adaptive Tech for Rowing - send us your ideas! We first met Bob Berry, inventor of The Remote Coxswain, in 2019, when he brought his relatively new invention to Community Rowing in Boston, for some testing and demonstrations. His adaptive rowing tool allows individuals who are visually impaired to participate in water activities that involve rowing - even single sculling! Since then, Bob Berry's device has been featured on NPR, RowPerfect UK, Hear the Boat Sing - and now Rea...
Apr 14, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 115
Click HERE for livestream video replay (includes artists' images!) How do rower/artists express their perception, experience, and feeling for the sport in their work? We'll be exploring the intersection of art & athletics with this episode's guests: filmmaker and videographer Eamon Glavin; sculptor and printmaker Nancy Diessner; painter & photographer Susan Wood; and author Dan Boyne. All four are masters rowers and Glavin, Wood, & Boyne are rowing coaches. Click through to YouTube t...
Mar 30, 2022•34 min•Season 4Ep. 114
In this episode, hosts Ryan Worth and Jason Cottingham talk with the intrepid athletes of Team "Foar From Home,"who have just completed the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, raising upwards of $1 million for K9s For Warriors, which trains service dogs for veteran PTSD treatment and suicide prevention. EPISODE SPONSOR: The Wave Rowing Magazine - the free resource for all types of open-water and coastal rowers. Issue #10 free to download as a PDF or flip-book. The annual Atlantic Challenge race ...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 113
Every year in mid-December about 30 teams take on the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (#TWAC), considered the toughest rowing challenge in the world. Starting in La Gomera (Canary Islands) the course tracks over the Atlantic to Antigua (Caribbean) for a distance of 4,800 km over 30-75 days. We talk with Jonathan Harrison, captain of " The Pacific Boys ," the team of four Seattle men who first brought our attention to this amazing sport. The team raised funds for Assistance League of Seattle, ...
Mar 04, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 112
In this series of "pop-up" livestreams, we're spotlighting some of the intrepid crews from the 2021-22 Atlantic Challenge, in the run-up to our March 8 Ocean Rowing episode. Stuart Shepherd tells the story of " Wrekin Rowers ." For 40+ days, Shepherd, along with Martin Skehan, Stuart Richards & Gary Richards, all in their 50's, rowed the 3000+ miles across the Atlantic Ocean to benefit two UK charities, the Royal National Institute for the Blind and Severn Hospice. EPISODE SPONSOR: The Wave ...
Mar 02, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 111
Rowing. Across the Atlantic Ocean. No breaks. 70+ days. How in the world do people sign on for a project like this? Every year in mid-December about 30 teams of 1 to 5 do just that, and take on the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (#TWAC), considered the toughest rowing challenge in the world. Starting in La Gomera (Canary Islands) the course tracks over the Atlantic to Antigua (Caribbean) for a distance of 4,800 km over 30-75 days. We talk with Sonja Graf and Marina Hunziker of the Swiss team...
Mar 02, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 110
This livestreamed on Feb. 15, 2PM Eastern Time! Click here to watch the video replay and post comments & questions! The Institute for Rowing Leadership at Community Rowing, Inc. in Boston was founded to equip rowing coaches for excellence and leadership in coaching and in life. Today, we talk with CRI’s Senior Manager of Coaching Education, CB Sands-Bohrer, about the 2022 re-launch of this acclaimed program. “Beyond the vast knowledge I gained in every aspect of rowing over my intensive year...
Feb 01, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 109
In our Ready, Row! USA “Pop-up Podcast” on Monday, Jan. 31, Zoe Vais from the George Pocock Rowing Foundation drops by to talk about their Camp Lucy program. Audio posted to podcast apps immediately after the livestream. This new program of GPRF aims to empower confident, strong, healthy young women and share out the Pocock philosophy of “harmony, balance, and rhythm” for rowing and life. Camp Lucy honors the legacy of Lucy Pocock, George Pocock’s sister and an early pioneer of women’s rowing. T...
Jan 31, 2022•12 min•Season 3Ep. 108
Board member Bobbi Kizer, DEI committee chair of the Spokane River Rowing Assn. joins us for our first Club Spotlight “Pop-Up Podcast” of 2022! During this discussion, we learn how the small but mighty Spokane River Rowing Association is baking access and inclusion into the DNA and mission of their club. Spokane River Rowing Association is looking forward to its 19th year of operation in the upcoming 2022 season. SRRA provides masters rowing 3 days a week, 6 months of the year, and two-week Lear...
Jan 17, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 107
Our final ROWAPALOOZA episode for 2021 is all about incorporating rowing in your commitment to and practice of lifetime fitness. We are excited to host fitness experts Nick Karwoski of Hydrow and Tagalong With A Pro and Blake Gourley from the Science of Rowing. Spokane River Rowing Association member Marnie Schroer joins to give her person-in-the-boat perspective on physical rehab and the reality of fitness for masters rowers. And we may have a few surprise guests! Be sure to subscribe on YouTub...
Dec 31, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 106
hank you for tuning in to ROWAPALOOZA, the 3rd year/100th episode celebration of the Ready, Row! USA livestream and podcast! As always, the latest show notes and links, including giveaways and discounts from our guests, can be found on our website . It's been quite a couple of years for all companies, and the rowing industry is no exception! Ali Abrams of the go-to rowing apparel maker JLRacing and Fabio Selvig of Resolute Racing Shells and Sykes USA discuss recent disruptions in the supply chai...
Dec 30, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 105
"Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end." ~ Robin Sharma What do we need to do to widen access to rowing and create a shared experience of this sport? Our two guests for the Dec. 28 "New & Different Strokes" #rowapalooza episode have rolled up their sleeves and taken up this challenge in very real, practical, and effective ways. Be sure to subscribe on YouTube , LinkedIn , Facebook to get notice of when we go live or sign up on your favorite audio podcast app. ...
Dec 29, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 104
ROWAPALOOZA #4: Announcing the Ready, Row! USA Customer Service Hall of Fame! Outstanding customer service should be rewarded. On the Dec. 15 episode, we introduced our new Ready, Row! USA Customer Service Hall of Fame with representatives from three of the companies in the premiere cohort: Joe Rakosky of Nielsen-Kellerman, Rachel Freedman of RowSource, and Peter Kermond of Burnham Boat. Be sure to subscribe on YouTube , LinkedIn , Facebook to get notice of when we go live or sign up on your fav...
Dec 16, 2021•22 min•Season 3Ep. 103
ROWAPALOOZA #3: Celebrating 3 years & 100 episodes! "My Rowing Life: Careers in Rowing" Taking over the studio for our third ROWAPALOOZA party are Tom Siddall, Angelica Greene, and Ryan Worth. These three do "all the things" in rowing - from coaching and more coaching, to accessories manufacturing, to boat transport, rowing travel, learn-to-row, advocating for inclusion, rowing boat sales, boat repair, umpiring & organizing at regattas - can you tell that these folks love the sport?! Tom...
Dec 14, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 102
ROWAPALOOZA #2: "What Makes a Great Rowing Club?" The party continues! Our Dec. 8 celebration brought together Aquil Abdullah, Olympic rower now at Hydrow; and Jim Dietz & Mark Wilson of All-American Rowing Camp. These guys have been to a lot of rowing clubs in their travels; tune in for some interesting stories! Be sure to subscribe on YouTube , LinkedIn , Facebook to get notice of when we go live or sign up on your favorite audio podcast app. The handy-dandy links are all on our website . ...
Dec 08, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 101
ROWAPALOOZA #1: "Building Community, One Pandemic at a Time" THIS EPISODE brings together Ruth Marr, Rowing the World ; Matthew Lacey, executive director of the Rowing Industry Trade Assn. ; and Ami Mehr, race director at the Head of the Charles Regatta . The trio discussed how rowers, organizations like Head of the Charles, and the companies that serve the sport are emerging/dealing with the pandemic. Is it over? What do we do if it's not? How about the supply chain and rower safety? Terrific g...
Dec 04, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 100
EPISODE #99: 2021 USRowing Annual Convention Preview As part of our continued media partnership with USRowing , Ready, Row! USA connects with event organizers Sarah McAuliffe and Samantha Wonderlin for our annual preview of the upcoming 2021 (virtual) Convention, once again virtual this year. Click here for detailed convention schedule McAuliffe & Wonderlin will take us behind the scenes at the Dec. 7-11 event – how to register, what to attend, who to *virtually* connect with, and how all th...
Nov 15, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 99
