Month: June 2022

Race Report

Ride the Bull 2022 Summary

June 19, 2022
Ride the Bull

Competitors at this year’s Ride the Bull Race didn’t have to contend with conditions as daunting as in some former years, but still had to negotiate a course with vexing tidal currents and confused waves from varied directions. Sixteen paddlers traveled to Jamestown, Rhode Island for the 10th running of this race – founded by […]

Race Report

Sakonnet Surfski Race 2022 Summary

June 5, 2022
Sakonnet Surfski Race

Twenty-one paddlers gathered at Island Park Beach in Rhode Island on Saturday for the 15th running of Wesley Echol’s Sakonnet Surfski Race. The 9.4 mile out-and-back course had competitors starting just off the beach, heading south 4.7 miles to a red can, and then returning to the start. With an extremely light wind from the […]