OT Rower wins at US Rowing Club Nationals
In seven months, Austin Lai, a rising junior at Oakland Tech High School, went from rowing novice to powering one of the fastest Under 17 (U17) men’s boats in the United States. Continue reading…
In seven months, Austin Lai, a rising junior at Oakland Tech High School, went from rowing novice to powering one of the fastest Under 17 (U17) men’s boats in the United States. Continue reading…
East Bay Rowing Club will be well represented at the 2018 San Diego Crew Classic this weekend with four boats. All you need to know here: race schedule, events, lineups, and how to follow it from home. Go East Bay! Continue reading…
East Bay Rowing Club will race in the upcoming Head of the Charles in Boston in October. A women’s 8+ made the lottery and since learning those news, the ladies have been training hard and endured some seat racing to define the line up. Here’s Christina Jenkins’ account. Now on to compete and qualify for 2018! Continue reading…
EBRC’s own Frederika Horton travels to Bled, Slovenia for World Rowing Masters Regatta and strikes gold & silver!
July 16th was the last race of the sprint seasons for our Master’s program and we’re thrilled to report it ended with lots of bling. Continue reading…
Great publicity this week about the opening of the channel by Lake Merritt (thanks, Measure DD!). As a former LMRC member, I can attest firsthand about what grand tradition they have, seeped in 100 years of history. One of the oldest clubs on the West Coast, the LMRC has been cordoned off in their landmass-surrounded lake for their entire existence, the dam having been implemented 150 years ago (thanks, Sam Merritt!).
LMRC has been a great sister club to the EBRC. We relied on them physically and mentally to get through the times when our location and club status was still uncertain. With Lake Merritt, still home of the SW Regionals, there was only the possibility for about 100-125 strokes before you had to spin your boat and go back the other way. Now, with the gradual opening of the channel over the next few years, the possibility for a unique sprint course presents itself.
A boathouse-to-boathouse journey back into the history of Oakland, the community and the bay. What will start at the boathouse of Lake Merritt will end at the boathouse of the boathouse of the EBRC. I present to you now, rowing community, the first draft of the Lake-to-Estuary Race.
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As the changes from Measure DD continue to take effect, bridges will be raised and the waters of the lake will creep closer to those of the estuary. We’re looking forward to many more celebration days together as these barriers between are brought down.
Despite our Cal and WaSU laden teams here at the EBRC, it’s great to see these Oregon Ducks crushing it on the Willamette. They admit that just because they’re not the biggest boat in the race, they’re not going to give up on their teammates and let the boat down. As my own University of Oregon experience was 15 years ago, hopping on a city bus at 5:00am, to go up to a frigid reservoir for practice is still hard core.
[youtube height=”305″ width=”520″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1dgyY4RL2A&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]This video is a great introduction to how the boat breaks down from stern to bow, where the power, technique and pace come from within the boat. It’s interesting watching the team warm-up, prepare and race at the 2012 Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. The cox-eye view of the race itself pumps me up, really is a great testament to the intensity needed to race, both as a cox and a rower.
Even at our practice, our cox had recorded their instructions to the boat for some small boat races one morning. It was such a testament to their craft, that they’d go back and review a recording of their own barking to see what made sense as instructional advice in the middle of a workout. It reminded me a bit of this documentary, a crew of constant improvement, trying to get better.
As a former duck crewbie, I can be proud of this documentary… but what’s with all the bird chirping?