Rowing Pictures Worth Looking At!

[old] H_2O · Post by **[old] H_2O** » July 12th, 2005, 7:09 am

That's hilarious, thanks Xeno.

[old] Mark Keating · Post by **[old] Mark Keating** » July 12th, 2005, 8:25 am

Great pics Xeno!

[old] ancho · Post by **[old] ancho** » July 12th, 2005, 10:49 am

Hey, Xeno!<br />Have been reviewing your photo albums, eh?<br />I was asking myself how it feels like erging with gravity "0".<br />Does it make sense tilting the erg under these conditions??? <br />Thaks for those great pics.<br />

[old] bmoore · Post by **[old] bmoore** » July 12th, 2005, 11:21 am

Would rowing in zero gravity be similar to rowing on slides? Or is the rower moving the entire shuttle back and forth? I bet C2 wouldn't allow a top 3 time either way.

[old] gw1 · Post by **[old] gw1** » July 12th, 2005, 6:43 pm

Bilgola Surf boat crew shown in the first picture are from a surf club on Sydney's Northern Beaches. They are a very strong surf boat club last year they had more boats in the finals at the World Titles in Italy than any other club! <br />Great pics!<br />GW

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » July 13th, 2005, 2:43 pm

Great photos Xeno!<br /><br />What happened on the first one? They must have hit something quite solid with a lot of speed. That must be one tough boat!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Paul Flack

[old] Xeno · Post by **[old] Xeno** » July 14th, 2005, 12:15 am

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[old] Xeno · Post by **[old] Xeno** » July 14th, 2005, 12:42 am

My take on the OZ pictures is that Aussies have more guts than others athletes at large.<br />There are not many Aussies in the world, 18 million maybe, but they do REALLY WELL in sports.<br />Their spirit is great. I wonder if it is because of their heritage... from the U.K.<br />If you didn't know, my coach was an Aussie, MARTY AITKEN. He was a great team leader. With him I was able to win gold in 1996 and silver in 2000. I would greatly enjoy having a tandem guest speaking engagement with him at a corportation meeting. Another outstanding man is Rob Waddell to whom I lost the gold in 2000. <br />XENO<br /><img src='http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/postgames/f ... 04_190.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><br />2000<br />he and I shared the same NZ coach, the late Harry Mahon. Life takes interesting turns.<br /><img src='http://www.oakridger.com/images/081799/rower.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><br />1996

[old] neilb · Post by **[old] neilb** » July 14th, 2005, 8:33 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Xeno @ Jul 13 2005, 11:42 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>My take on the OZ pictures is that Aussies have more guts than others athletes at large. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Lots more guts, lots of muscles but doing this you have to wonder how much "up top". <br />

[old] gw1 · Post by **[old] gw1** » July 14th, 2005, 10:41 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Lots more guts, lots of muscles but doing this you have to wonder how much "up top". </td></tr></table><br /><br />Come on Neil, you're a big fella, you could jump into a boat and have a row in the Masters division!! <br /><br />Any one here in the US looking to jump into an "Aussie" surfboat please contact me. I founded the United States Surf Rowers Association about a decade ago. We have boats in Ft Lauderdale and Los Angeles! <br />I've been trying to talk big Dwaynne and Diesel into a boat, now that DA has his feet wet in a skinny boat, he, Diesel and Xeno could supply some serious horse power!!!!!!! <br />For those interested in GB there are plenty of surf clubs over there that have surf boats. <br /><br />Paul, re the pic that you are refering to, they probably rowed up the face of a steep breaking wave, didn't have enough boat speed to pull over the top and slid back down the face! The bowman usually bares the toughest beating from such a situation, unless they use the second bow or second stroke to break their fall <br /><br />Cheers<br />Gary <br />

[old] neilb · Post by **[old] neilb** » July 14th, 2005, 11:24 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(gw1 @ Jul 14 2005, 09:41 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Lots more guts, lots of muscles but doing this you have to wonder how much "up top". </td></tr></table><br /><br />Come on Neil, you're a big fella, you could jump into a boat and have a row in the Masters division!! <br /> <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />gary,<br /><br />Yes but having being prompted by a comment you made to me a few months ago to go ahead and join a rowing club I am still coming to terms with a slight wobble in a four never mind what happens in a single scull.<br /><br />This, and the natural caution that age brings, leads me to the view that there is no way I would want to so far above the water; even with someone to land on!<br /><br />Those guys must be nuts! Any higher and you would altitude training (there was a thread on that topic if I recall - although was trying to forget it )<br /><br />neil

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » July 15th, 2005, 5:32 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(gw1 @ Jul 14 2005, 02:41 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Paul, re the pic that you are refering to, they probably rowed up the face of a steep breaking wave, didn't have enough boat speed to pull over the top and slid back down the face! The bowman usually bares the toughest beating from such a situation, unless they use the second bow or second stroke to break their fall <br /><br />Cheers<br />Gary <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Even with a nice soft teammate to cushion the landing. Having a boat land on your head soon afterwards has got to hurt just a little. <br /><br />I learned the power of water whilst ocean surfing one day with some friends. We were quite happy surfing some small waves and then jumping out of the boat near the shore, then grabbing the boat and going out again. One time the boat landed on the beach upright but full of water. It was so heavy that we couldn't even turn it over to dump the water out. We started to contemplate what would happen if the boat landed on a body part and gave up canoe surfing.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Paul Flack

[old] Xeno · Post by **[old] Xeno** » July 16th, 2005, 12:43 am

Hi <br />Why don't the Surf Boats have rolling slides?<br />XENO

[old] gw1 · Post by **[old] gw1** » July 16th, 2005, 8:46 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Hi <br />Why don't the Surf Boats have rolling slides?<br />XENO </td></tr></table><br /><br />Xeno,<br /><br />Sliding seats are not possible in the surf. The start is a jump start and you land with one foot next to the foot straps and then land on the seat, you have to know where the seat is! When going out, over a wave, we have to leave the seat (especially the bow pair) to "find" the water with our blade. This is repeated often, again when you come down the sliding seat could be "anywhere"! <br /><br />However surfboats are fit for sliding seats for certain open water marathons, where negotiating the surf break is not a factor!<br /><br />Cheers<br />Gary<br /><br />

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