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Visit Your Local Boat Club on Saturday, June 6, for National Learn to Row Day
Have you ever wanted to try rowing? Do you have a teenager looking for a different type of sport or activity? Now is the best time of year to give it a try. Each year, on the first Saturday in June, rowing clubs across the country join with U.S. Rowing, a nonprofit membership organization and…
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Kicking Off 2026 with All the Erg Action
Power through the long winter with these exciting indoor rowing events Why does our traditional ringing in of the new year seem to coincide with a long stretch of cold, gray, dark blah? At least that’s how it often feels in our wintery corner of New England. Thankfully, the rowing community has plenty of cool…
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The 2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Rowers
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2025 Guide to Classic New England Fall Regattas & Rowing Events
Fierce competition, fall foliage, and fun along incredible waterways—put one (or more) on your calendar! Head race season is in full swing! In New England, we are fortunate to enjoy two quintessential fall traditions at the same time: high-energy rowing races in one of the sport’s most challenging formats and brilliant leaf-peeping from the banks…
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Rowing Pad Q&A: Swedish Rower Tor Eneroth
One of the best parts about selling rowing pads is getting to know the rowers we meet and the ways our products have made a difference in their practice—on the erg, in the boat, and often, both. In 2024 we met rower Tor Eneroth, who was preparing to attempt an incredible journey: rowing along the…
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National Learn to Row Day 2025: Share the Joy of Rowing with Others
The time to share the joy of rowing with more people is almost here! Each year on the first Saturday in June, National Learn to Row Day invites the rowing community to band together to ensure a bright future for our great sport. On June 7, 2025, boathouses across the country will open their doors to community…
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Rowing Pad Q&A: Human Powered Potential’s Brendan Cusick
One of the best parts about selling rowing pads is getting to know the rowers we meet and the ways our products have made a difference in their practice—on the erg, in the boat, and often, both. In 2023 we were contacted by a group of men preparing to attempt an incredible journey: rowing across…
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5 Awesome Reasons to Try Indoor Rowing
Every February—right around the time the cold weather and snowstorms start to make you feel like you might never work out outside again—the team at Rowing Pad makes a celebration of remembering why we LOVE that wonderful invention dubbed the “erg.” Our catch phrase for the month is “LOVE YOUR ERG. PAD YOUR SEAT.” The…