Ready, Row! USA - Show Notes

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Ready, Row! USA. Today we have the honor of hosting: Mark Wilson, Ellen Minzner and Charlotte Pierce.

Mark Wilson, Co-Director, with Jim Dietz, of the All American Rowing Camp in DeLand, FL and a speaker for the upcoming USRowing Convention Masters Track, and someone who totally enjoys messing about in boats! Ellen Minzner, Community Rowing/Boston, Director of Outreach and US National Team Para \Coach, and all-round awesome person!

(3:12) US ROWING CONVENTION PREVIEW (Mark Wilson)

Preview of Dec. 2018 USR convention; How USR is evolving to meet needs of all rowers (women, youth, para, younger (time 7:12) & older masters); personnel developments; exciting sessions to attend at convention. Para & women’s perspective from Ellen.

(11:55) COASTAL ROWING (Mark Wilson)

Brief intro of the sport and the growth in North America; how it differs from flat water racing and recreational sculling. Intro to the equipment, manufacturers like Swift, Filippi (though bigger, coastal boats are half the cost of racing shells). Where can you find opportunities and programs. Perspective on coastal rowing from para & women’s perspective by Ellen (15:20).

(18:55) WOMEN’S & PARA (Ellen Minzner)

Trends, news, program developments. Increases in inclusion events are a big plus, recently USOC has equaled the medal bonuses for the Olympic and Paralympic athletes (previously paralympians received one-fifth the medal bonus); Grace, Grit and Glory event, Jan 26 at Community Rowing in Boston. parity in Paralympic medal payments; preview of Grace, Grit & Glory (21:17); manufacturers of para equipment; women’s lightweight developments.

Ellen Minzner: Email is [email protected], Facebook pages are Row Inclusive and Grace, Grit and Glory, Twitter is @EllenMinzner. Community Rowing is my home rowing club on the Charles River in Boston. (full links below)

Mark Wilson: Email is [email protected]; Visit the AARC website or look for us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook (links below). AARC Camps and Clinics start late December in Florida, run throughout the year - ask at your local club or visit one of our international locations like Croatia in 2019!

Charlotte: Ready, Row! USA is part of the RowingChat network. You can get email notification of upcoming shows by joining our mailing list via the address in the description, and listen to our many other shows in the network wherever you get your podcasts.

UPCOMING: In upcoming shows, we’ll be presenting a recap of developments out of the US Rowing convention in San Diego; and talking to the engineers in the busy workshop at Community Rowing in Boston, Massachusetts, getting some news on equipment and boat repairs.

LINKS:

Mark:

http://www.allamericanrowingcamp.com #messingaroundinboats

http://www.USRowing.org

https://www.facebook.com/All-American...

https://twitter.com/allrowcamp

https://www.instagram.com/allamerican...

Coastal Rowing: http://www.worldrowing.com/coastal/

Ellen:

http://facebook.com/Grace.Grit.Glory

https://www.communityrowing.org #rowingforall

https://www.facebook.com/rowinclusive/

https://twitter.com/USParalympics

https://twitter.com/EllenMinzner

https://www.instagram.com/criboston

https://www.rowperfect.co.uk/remote-s...

https://www.barehillrowing.com/hotq (Head of the Quinobequin - youth rowing regatta)

Charlotte:

https://piercepress.com

https://facebook.com/piercepress

https://twitter.com/PiercePress

https://www.instagram.com/piercepress

Recorded: Dec. 3, 2018

Timestamps in parentheses (3:12) give approximate start times for the topics.

Cover photo for Ready, Row! USA by Ella Buitrago of CommunityRowing.org