Category: RS:X

Glitter in the eyes: a surreal experience in Rio!

It all happened so slow: training all the time, traveling everywhere, surviving the pressure of national team selection, raising funds, taking care of the gear, learning about the venues, keeping the coach happy, staying healthy, posting progress reports,...

Next Stop: Rio!

by Jerome Samson Rio has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons: government corruption, presidential impeachment, economic meltdown, security concerns, zika outbreak, budget shortfalls, street protests, unchecked doping, and yes, of particular...

The Road to Rio!

by Jerome Samson This is the year of the Rio Olympics, the first to ever take place in South America, and we should all be talking about samba, feijoada and caipirinhas. Oh, and sports...

Hear Hear: our US Olympic Contenders!

This is the moment of truth for our Olympic hopefuls: the 2015 RS:X World Championships are starting in a week (Oct 17-24) in Al Mussanah, Oman, and those championships are important not just because...

Ben Barger is Back and Hungry for More!

After representing the USA at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and finishing 2nd at the US Trials for the 2012 Games in London, Ben Barger took a couple of years off to focus on...