New Olympic Hopefuls Training in the Gorge!
US Sailing just wrapped up a 1-week training camp for young Olympic hopefuls in the Gorge (capped by a regatta, of course!), and it was en eye-opener for the kids. For those of you...
Category: Olympics
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...
Early Spring at Clearwater Midwinters!
By Jerome Samson The Clearwater Midwinters took place this past weekend (March 4-6) and got the 2016 racing season off to a fast start! It’s a springtime tradition – the first weekend in March...
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...
2014 RS:X Youth Worlds in Clearwater: Going Out with a Bang!
With standings so tight at the beginning of the day, all eyes were on the medal races today at the 2014 RS:X Youth World Championships in Clearwater, Florida! Saturday on Clearwater Beach is always...
2014 RS:X Youth Worlds in Clearwater: All To Play For!
Day 4 at the 2014 RS:X Youth Worlds in Clearwater, Florida, and the sound of the day was that of racers whooping and hollering past the race committee boats (two imposing 44-ft power catamarans provided by event...
2014 RS:X Youth Worlds in Clearwater: Shake-Up at the Top on Day 3!
Shake up at the top on Day 3 of the 2014 RS:X Youth Worlds in Clearwater, Florida! Fully recharged thanks to the lay day yesterday, all competitors were eager to enter the final stretch of...