A Letter To My Nephew – U19 World Championships
August 19, 2022
What a brutal sport rowing is! It is hard to share what we experience with others who have never sat in a boat. Each stroke
Author: Ian Randall
Ian Randall
Interview with Isaiah Harrison – US Junior Champion and C2 World Record Holder
June 13, 2022
The accidental sporting hero is a well-worn trope of American cinema, but for Isaiah Harrison, this is a case of life following art. Just after the
What it takes to be a Junior Champion
May 17, 2022
An interview with Victoria Binns 2022 U17W1x Australian Champion Teenage years are brutal. I would never want to relive those years again. The ever-changing expectations
(not) Rowing with Jason Osborne
April 22, 2022
When rowers make the successful transition to other sports, I don’t know about you, but it gives me a great sense of validation. Rowers are
Dead Biomechanics Society
March 7, 2022
“Good morning class.Please sit down.Open your textbooks to the chapter titled: ROWING BIOMECHANICS.I want you to rip it out.You heard me. . . rip it
The Future of Para Rowing
February 14, 2022
The decision was made with little fuss or undue attention. The World Rowing Federation made their ruling late in the afternoon on the shores of
The Ergometer Fallacy
December 19, 2021
“Correlation does not imply causation” is one of the pillars of pseudo-scientific myth-busting and refers to the ridiculous cause-and-effect conclusions that so many people make.
Rowing is War! – The History and the Future of the Sport
November 12, 2021
I have often taught my Australian art students about the well-known painting by William Turner “The Fighting Temeraire” (1838), which incidentally was voted as Britain’s
Zen and the Art of Innovation – Rule 29
October 20, 2021
Have you ever looked at the logo for World Rowing? It is the symbol of the Enso from Zen Buddhism and represents the search for
High Priests and Pilgrims – A Tale from Henley
August 8, 2021
“He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them”,… read Sir Steven Redgrave from the Gospel of Mark at the
Croker Oars, Flutes and Innovation
July 28, 2021
Isaiah Harrison winning US Rowing Youth Nationals using RANDALLfoils I was driving out of Sydney with a pair of sculls strapped to the roof of
90’s Innovation Reborn
June 19, 2021
I was sculling alone on the river just before dawn — the passing lights of the city dancing in my wake. I had just returned
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