The Inland Paddler: Winter Wonderland with Dolphins
Last week at this time, much of eastern North Carolina was in the midst of its first Winter storm. The…
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The Inland Paddler: Under the Weather – Strategies for Beating The Winter Cold
Let me just say up front: I am not a doctor or any other medical professional. But as a paddler…
The Inland Paddler: So Long, 2016, and Thanks for all the Fish
2016 came in like a lamb but seems to be leaving like a lion. A rogue lion that has rampaged…
The Inland Paddler: Learning to Catch the Vertical Bumps…
Or…Lessons from the Climbing Wall. This offseason has been great. I mean really great. I have been listening to the…
The Inland Paddler: Non-Paddles of Thanksgiving
What a whirlwind, these last few weeks! What with the last race of the year at the Surf to Sound…
Gear Review: Virus International Bioceramic KL1 Active Recovery Pant
Now is the time on Sprockets when we are doing lots of other things besides paddling. It’s the post-season, “Yay-training-is-over-I-really-need-a-break-I’ve-forgotten-how-much-I-love…
The Inland Paddler: Live Aloha, Y’all
I am writing tonight in Wrightsville Beach. It’s the eve of the Surf to Sound weekend…which this year also coincides…
The Inland Paddler: Double Trouble at Chattajack 2016
Exactly one month before Chattajack, I get this message from my friend Dana in Atlanta. “Want to paddle an OC2???…
ChattaTravel: Creature Comforts to Help Make it to Race Day
Editor’s Note: This is part of a Distressed Mullet series on on Chattajack Prep. I’ve had the good fortune to attend…
The Inland Paddler: T-Minus Eight Days and Counting
Chattajack. If you haven’t noticed, we’ve been kind of Chatta-obsessed here at the Mullet. And with reason. This is the…
Race Reporter’s Notebook: What I Saw at the Games
This year’s Pacific Paddle Games at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA marked a first for me – the…
The Inland Paddler: New Places, New Perspectives
This time of year, it’s easy for me to not see the forest for the trees. In other words, I…
The Inland Paddler: Finding that Moment
In the best races, there is always that moment. That moment when you just know. When you realize that no…
The Inland Paddler: Yo-ho Yo-ho A Paddler’s Life for Me
I love pirates. I blame Walt Disney and his Imagineers. They had me from the first time I plunged into…
The Inland Paddler: Learning Away the Fear
Paddle race season will be ending sooner than we might wish. At least for me, October more or less signals…
The Inland Paddler: Reflections on the Gorge
Places known for their epic downwind conditions are special. They are usually breathtakingly beautiful, and they seem to be alive…
The Inland Paddler: Wedged between an Ama and a Hard Place….sort of
We have all had wardrobe malfunctions of one sort of another during our lifetimes. Some have probably been more embarrassing…
The Inland Paddler On Being the Bug
To quote Mary Chapin Carpenter, some times you’re the windshield. Sometimes you’re the bug. Last Saturday was a bug day.…
The Inland Paddler: United Outside
I don’t want to wax political. Yet, the events of this week, well really the last month, make me deeply,…
The Inland Paddler: I wish…I wish…
…to go to the festival! It’s Carolina Cup Week, and nothing is more like the King’s Festival than this in…
The Inland Paddler: Live Life, Live Aloha Because You Can
I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of “going because you can” or more to the point, “going because…
The Inland Paddler: Teachable Moments
Anything can happen when you are on the water. It doesn’t matter what you are doing – you could be…
The Inland Paddler: A Whale of a Tale
“Today, I think we are going to see something…big,” John said. We both got a little quiet. Then, in almost…
The Inland Paddler: Great Expectations and the Neptunalia Challenge
Expectations. It’s all about the expectations. It seems like every time I expect to have a good race, expect to…
Book Review: How to Increase your Standup Paddle Performance: From Beginner to Elite by Suzie Cooney
I decided I wanted to increase my paddleboard performance. When I first started standup paddling some five years ago, there…
