Nelson’s bring home the heavy Ski to Sea hardware!!!! First Place Whatcom County Mixed – RE/MAX Whatcom County First Place Whatcom County Women – Team Kulshan Cycles Third Consecutive Year! Heather and Brandon called ‘on deck’ at the same time!!! Heather taking the hand-off from mountain biker Nicola. Brandon racing to a Whatcom County Mixed [...]

Brandon races the 25-Mile San Juan ORCA Challenge RACE REPORT: San Juan Orca Challenge When we heard that Nadja and Jimmy were reviving the San Juan Challenge – the kayak race out of Anacortes that literally inspired Heather and I to move to the Pacific NW – we knew without a doubt that we had [...]

For Mother’s Day we headed up to Canada and I competed in the Tour De Indian Arm surf ski race while my boys ran crew. What a lucky Mama I am! The 19KM race was Part II of the US vs Canada THINK Kayak International Challenge. The rules for the race: ***The 10 fastest solo [...]

V10 Super Elite, Part I All other things being equal, lighter is faster. Since last fall I’ve been training and racing Heather’s old fiberglass Epic V10, a boat we’ve both gained tremendous affection for primarily because it can take a beating and not let out a whimper. We hauled it to Baja with us this [...]