Calling New Rowers! Rookie Week Coming in Late February
Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 18:59
Calling all newcomers and rookies! Get ready to get on the water and experience the beauty of rowing! ORU is offering you a chance to "feel the power." If you're a new rower in junior high or high school, we invite you to join us free for a week. Come on down to our boat house at historic Oaks Park from February 22 to February 27 and get on the water with us! Our sessions for rookie rowers are from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, drop by or send an email to
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. We look forward to seeing you then!
Inspiring 'Cutting Through Glass' Video features ORU on YouTube
ORU's own Dean (PDX Dean) has produced and posted a beautifully evocative rowing video on YouTube that shows ORU rowing and Portland at their most beautiful and inspirational.
The Willamette water is glassy, the scenes are enough to get your heart pumping, and the music provides a lift to your day that you won't get any other way or anywhere else. It's a video you'll want to watch time and again. To view the video, click the following link to go to the YouTube page:
Kick off the New Year with some great indoor workouts and get a jumpstart on the season. Join us at the boathouse Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for circuit training sessions and our "Winter Wednesday" team ergometer sessions. Adults and youths are always welcome. If you'd like something to do on weekends, drop by the boathouse for Saturday morning erg practice. Can't make weekdays or Saturdays? Come on down Sundays at 10 a.m. and join in the fun.
Great web site for rowers and riggers
Written by Administrator
Sunday, 30 August 2009 21:08
There are so many great web sites on the worldwide web, it's sometimes hard to decide which ones to recommend first. Here's one that you may find interesting:
It's put together by Mike Davenport, who has extensive national and international coaching and rigging experience. He has coached college crews and has worked as a coach and rigger for the U.S. national team. He has also written a great book for people who are interested in the in's and out's of rigging rowing shells titled, "The Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging."
There are many videos on the website that explain how to do many important tasks ranging from how to tie down shells on trailers and travel safely to measuring and rigging your boat, whether it's a single, double, quad, four or eight. The videos are straight forward, short and easy to understand. It's clear that Mike has professionally taught by the way he presents information.
Additionally, you can find your own, personalized rigging "numbers" for your boat by entering a few values into a small applet that Mike has posted on the Max Rigging web site. These numbers will help you set up your boat so you can gain the best power output per stroke.
If you have favorite websites that you would like others to know about, drop us a line, and we'll try to spread the word.
Last Updated ( Monday, 31 August 2009 08:19 )
Results of Fall Racing Available on Regatta Central
Written by Administrator
Monday, 03 August 2009 21:03
Oregon Rowing Unlimited represented itself well in races around the Northwest. The final race of the season was the HOTL or Head Of The Lake in Seattle, the largest head race on the West Coast. This race comprised 5,000 meters and included events ranging from singles to eights with rowers of all different levels. ORU's renowned "three banger" triple scull was one of several that participated.
The HOTL culminates the official Fall racing season. so most of us will spend the rest of the Fall and early Winter preparing for races after the new year. Results of all of ORU's races are available at www.regattacentral.com .
Perfect Day On River for ORU's Octuple
By Karen Tobin and Ginny Anderson
What has 16 oars, is 60-feet long, and has an age span of 50 years? If you were on the Willamette River between Oaks Park and the Willamette Falls at Oregon City recently, you would know. Members of Oregon Rowing Unlimited (ORU), ages 14 to 64, rowed the club's octuple 19 miles in synchroization. Judi Emblen, the coxswain who guided the boat, said, "It was a perfect day from beginning to end."
Duplicating European rowing excursions, ORU offers longer rows on various waterways as an alternative to competitive rowing. The "Wandertours" of summer 2007 and 2008, were multiple day trips down the Columbia River. Campfires, great food, and beautiful sunsets were some of the many bonuses to these adventurous journeys.
Ever since it was invented, people have grimaced, griped and groaned about it. Some people call it a medieval torture rack. Others simply won't refer to it at all, instead preferring to ignore the fact that it even exists.
Still others have reached what might best be referred to as an "uneasy truce" or accommodation with it, while some hardy souls actually embrace it and use it as a major part of their daily exercise routine.
In case you haven't guessed, we're talking about the infamous "erg."
Kick off the New Year with some great indoor workouts and get a jumpstart on the season. Join us at the boathouse Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for circuit training sessions and our "Winter Wednesday" team ergometer sessions. Adults and youths are always welcome. If you'd like something to do on weekends, drop by the boathouse for Saturday morning erg practice. Can't make weekdays or Saturdays? Come on down Sundays at 10 a.m. and join in the fun.
