Steady State Podcast

Jan 19 2025 100 ep. 86 mins 4
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Reframing the popular, yet limited narrative about rowing culture by celebrating the expansive array of rowers, coaches, and coxswains in a podcast designed to savor real-life experience from launch to cox seat at every level.

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S6E2: Blind Sculler Kate Lindgren Can See What's Possible

Jan 19 2025 47 mins  
When Kate Lindgren and award-winning coach Peter Forrest met at Peterborough City Rowing Club, it came with more than a few firsts for these two Brits. While they were both self-proclaimed “late onset rowers" – learning to row later in life – neither could have expected the partnership and bond they’ve forged. Inspired by Kate, whose blindness doesn’t even come close to

S6E1 - Behind the Lens: Row2k Founder Ed Hewitt

Jan 04 2025 49 mins  
In 1997, just 36% of adults went online. Websites from this era were known as "Web 1.0." Google didn’t exist yet. And a guy with information to share about Eastern Sprints decided to cobble together some HTML and get the word out. And so, row2k.com was born. Twenty seven years later, founder and owner Ed Hewitt joins us to talk about how his own rowing journey – from Atlantic C

S5E25: No Water? No Problem. Rower and Trainer Cassi Niemann Thrives in Albuquerque

Dec 07 2024 45 mins  
Cassi Niemann is the lead UCanRow2 Master Rowing Instructor, a competitive power lifter, and the owner of CASstrong, where she blends rowing with her expertise as a strength coach. She not only helps indoor rowers improve their skills and confidence on the machine, but also trains other coaches to effectively integrate rowing into a variety of fitness settings.

S5E24: Asheville's Rebel Rowing Set to Make a Comeback

Nov 23 2024 53 mins  
In 2024, Rebel Strength and Rowing was named to Entrepreneur magazine’s list of the top 150 independently owned and operated small businesses in the United States. Then in late September – like hundreds of other businesses in Asheville, NC – it was inundated by the flood waters of Hurricane Helene. In this episode, we talk with owner Adam Smith, and member Jason Mogen, about

S5E23: Nermine Khenefar: COVID, Kilimanjaro, and Crew

Nov 09 2024 35 mins  
Egyptian Nermine Khenefar found rowing in her 40s when, winded on her ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro, friend and explorer Omar Samra suggested she take up the sport to increase her aerobic capacity. After just a few years, Nermine is an avid masters rower and indoor rowing competitor who is seeking to row everywhere she travels and welcome visitors to row with her on the Nile in Cairo.

S5E22: Fusing Innovation and Tradition at the Head of the Charles

Oct 19 2024 42 mins  
Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass. is one of the jewels in the rowing crown. In our annual homage to this mega rowing event, we meet the leadership that makes it happen – new HOCR Executive Director Tori Stevens, and Director of Racing Brendan Mulvey. We find out their personal stories of involvement in sport, and what about this regatta attracts 12,000 athletes and a

S5E21: A Growing Network of Survivors Find Renewal on the Water

Oct 12 2024 38 mins  
Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Beth Kohl, the President of Rowing Cares and Founder and Executive Director of Survivor Rowing Network; and rower, survivor and Pink Ribbon Row Seattle organizer Angie Gabel.

S5E20: Finding a Deeper Connection to the Water with Coastal Rowing

Sep 28 2024 60 mins  
Once upon a time, way back in 2020, we thought of rowing in a very particular way: flat water, racing shells, and seeking the perfect stroke. As coastal rowing and beach sprints has gained some traction here in the U.S., we’ve broadened our understanding and definition of rowing to bring these disciplines into the conversation, too. In case you missed it, the 2024 World Rowing B

S5E19: Allies with Oars Goes Coastal at Race Around The Rock

Sep 14 2024 34 mins  
After six months of training, Steady State Network’s Allies with Oars’ first coastal – and first international – race is a wrap! Two Allies With Oars mixed 4x+ crews spent the better part of Aug. 25, 2024 circumnavigating an 88k course around Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, for Race Around the Rock, hosted by Salt Spring Island Rowing Club. We got a little bit of ev

S5E18: Club Spotlight - Salt Spring Island Rowing Club

Aug 31 2024 56 mins  
As part of our semi-regular club spotlight series, we cross the northern border into British Columbia, Canada to learn more about Salt Spring Island Rowing Club. Steady State Network’s own Allies with Oars crews were just on the island for the Club’s 88k coastal rowing regatta – Race Around the Rock. Guests Stacey Mitchell, Zoe Clark, and Michael Strumberger embody the enthus