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Burton's to Stephan
The great debate amongst Michigan paddlers inevitably ends up being this...Which timing point is the most critical in the AuSable River...
Bill Mahaffy
Mar 24, 20206 min read
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Coronavirus and Paddling
We are in very turbulent times with the spread of the Covid-19 Pandemic and I am sure that most of you like myself are wondering how this...
Bill Mahaffy
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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Town to Burton's
Every race has to start somewhere. The AuSable River Canoe Marathon starts on Peninsular Avenue in downtown Grayling. It’s a Le Mans...
Bill Mahaffy
Mar 1, 20206 min read
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Train for the finish...
I originally wrote this in 2016 while sitting in Texas hotel room missing the river. Multiple Texans had offered to paddle with me while...
Bill Mahaffy
Feb 15, 20203 min read
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Zac Childs - Paddling
Our final installment is from the overall winner of the contest, Zac Childs. He ended up winning a brand new ZRE paddle because of the...
Bill Mahaffy
Feb 12, 20203 min read
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Katie Mahaffy - What Paddling Means to Me
For our second installment of the youth paddling essays series we have a gem from Katie Mahaffy. If that names seems familiar that is...
Bill Mahaffy
Feb 5, 20204 min read
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Ally Doederlein's - My Passion for Canoe Racing
Boardman Boatworks hosted an essay contest at the end of 2019 to get the youth of our sport to put on to paper why they love our sport. ...
Bill Mahaffy
Jan 29, 20203 min read
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Andy Hall's First Ausable River Canoe Marathon
The below is from Canoeraceworlds' friend Andy Hall I guess it was Transworld Sport in 1994 that first showed me the AuSable River Canoe...
Bill Mahaffy
Jan 27, 202016 min read
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CanoeRaceWorld at ARCM
Today is the big day for Consumer's energy's Ausable River Canoe Marathon. Over the past 3 days the teams did their prologue sprints for...
Bill Mahaffy
Jul 27, 20191 min read
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Ausable River Canoe Marathon Memories
One of our contributors Bill Mahaffy asked the facebook community this week to share their memories of the first Ausable River Canoe...
Bill Mahaffy
Jul 20, 20198 min read
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2019 Consumer's Energy ARCM Program Book
July is the month of the marathon and they have just released this year's program book. Just follow the link below for tons of...
Bill Mahaffy
Jul 3, 20191 min read
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1 Month out! ARCM 2019!!!
One of the biggest events of the racing season is fast approaching and with it less than a month away it is time to start talking...
Bill Mahaffy
Jun 28, 20193 min read
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