Goals – Ventura Canoe & Kayak Club

2026 Winter Update

Drew Story — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:32:37 +0000

Nearly all of our club members took part in the Hal Rosoff Classic “Short Course” race at the Newport Aquatic Center on Valentine’s Day this past Saturday. (One of our paddlers couldn’t attend due to illness, another due to being at a team boat training camp in Gig Harbor, Washington, and a couple did not make our group photo…) Despite somewhat rough conditions and a strong headwind on the…

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Winter 2025 Update

Drew Story — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:14:37 +0000

For our club, winter is a time for endurance activities and refining of long term goals. Our club members have been taking part in some distance races in San Diego and Newport, with peaking goals set for this summer’s Olympic Hopes Regatta trials in June, and the Nationals in August. The coaches and Board of Directors have been looking at our recruiting goals. We are going to try something…

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Winter 2024 Update

Drew Story — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:16:23 +0000

Workouts Winters are viewed as the “off season” for many in the sprint paddling world, largely because local water areas may actually be frozen over. Being in sunny and relatively warm California, we can paddle year round. Advanced paddlers and our coaches paddle early on some weekday mornings, even before sunrise, but generally speaking, our club meets just once a week during the winter months…

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Fall 2023 Update

Drew Story — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:57:22 +0000

This Fall, we finally got club members to a race! The Off Da Couch race in Newport Beach, hosted by the Newport Aquatic Center in honor of Sam Couch, gave our club an opportunity to do a short distance race in flat water with a large group of competitors in singles of all kinds. There were 100 boats finishing and most of our club members took home a medal and more importantly…

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Goal Setting

Drew Story — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:32:00 +0000

It’s the end of the sprint canoe and kayak racing season in America. Our Nationals were at the beginning of the month, our Junior World and U23 athletes are competing now, and the Olympic Hopes Regatta will finish soon, too. For most paddlers, now is the time to set goals for the next season. This post will try to distill the lessons taught by our club founder, Bill Bragg.

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What’s it like to race at the US Nationals?

Drew Story — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:21:21 +0000

For some sprint paddlers in America, the only regatta they will attend all year will be the US Nationals. There may be a club putting on a race near enough for some to attend, or a distance race that a sprint boat can be entered in and raced, but due to the small size of our sport, this could also be the only major race one has to look forward to here in America. This post will provide coaches…

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Web Resources for Sprint Canoe & Kayak Clubs

Drew Story — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:37:40 +0000

Drew Story, the current head coach for our club, has a long background in web development and information technologies. He’s put together a Google Doc that is intended to provide a list of web resources clubs can use to improve their communication, infrastructure, and operations. Most if not all of these resources are free to non-profit organizations, too. Here’s a link to this document…

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Fall 2018 Update – Trailer, C4 Mold, and 501(c)(3) status

Drew Story — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 02:08:10 +0000

It’s been awhile since there was an update to share but we’ve not been idle since Nationals. So here’s an update on several different topics…

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Updated Club Bylaws

Drew Story — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 22:45:29 +0000

The club is (finally) starting — we have a couple of new members currently giving C-1s a try, and doing quite well. In the next month, the Masters members will be attending the US Nationals in Oklahoma City. Upon our return, we will pursue the establishment of our 501c3 status as an official non-profit corporation. (This will take some time!) Coupled with our Paddle America Club status with…

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American Canoe Association — PAC Membership

Drew Story — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:04:33 +0000

The Ventura Olympic Canoe Club is (again) a member of the American Canoe Association and a registered Paddle America Club member. What does this mean, you ask? It means VOCC is a club that other members of the ACA can join and more importantly, we can now get insurance and other benefits for the club. It also means our members can join the ACA for a lower annual fee. One must be a member of…

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