RECENT NEWS

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE RESOLUTE RACING TEAM.

Resolute Racing Shells is proud to announce the addition of Scott Wisniewski to the RESOLUTE sales team.  He brings over 14 years of experience as a competitive rower and coach to RESOLUTE.

Scott was introduced to rowing as a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh in 1997.  He moved to Philadelphia in 2001 to pursue his passion as an oarsman at Undine Barge Club where he trained for 8 years, winning medals at Canadian Henley and Club Nationals.  In 2007 he made the transition to coaching as an assistant coach for the Yale University Lightweight Men’s Program under Andy Card.  In 2008 after spending the summer as the Head Lightweight Coach at Penn AC, he accepted a position at Vesper Boat Club as the Elite Assistant Coach under Michiel Bartman and Head U23 Lightweight summer coach. In addition to his services as the Assistant Coach at Vesper Boat Club, he also served as the Head Coach for the Haddon Township Crew Club in New Jersey for three years.  He was named the Head Rowing Coach for the High Performance Program at Vesper Boat Club this August.  During his tenure as the assistant coach at Vesper Boat Club, he directed four crews which competed at the U23 World Championships and his lightweight women’s 2x finished 6th in the world in Amsterdam this summer, the highest ever U.S. finish in that event.   At the Pan American Games this fall, he coached two athletes to a double medal winning performance in Guadalajara, Mexico.  He has coached at every level, has a passion for rowing and rowers and a vested interest in growing the sport of rowing in his area.

“We are extremely pleased to have a person of Scott’s caliber representing us in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey,” said Jeff Sturges Resolute President.  “We realize the importance of Philadelphia with its existing, growing and powerful rowing community.  The addition of Scott provides Resolute more flexibility in this region and adds another highly valuable resource that our customer base can tap into.  As a seasoned competitive rower and coach, Scott provides our customers with the detailed technical advice they seek.  Scott is truly the premier consultant in this region and has already had an enormous impact with many top programs in the area.  We welcome Scott and are proud to have him as a key member of the Resolute team.”

Scott said, “I love our sport and like having the opportunity to talk to rowers, coaches, officers, administrators and parents.  I see my role at Resolute as a compliment to that love and as an asset to the continued growth and competitiveness of rowing in our area.”

Dear Resolute Racing,

Since my high school career, I have had the awesome opportunity to practice and race in a variety of your shells, from fours to eights, and from lightweight to heavyweight hulls (of course, weighing in at 200+ lbs., I was never particularly fond of the lightweight boats).  In high school, I rowed with CRI (Community Rowing Inc.), a relatively new rowing club on the Charles River.

One Saturday morning during the cold New England winter, I won one of Resolute's hats - It was a white baseball style cap with "Resolute Racing" stitched on the front.  I had earned it after completing CRI's "10K for the Boat Bay" race, a 10K fundraiser on the ergs aimed to raise money for new equipment.  For some unexplainable reason, I was immediately drawn to this hat; for all I know, the reason could have been because of the huge endorphin surge the piece left me with.

Nevertheless, I began to wear the Resolute Racing hat ever since that day.  I wore it on the water and off the water, at practice and at races.  It has traveled internationally with me and has been caught in its fair share of photos.  After a while, it began to be an iconic hat that my teammates and friends would recognize me by.  It too has experienced sweat and tears (and because of this, it, unlike me, has had the chance to go through the washer machine many many times).

Upon coming to Stanford for my freshman year, I was excited for school, and also for rowing with my new teammates who came from places from England to Australia.  I couldn't wait to begin yet another season with my Resolute hat.  Unfortunately, however, I lost this hat within the first month of being here and have been devastated since.  I spent a week looking and asking around, but all of this was to no avail.  I had lost my favorite hat that had ultimately become a symbol of my rowing career.

While at the Head of the Charles, John Leekley, Men’s Head Coach at Washington College made this great video with his boys during a practice row.  We had to share it….again!

Enjoy the video and all of us at Resolute wish you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

For more info on John Leekley check out his website.

Casey will be at the Head of the Giblet Regatta this Saturday, November 19^th 2011 on Turkey Park Lake in Orlando, FL. You can find more information on the race on The Head of the Giblet’s FaceBook page.

For those of you attending this race we found a course tour on YouTube. Check it out!

For those of you looking for another option for shoes, Resolute is now offering NIKE OMADA rowing shoes.

Nike says “6000 is the number of calories a rower burns in a day. Burning this many calories significantly heats up their body temperature. So Nike developed a quick-drying mesh upper that vents hot air away from the rower’s feet.”

Nike goes on to say “Although the rowing motion ends with the arms, it begins with the feet. That’s why Nike placed drainage holes on the outsoles. Now, athletes can concentrate on the race and not on wet feet.”

You can purchase them through our online parts store here.

If you are interested in have the shoes installed in your new Resolute make sure to ask your Account Executive for pricing on the option.

Be sure to check out Nike’s website for more information and to watch a design video about the shoes.

RESOLUTE Racing Shells is proud to announce the addition of Robin Black to the RESOLUTE sales team.  He brings over 15 years of experience as a competitive rower to RESOLUTE.

Robin was introduced to rowing at St. George’s School where he graduated with honors.  Robin then went on to attend the University of British Columbia while rowing at the oldest sporting club in Vancouver, the Vancouver Rowing Club.  There he has served as an Officer on the Board of Executives for 2 terms, Head Junior Men’s Coach, Master’s Coach and Learn to Row Instructor.  He has served as the lead instructor in their highly successfully ‘Learn to Row’ program and has been responsible for introducing over 1000 people to the sport of rowing. Robin continues to actively row at the masters level.

Robin's initial focus will be on developing new customers in Western Canada.  He said, “More programs, especially junior programs are being established every day.  I look forward to demonstrating the incredible value of RESOLUTE due to its superior performance capability maintained over an extremely long competition life.”  Jeff Sturges, President and CEO of RESOLUTE said, “We realize the importance of the Canadian market with its existing, growing and powerful rowing community. The addition of Robin to our team provides RESOLUTE more flexibility in this region and adds another highly valuable resource that our customers can draw from.  As a seasoned competitive rower and coach, Robin is highly capable of providing our customers with the informed, expert, responsive service that they expect from RESOLUTE.  Robin is truly the premier consultant in this region and we are confident that he will have an enormous positive impact with the many top programs there.  We welcome Robin and are proud to have him as the newest member of the RESOLUTE team.”

Casey will be at the Head of the South in Augusta, GA this weekend November 12, 2011. The regatta takes place on the Savannah River and judging by current temps it should be a beautiful weekend for racing.

For more information on the event click here.