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January 2013 issue & Photo Annual  While January has been marked by furious activity on RR building up to the announcement of our first contest winner, I'm also fully immersed in putting together the next series of articles for Rowing Magazine , which is (rather impressively) entering its 20th year in print. Still, in the midst of all this, I wanted to take a minute to climb up on my soap box one more time and say how pleased we were with the success of the RRecruiting Video Contest  (view the top five videos here )—its maiden voyage couldn't have gone better, and we were, frankly, quite impressed with the quality of work we received. So, there you have it. We hope you all enjoyed the contest as well—we are already brainstorming for the next go round—and we are looking forward to another great season of racing, now nearly upon us! In the meantime, I trust those of you out there who are Rowing Magazine subscribers are getting a kick out of the beautiful 2012 Phot...

Coming Soon! (Image © Rowing News ) The May issue of Rowing News is hot off the press, and loaded with informed, opinionated content to help you take on championship season in stride. In addition to a roundup of the 2012 Crew Classic (the 39th edition and largest to date), see our take on the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race , an interview with GB Rowing world gold and silver medalist (as both a lightweight and a heavyweight) James Clarke , columnist Topher Bordeau's take on online forums, and a fantastic, intimate look at how the Games may change London (as well as an insider's perspective on Olympic selection in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Germany) from River & Rowing Museum historian Christopher Dodd , author of the new book, Pieces of Eight . Add to this mix an in-depth look at 'everything you wanted to know–but were afraid to ask the boat rep–about buying your very own single,' including interviews with Beijing Olympians Tom Paradiso  and  Eric Mur...

The first issue of Volume 19 of Rowing News is on its way, and we're getting 2012 started right with a ton of content, including interviews with Mike Teti (discussing the progress at the men's eight camp at CRC), Meghan O'Leary (UVa multisport varsity athlete, who began rowing in 2010 and is now training at the Olympic selection camp), Tom Paradiso  (Beijing Olympian and four-time world medalist) on coaching the start sequence, Canadian Olympian Jason Dorland on his new book, Chariots and Horses , and Eric Murray of Rowing New Zealand (see video above) along with Peter Dreissigacker and Meredith Haff of Concept2 regarding Eric's recent 60-minute world record on the new C2 Dynamic erg(o) . Combine all this with a new 'Crossing the Line' column with Josh Crosby , and features about the history of rowing technology, and a fantastic piece with Malta Boat Club's  Fred Duling by writer Jen Whiting, and you've got a great start to an Olympic year. T...