Elk Lake

Editor’s Letter

Happy New Year and welcome to our 40th issue

Bulletin

Bits and pieces from around the world of rowing

McFly and Carlito

Photography by Keryan Sorton/Red Bull

Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2021

Photography by Atlantic Campaigns

Stick or Twist: Sir Steve’s Itchy Feet

Has five-time Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave’s Chinese dream grown stale?

Cambridge vs HMRC

FTT favours Cambridge in boathouse tax dispute

Martin Helseth: A Deep Dive

Rowing’s poster boy for sustainability

Matt Smith Exit the ‘Rowing Guy’

Matt Smith hangs up his oar at World Rowing on 31 December

How to Wake a Sleeping Giant?

Amanda Kraus, one year in

The Wright Move

Ian Wright returns to Swiss rowing

Head Coach Puspure

Sanita Puspure pursuing Corkonian coaching career

Olympians At Oxbridge

The 2022 Boat Race squads are teeming with Olympic talent

Trial Eights

Omicron virus catches women while men return to the Tideway

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Training for the unusual 1.5km distance of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic rowing venue

Laura Goodkind: Game, Set, Match

US Paralympian on health, homelessness, and identity

Sustainable Eating for Athletes

Balancing a diet that is healthy and nutrient packed enough to deliver results while also being kind to the environment and sustainable

New Stewards

Henley Royal Regatta welcomes three new Stewards

Last Word

Q&A Tim Brys, 29, from Ghent, Belgium competed