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Minnie33
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Location: Ilsan, South Korea
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 Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: Rowing in Korea |
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| Does anyone know of a ex-pat rowing club here? |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I rowed in university...never seen a club here though. |
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RedRob
Joined: 07 Jul 2003
Location: Narnia
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| What a cool idea, that would be a great way to get fit and meet people. (you generally row in 4's and 8's right?) |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:50 am Post subject: |
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You mean rowing a boat?
I was rowing a boat with 2 big ores attached to the boat with spinner pins 2 weeks ago on a lake back in the US and thought, "I need to do this some more to improve my health and well being."
I don't honestly know what is in Korea for boating and canoing activities. It would be good to have Koreans to ask, but the Koreans I know just simply don't know much about anything I would be interested in since they are young women raising kids and teaching school who don't do extra curricular activities of any sort.
There are clubs for everything from fishing to golf, but none of it is in English and is difficult to understand; what, when, and where. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Rowing in Korea |
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| Minnie33 wrote: |
| Does anyone know of a ex-pat rowing club here? |
Nope. I've been to the Olympic canoeing/rowing course and took out a scull for a bit, but it was too far to go for it to be a regular thing. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
You mean rowing a boat?
I was rowing a boat with 2 big ores attached to the boat with spinner pins 2 weeks ago on a lake back in the US and thought, "I need to do this some more to improve my health and well being."
I don't honestly know what is in Korea for boating and canoing activities. It would be good to have Koreans to ask, but the Koreans I know just simply don't know much about anything I would be interested in since they are young women raising kids and teaching school who don't do extra curricular activities of any sort.
There are clubs for everything from fishing to golf, but none of it is in English and is difficult to understand; what, when, and where. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_rowing
I was a bowman. That's why I bow wowow all the time...like the dog I am.
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The rower closest to the bow of the boat, is usually called either "bow" or the "bowman". In coxless boats, the bowman is often responsible for giving calls to the crew. The bow pair of bow and "two", who are the two rowers closest to the boat's bow, are more responsible for the stability (called "set") and the direction of the boat than any other pair of rowers, and are often very technical rowers. The bow of a stern-coxed boat is subject to the greatest amount of pitching, requiring the bow pair to be adaptable and quick in their movements.
Boats that are bow coxed rely on communication between the bowman and the cox - as the cox cannot see boats coming up from behind. Bowmen tend to be the smallest of the rowers in the boat. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, rowing rocks for a total workout and rowers along with wrestlers are the most completely fit of athletes.
If you want to go rowing, you have to go to Misari, a basin where the Olympic events were held. Go to the end of line 5 and then taxi/bus it for ten min. It's east along the Han. You can rent sculls/kayaks.
I brought my Concept erg and it keeps me occupied, don't get on the water. Don't dare by an erg here, it'll cost you a fortune. But you can easily bring one here (I did) and I only paid $34 dollars oversized luggage fee and carried the flywheel on as carry on...
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| ddeubel wrote: |
| Yeah, rowing rocks for a total workout and rowers along with wrestlers are the most completely fit of athletes. |
I was national level back home, and it amuses me to no end having the ajosshis in the gym telling me I'm using the rowing machine incorrectly, then watching them demonstrate their prowess... they are a crippling accident waiting to happen.
Challenge them to a race, and kick their ass... great fun.
I never thought to bring my erg with me... never occured to me I could do it cheaply. I'd prefer to bring my resistance erg instead of my regular one, but there's just no room in my apartment for it. |
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