ROWING.ZONE | IanRandall | Activity https://www.rowing.zone/members/ianrandall/activity/ Activity feed for IanRandall. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:25:46 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.18.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 b74eb7511b8e54cfc631e619437d03c0 IanRandall posted a new post. https://www.rowing.zone/?p=1663 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 03:44:05 +0000 Science of Rowing Annual Conference

My Rowing Friends, I have been invited to be the opening speaker on Day 2 of the Science of Rowing annual conference | Artificial Intelligence…

]]> 0 b2336caa0668b0ebc8c46f147b4ee2b1 IanRandall posted a new post. https://www.rowing.zone/?p=1618 Mon, 19 May 2025 06:41:01 +0000
Blade design, science and innovation

This is for rowers and coaches who are interested in maximising performance AND who are open to exploring design innovation to achieve better results. If…

]]> 0 f61266eb82421b0ff7239dfd8c0a2c26 IanRandall and Levi are now connected https://www.rowing.zone/news-feed/p/817/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:48:21 +0000 0 5b9834f3472a71c4ad66907ea553e34b IanRandall started the discussion New Research - Meat in the Machine in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/new-research-meat-in-the-machine/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:22:32 +0000 New Research - Meat in the Machine

New Research in Rowing – Meat in the Machine

Caption – Example of the sagittal and transverse rowing positions on the Biorower and Concept2 ergometers at the catch and finish instants (left and right panels).

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The Ergometer Fallacy

*** Note to Editor: Feature Image: do you have any images of junior rowers on rowing machines? Title: The Ergometer Fallacy ***insert image Rowing Machine Meme*** “Correlation does not imply causation” is one of the pillars of pseudo-scientific myth-busting and … Continue reading

]]> a64251274105f2c705f12b3650f96ff7 IanRandall started the discussion High Priests and Pilgrims in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/high-priests-and-pilgrims/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:04:00 +0000 High Priests and Pilgrims

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Junior Rowing News #3 Title: High Priests and Pilgrims [...insert image of HRR https://www.vision4sport.com/henley-royal-regatta…] “He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them”… read Sir Steven Redgrave from the Gospel of Mark at the annual … Continue reading

]]> db55cd54cd205af325684eb91afad948 IanRandall started the discussion Croker Oars, Flutes and Copywrite in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/croker-oars-flutes-and-copywrite/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:02:01 +0000 Croker Oars, Flutes and Copywrite

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]]> 68dac293bd01497af463eb2fc6fb6b8f IanRandall started the discussion Coach, do we have a problem here? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/coach-do-we-have-a-problem-here/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:59:57 +0000 Coach, do we have a problem here?

This is a link to a pre-publication version of an article published by Junior Rowing News

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Do we have a coaching problem here?

The House of Lords asked, “Coach, do we have a problem here?” “Rowing coaches by nature know our athletes are doing all this work, putting in all this physical effort, we owe it to them to put them in the … Continue reading

]]> 5784f10acbb0816ee1af35fbbf6063b7 IanRandall started the discussion Concept 2's Next Innovation in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/concept-2s-next-innovation/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:58:34 +0000 Concept 2's Next Innovation

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Concept 2’s Next Innovation

Title: Concept 2’s Next Innovation When you hear a lead engineer from Concept 2 say “the best thing about the Vortex strip is that it protects the blade from damage” you start to think that something has changed at Concept … Continue reading

]]> 2e298a014a722178da754c135843e5cb IanRandall started the discussion A window into Rowing Australia in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/a-window-into-rowing-australia/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:56:59 +0000 A window into Rowing Australia

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A Window into Rowing Australia

Title: A Window into Rowing Australia A recent report by Dr Tony Rice, Lead Scientist at Rowing Australia, points to something baffling going on within Rowing Australia. [Link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M1FikVCDmjgLYT3sYW4fM2bdYVgN9SgcYQTW1x6xsX4/edit?usp=sharing] It tells of a botche...

]]> b8afc24e00dc106e9058cc8a6e764f60 IanRandall started the discussion (not) Rowing with Jason Osbourne in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/not-rowing-with-jason-osbourne/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:55:21 +0000 (not) Rowing with Jason Osbourne

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]]> 7936bc6f0a3b0933e54b8433175895c2 IanRandall started the discussion The Dead Biomechanics Society in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/the-dead-biomechanics-society/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 21:26:13 +0000 The Dead Biomechanics Society

This is a link to a prepublication version of an article published by Junior Rowing News.

This article has become one of my most visited.

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The Dead Biomechanics Society

The Dead Biomechanics Society “Good morning class. Please sit down. Open your textbooks to the chapter titled: ROWING BIOMECHANICS. I want you to rip it out. You heard me. . . rip it all out. I want to hear ripping!” … Continue reading

]]> 4688d1e36273e32e517f5276f2d1308d IanRandall started the discussion Rowing is War! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/rowing-is-war/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 21:22:40 +0000 Rowing is War!

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Title: Rowing is War

Title: Rowing is War! ***Insert Image/Title - “The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up” (1838) William Turner*** I have often taught my Australian art students about the well-known painting by William Turner “The Fighting Temeraire” … Continue reading

]]> e37b760a6335d3dd7c6cf401243366f5 IanRandall started the discussion Scientific Paper - University of Porto - in the forum Randallfoil exchange forum (official) https://www.rowing.zone/groups/randallfoil-exchange-forum-official/forum/discussions/scientific-paper-university-of-porto/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:25:20 +0000 Scientific Paper - University of Porto -

Int J Sports Med 2023 Dec;44(14):1043-1048. doi: 10.1055/a-1990-9787. Epub 2022 Nov 30.

Mechanics and Energetic Analysis of Rowing with Big Blades with Randall Foils

Ricardo Cardoso 1 2, Manoel Rios 1 2, Diogo Carvalho 1 2, Ana Sofia Monteiro 1 2, Susana Soares 1 2, J Arturo Abraldes 3, Beatriz B Gomes 4, João Paulo Vilas-Boas 1 2, Ricardo J Fernandes 1 2

]]> 119c1f325320bec00a259401dd737d00 IanRandall started the discussion RANDALLfoil - First Video in the forum Randallfoil exchange forum (official) https://www.rowing.zone/groups/randallfoil-exchange-forum-official/forum/discussions/randallfoil-first-video/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:19:57 +0000 RANDALLfoil - First Video

]]> 55fd713913aecd4c001d208438c54cc1 IanRandall started the discussion Martino Goretti - 2019 World Championship - Watch All Races in the forum Randallfoil exchange forum (official) https://www.rowing.zone/groups/randallfoil-exchange-forum-official/forum/discussions/martino-goretti-2019-world-championship-watch-all-races/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:18:20 +0000 Martino Goretti - 2019 World Championship - Watch All Races

]]> 3c1a5deee9740f100663ca604212a321 IanRandall started the discussion Martino Goretti - Interview in the forum Randallfoil exchange forum (official) https://www.rowing.zone/groups/randallfoil-exchange-forum-official/forum/discussions/martino-goretti/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:15:24 +0000 Martino Goretti - Interview

Martino Goretti 2019 World Champion – Interview

]]> 67ef7033076402fef5b6c20f18e81900 IanRandall started the discussion Installation Guide in the forum Randallfoil exchange forum (official) https://www.rowing.zone/groups/randallfoil-exchange-forum-official/forum/discussions/installation-pdf/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:12:15 +0000 Installation Guide

How to Install RANDALLfoils

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]]> 160f7e57855aa138d461acd4deaa13b8 IanRandall started the discussion The Ergometer Fallacy, Ian Randall in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/the-ergometer-fallacy-ian-randall/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:04:48 +0000 The Ergometer Fallacy, Ian Randall

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The Ergometer Fallacy

The Ergometer Fallacy ***insert image Rowing Machine Meme*** "Correlation does not imply causation" is one of the pillars of pseudo-scientific myth-busting and refers to the ridiculous cause-and-effect conclusions that so many people make. This is commonly known as the Correlation … Continue reading

]]> 1d744ccde7000ada54866d044d52acb4 IanRandall started the discussion Women in Rowing: Are Times Changing? Ian Randall in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/women-in-rowing-are-times-changing-ian-randall/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:58:57 +0000 Women in Rowing: Are Times Changing? Ian Randall

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Women as "Innovation"

Working title Women "as" Innovation By Ian Randall Thanks to the FIFA Women's World Cup, Australia has discovered women's sport "as" sport and not some replica or a lesser variation. It is hard to describe it as anything other than … Continue reading

]]> 26f9a9ef7e506966592efa61499f5d53 IanRandall started the discussion Zen and the Art of Innovation, Ian Randall in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD https://www.rowing.zone/forums/discussion/zen-and-the-art-of-innovation-ian-randall/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:51:40 +0000 Zen and the Art of Innovation, Ian Randall

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Zen and the Art of Innovation - Rule 29

Zen and the Art of Innovation - Rule 29 Image: Oliver Zeidler in Australia testing an early Randall foil Prototype (2018) Have you ever looked at the logo for World Rowing? It is the symbol of the Enso from Zen … Continue reading

]]> 1c35f43a11389b080418b6fd20e37090 IanRandall posted an update in the group Randallfoil exchange forum (official): https://www.rowing.zone/news-feed/p/479/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:12:45 +0000 0 d01557a069bdbf1c569af5feddcaebd3 IanRandall joined the group Randallfoil exchange forum (official) https://www.rowing.zone/news-feed/p/475/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:05:41 +0000 0 7ca7f029f7d3a259fd3395548dcf0239 IanRandall became a registered member https://www.rowing.zone/news-feed/p/473/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 06:38:31 +0000 0