RowingChat with Nikos Gkountoulas Coastal Rowing Coach

Advertisements

Nikos is the leading world Coastal Rowing coach and former flat-water rowing Olympian.  He works with his twin brother,

Thessaloniki Coastal Rowing Club, Nikos, Rowing, Rowperfect Thessaloniki Coastal Rowing Club

Apostolis to promote all types of rowing in Greece. His move from 2k rowing into Coastal and Beach Sprint Rowing is an opportunity he thinks other athletes could enjoy.  In this interview we run through the different types of equipment and race formats and why he hopes many rowing clubs will start to offer more recreational rowing and grow a community around all forms of rowing and racing.

Listen to RowingChat with Nikos on Soundcloud

Timestamps to the interview

01:00 Introduction and background in rowing

04:00 The recent history of rowing in Greece

08:00 FISA support for Greek rowing

11:00 Rowing with your twin brother – the fights and the friendship

13:00 Twins with identical erg scores

15:00 Moving to Ocean rowing – who was the New Zealander girls coastal 2x Nikos met at Istanbul Airport in 2011?

16:00 Coastal Rowing boats and oars

22:00 Steering an ocean rowing boat

24:00 Goal for Greek coastal rowing

26:00 World Championships provide boats for competitors

31:00 Beach Sprint Rowing – new format for racing started by Guin Batten

34:00 Asian Beach Games includes beach rowing races

41: Bronze medal in World Coastal Rowing Championships

45:00 Rowing camp in Vietnam

51:00 Thessaloniki Rowing Club adds ocean rowing training group

54:00 How can a rowing club add coastal rowing boats?

Connect with Nikos at Thessaloniki Rowing Club

Watch RowingChat with Nikos Gkountoulas on YouTube

Advertisements

Subscribe to our Newsletter for more information:

Our Rowing Network

Did you like this post? Support this blog and our network by donating

Feel like Rowing again? Visit the Shop at coastal-boats.eu!

Shop
Accessories, equipment, boats, clothing

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Posts

Oliver Zeidler on RowingChat

Oliver Zeidler is the sculling phenomenon racing for Germany as their single sculler, in his second year after learning to row! Oliver Zeidler Germany 1x.Photo

Read More »

Whether it’s sports, nutrition or equipment, you’ll find what you’re looking for in one of these categories

Categories

Everything about rowing – browse through our large archive or search for articles of your choice

Archive

Search Blog

Search

Rowing Network

Do you like our posts? Support this blog and our network by donating

Newsletter

Get all latest content and news!