wow, this is so true. People don’t do sports just because..it’s any old sport..or because its something to do when you’re bored..people play sports for the satisfaction of playing it.

Excellent description of the love for your sport. I gotta ask you about the terminology though, especially “catching crabs?”

thank you!!
“catching a crab” is when you over-feather, or turn your blade too much so that it ends up getting caught in the water. its actually really dangerous because one, it obviously slows the boat down and two, it can potentially throw the rower out of the boat. i’ve gotten quite a few bruises from catching crabs. it shouldn’t happen that often though, if you’re an experienced rower.