Turn up the cox box

"Crew is life ... everything else is just details."

[whatsupcoxie]

Germany

“Dude, I think we’re too synchronized.”

[whatsupcoxie]

Hey guys!

There’s a store that makes rowing jewelries its really awesome they also make sports and everything else themed jewelries. Most of them are hand crafted. I would be posting some pictures on here.

They set up stalls at Stotes and Nationals but we can also buy online.

[whatsupcoxie]

Germany

“Dude, I think we’re too synchronized.”

[eat-sleep-row-repeat]

Coaches be like:

[eat-sleep-row-repeat]

Coaches be like:

[urbankamikaze]

That’s the thing about rowing.

You always have the option to quit. 

With 750 to go you are totally allowed to say “fuck this" 

Get off the erg.

And never look back.

But every rower I’ve ever met has something to prove. Whether it’s to their team, their coach, their parents, or themselves. They have to prove that they are stronger than they think. 

That’s the thing about rowing. It proves that just because you have the opportunity to give up, doesn’t mean you will. 

[whatsupcoxie]

The start is my favorite part.

Rowing to the starting blocks, all the tension, the stress, the nerves. There’s a thousand things going through your mind.

As a coxswain, you’d be thinking about your calls, about what you’re gonna say, how to motivate them, reminding yourself not to oversteer, thinking its on you to keep your course straight to cut even a hundredth of a second off your time. You need your rowers as much as they need you.

As a rower, you’d be thinking about your form, about your training, about what you  want and how you’re gonna get it. You’ve been working for this, you want all your hard work to pay off. You know you don’t mind the blisters, calluses and sore muscles. You know you’re gonna pull for everyone in that boat and everyone who got you to where you are now.

Together, all of you visualize your race. You want to show-off to your coach who’s watching your race from the shore, not breathing and just wishing he or she could pull you to the finish line as fast as they can. You all have the same goals and want the same thing. To win and to make everyone proud. 

As the boats line up at the stakeboats, everything goes away. You sit there in silence waiting for the names to be called. Finally, the countdown begins. Beep, you know you can do this, you’ve been working for this. Beep, you know what you want and what your goal is, you know you have the ability to get there. Beep! This is it.

[jewsquats]

repeat after me: i can and i will. i may not get there right away. i may fail multiple or even hundreds of times. but i am going to pick myself back up and eventually get to the point i want to be at in my life.

[nbcsports]

Boat ‘Tug of War”

[whatsupcoxie]

When the other coxswain calls a power 10 2 seconds after you called it

[whatsupcoxie]

How coxswains really are most of the time

[whatsupcoxie]

I don't even know what to say. Just watch it guys..

:13 - A boat straight up rows into a pier, knocking someone overboard

:21 - A boat is seemingly stuck on land

:40 - An aimlessly adrift boat gets in another's way, prompting angry mothers to yell "assholes!" and "you RUINED IT for them!"

1:00 - Two boats are just chilling in the middle of the course after they got in each other's way

1:00 to 1:40 - Apparently it takes a Herculean effort to disengage two boats

1:45 - Phew, they're finally disengaged

1:50 - OH GOD THEY DISENGAGED INTO THE PATH OF A THIRD BOAT!

2:10 - A kid gets clocked in the head by another boat's oar

2:27 - A boat has to slow down after realizing they're running into land

2:38 - They avoid the land, but run into what looks like a hanging orange trash bag

2:45 - Some guy sums up the race with an anguished, "oh no, again?!" as two boats run into each other

[therowinglife]

[dont-rock-the-row-boat]

I watch House of Cards and this makes me so uncomfortable…

[edward-norton-antivirus]

what the sweet fuck you aint gonna run a damn country with that fucking form

[justfineonthetop-deactivated201]

I am a coxswain.

[9thseat]

I get up for morning practice

even though I don’t get the workout.

I plan your races and steer you true

even though I cross the finish line last.

I make sure you make it to the finish line quickly and safely,

though I never get the credit. 

I watch your steps

when you can’t see them yourself.

I am the first man in and the last man out. 

I do this all for you, rowers. So we can win. 

Never take your coxswain for granted. We care deeply for our rowers, more than you guys know.

[oar-head-deactivated20151113]

Coxing is a hell a lot harder than it looks.

It’s hard to get used to port and starboard being on opposite sides.

You get weird little calluses on your thumbs.

Your rowing calluses never really go away.

You suddenly realize everything you ever did wrong as a rower and immediately regret not...

[jboi63]

We are in this just as much as rowers

[rowingsoundsfun]

When coxswains try to comfort their rowers after a bad erg