DieselGeek Panzer Plate – JSW

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on January 1, 2015

Installed the DieselGeek Panzer plate on our 2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI today. Great product.

Trek District with Mods

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on November 25, 2013

Head of the South – 2013

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on November 10, 2013

Savannah River, Augusta, GA

Event	Rower	Raw Time	Delta	Blackwood
Championship 1x	Weirich	18m 10s 660ms	-1m 1s 500ms	19m 12s 160ms
Championship 1x	Long	18m 16s 160ms	-0m 56s 0ms	19m 12s 160ms
Championship 1x	Tresansky	18m 34s 210ms	-0m 37s 950ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	O’Brien	18m 51s 470ms	-0m 20s 690ms	19m 12s 160ms
Lightweight 1x	Perrin	18m 54s 170ms	-0m 17s 990ms	19m 12s 160ms
Championship 1x	Getsinger	18m 58s 330ms	-0m 13s 830ms	19m 12s 160ms
Championship 1x	Mazzotta	19m 8s 380ms	-0m 3s 780ms	19m 12s 160ms
Lightweight 1x	Blackwood	19m 12s 160ms	0m 0s 0ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Fedoriw	19m 15s 710ms	0m 3s 550ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Giles	19m 25s 620ms	0m 13s 460ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Wiegman	19m 33s 840ms	0m 21s 680ms	19m 12s 160ms
Youth Lightweight 1x	Perrin	19m 34s 40ms	0m 21s 880ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Montgomery	19m 47s 880ms	0m 35s 720ms	19m 12s 160ms
Youth Lightweight 1x	Orndorf	19m 53s 280ms	0m 41s 120ms	19m 12s 160ms
Championship 1x	Berger	19m 55s 700ms	0m 43s 540ms	19m 12s 160ms
Championship 1x	Hays	20m 5s 700ms	0m 53s 540ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	D’Italia	20m 14s 390ms	1m 2s 230ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Hayes	20m 17s 240ms	1m 5s 80ms	19m 12s 160ms
Youth Lightweight 1x	Powshok	20m 18s 320ms	1m 6s 160ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Jansen	20m 30s 250ms	1m 18s 90ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Walthall	20m 31s 980ms	1m 19s 820ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Kannapell	20m 32s 820ms	1m 20s 660ms	19m 12s 160ms
Youth Lightweight 1x	Menon	20m 37s 930ms	1m 25s 770ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Denny	20m 42s 920ms	1m 30s 760ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Andrews	20m 50s 830ms	1m 38s 670ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Schreiner	21m 10s 490ms	1m 58s 330ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	DiCrescenzo	21m 11s 830ms	1m 59s 670ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Tirella	21m 20s 10ms	2m 7s 850ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Barker	21m 26s 770ms	2m 14s 610ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Glover	21m 38s 160ms	2m 26s 0ms	19m 12s 160ms
Youth Lightweight 1x	Henson	21m 38s 910ms	2m 26s 750ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Dombrowski	21m 52s 270ms	2m 40s 110ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Schiffli	22m 20s 370ms	3m 8s 210ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Houston	22m 20s 410ms	3m 8s 250ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Groth	22m 37s 220ms	3m 25s 60ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Elkazzaz	23m 6s 620ms	3m 54s 460ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Feaster	23m 41s 330ms	4m 29s 170ms	19m 12s 160ms
Junior 1x	Jordan	23m 42s 800ms	4m 30s 640ms	19m 12s 160ms
Masters 1x	Brown	27m 52s 40ms	8m 39s 880ms	19m 12s 160ms

Mid October Row

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on October 12, 2013

WV Youth Symphony – Spring Concert

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on May 6, 2013

Charleston, WV – May 5, 2013

Videos on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/drandrewblackwood

Clemson Rowing 03.16.2013

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on March 17, 2013

Clemson, SC – I had a nice, short day officiating races in Clemson, SC. I was Chief Judge (finish line). Great course, great LOC, and great officiating crew.

Competitors included:

Clemson University
Syracuse University
Indiana University
Boston University
Purdue University

Race schedule:

8:20 am 1st Varsity 8
8:40 am 2nd Varsity 8
9:00 am 1st Varsity 4
9:20 am 1st Novice 8
9:35 am 2nd Varsity 4
9:50 am 2nd Novice 8

Clemson Rowing

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on March 14, 2013

I’ll be in Clemson, SC, to officiate the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing races on March 16, 2013.

Watch live.

Competitors include:

Clemson University
Syracuse University
Indiana University
Boston University
Purdue University

Tentative schedule:

8:20 am 1^st Varsity 8
8:40 am 2^nd Varsity 8
9:00 am 1^st Varsity 4
9:20 am 1^st Novice 8
9:35 am 2^nd Varsity 4
9:50 am 2^nd Novice 8

Races from March 9, 2013 – video feed.

Archive – 2013-01-08

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on January 11, 2013

Matt, Neale, Andy, and Kim

A new collection of scanned photos from the Blackwood Family Archive was recently posted to http://photos.andrewblackwood.us.

Click for a direct link.

Concept2 Dynamic Erg

Posted by Andrew Blackwood on January 3, 2013

I’ve added the Concept2 Dynamic Erg to my home gym.

First Impressions (based on my inaugural 10 km row):

As designed, the rowing stroke involves virtually no movement of the rower’s center of gravity. This is the biggest change from the traditional C2 indoor rower and is the basis of its design. This has several advantages:
- Ability to row at higher rates (32 spm compared with 26 spm).
- Less stress at the catch as you start the drive.
- Ability to push hard through the finish without ‘anticipating’ the finish.
Because the rower no longer generates momentum moving toward the catch, compression (reach) is less pronounced and more closely approximates on the water rowing.

More to come.