Rose City Rowing Club: Gift Ideas for Rowers Heart-Rate Monitor A heart-rate monitor is great to help a rower during their workout, it helps them keep at an "aerobic" level according to their workout plan. They strap to the wrist like a watch, and they are not that expensive (some prices begin below $30.00). Cox Box The perfect gift for your coxswain-his or her own cox box! $509 from Nielsen-Kellerman www.nkhome.com Apparel Boathouse Sports Outfit your athlete in popular USRowing gear! www.boathousecrewshop.com/usrowing Rose City Rowing Club Contact Lynn for more information about what is available and to palce an order [email protected] Jewelry and Art Whirling Girl Made in the northwest, Whirling Girl is the premier place to purchase rowing jewelry and art. www.whirlinggirl.com Magazines Rowing News The one and only monthly subscription that covers news in the rowing world $50 for one year; www.rowingnews.com Rowing Movies Miracle at Oxford (DVD only-1996) Miracle at Oxford (1996) (a/k/a "True Blue") - DVD Only The inspirational account of a team rising to meet the ultimate challenge of winning back its honor! To Oxford University, "The Boat Race" – the intensely competitive annual rowing competition between Oxford and Cambridge -- is more important than the Olympics. So when Oxford's long winning streak ends in humiliating defeat, they vow victory the next year at all costs. But the method they choose threatens to tear the team apart. Now facing extreme pressure, they must rally together to achieve their one common goal -– restore the pride of Oxford! The Boy in Blue (DVD only-1986) Starring a very young Nicolas Cage with veteran actor Christopher Plummer, a young Canadian who becomes a world class rower at the time of the invention of the sliding seat. It has lots on intrigue, betrayal, and redemption on the Thames Oxford Blues (1984) - DVD Only Description: A young American hustler (a young Rob Lowe) falls in love with a British gal (Ally Sheedy), and follows her to England where he cons his way into Oxford so he can be with her. But he only finds acceptance, and peace with himself (and the heart of his girl) when he discovers and excels at rowing. Rowing Books College Rowing Scholarship Book For a junior rower who is considering rowing in college, this book is a must. It provides lots of practical information from rowers and parents who have actually been through the college recruitment process. Rowing Against the Current: On Learning to Scull at Forty by Barry Strauss A Cornell history professor sees a "learn to row" sign, and decides to take the plunge. Strauss makes the sport sound grueling and romantic; painful and rewarding. The Amateurs: the Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal David Halberstram Pulitzer-prize winning author Halbestram focuses on the rowers of the 1984 Olympics single sculls trials to try to answer the question: What drives rowers to endure physical pain known to no other sport, and with little hope of financial reward or fame except among their fellow rowers? An Out-of-Boat Experience by Peter Mallory A culmination of forty years of rowing and coaching experience, and "epic journey full of peaks and valleys, occasionally tragic, often hilarious." The Shell Game: Reflections on Rowing and the Pursuit of Excellence by Stephen Kiesling A personal history of rowing in eights, especially the experiences of rowing in the Yale-Harvard race, the Henley Royal Regatta, selection camps for the National and Olympic teams. A peek into the minds and hearts of "this weirdly fanatical sport". Water's Edge: Women Who Push the Limits in Rowing, Kayaking and Canoeing Ten chapters, each devoted to a female athlete with incredible accomplishments on the water, including a chapter on Ernestine Bayer and another on the local Seattle club "Martha's Moms" - who remarked after trouncing a collegiate men's team: "It sure beats watching the grandkids." Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimed by Sara Hall An elegant and moving memoir of how the author simultaneously fell in love with rowing and began moving away from a suffocating marriage, and went on to compete in, and win, masters Championship regattas. "There is no greater terror or joy than to take the whole sum of who you are and express it in four minutes", she writes. Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing by Craig Lambert A graceful reflection on rowing, part memoir, part narrative, part celebration. "The superficial journey here is over water; the real one is internal." The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water by Daniel J. Boyne An exhilarating story of the early days of the U.S. women's national rowing team, detailing the obstacles faced by women in what was then a male- dominated sport. Four Men in a Boat: The Inside Story of the Sydney 2000 Coxless Four Rory Ross and Tim foster Matthew Pinsett: A Lifetime in a Boat With his last-gasp victory as part of the Great British coxless four team at the 2004 Athens Olympics, British rower Matthew Pinsent clinched an historic fourth Olympic Gold medal. In this uniquely exciting and evocative autobiography, Pinsent interweaves the build-up to Athens 2004 with the extraordinary story of his career and unforgettable rowing partnership. Plucked from obscurity at the age of 20, told to partner his hero, Redgrave, and trained to within an inch of his life, Pinsent's story is uniquely revealing about what it takes to be a champion and the mixed blessings of success. Culminating with a nail-biting final chapter detailing the team's extraordinary victory in Athens in blow-by-blow detail, A Lifetime in a Race is a sports book in a different mould. A Golden Age: Steve Redgrave, the Autobiography Steve Redgrave has won a record-breaking four Olympic gold medals and eight world championships for his spectacular rowing achievements, and is consequently regarded with awe by rivals, crew-mates and top sportsmen alike. Now, at the age of 38, Steve is bidding to win an unprecedented fifth gold medal at Sydney. Win or lose, it will mark the end of a remarkable twenty-three year long career. This autobiography discusses Redgrave's partnerships, the difficulty of maintaining a balanced family life, and the strain of battling against the odds with the debilitating diseases of both colitis and diabetes. Ernestine Bayer: Mother of US Women's Rowing An inspiring portrait of Ernestine Bayer, the matriarch of women rowers, who continued to race well into her 90's (she died in Sept. 2006). Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D This book describes the dietary balance and specific foods shown to be optimal for athletes from recreational exercisers to Olympic hopefuls, citing supporting studies. Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition Anita Bean "A really excellent manual/reference work: lucid, thorough, sound and readily accessible" (from a review by Coaching News). Endurance Sports Nutrition Suzanne Girard Eberle This book will help you select the best foods, fluids, and supplements to train longer, recover more quickly, avoid injuries, and achieve your performance goals in any endurance endeavor. The Female Athlete's Body Book : How to Prevent and Treat Sports Injuries in Women and Girls Gloria Biem & Ruth Winter "This is one of the most readable books on being a female athlete. There is information in this book not found in any other text. Dr. Beim is an accomplished surgeon, mom and author. I would recommend this for all ages of girls and moms interested in sports. This information is for the non- professional as well as the professional athlete. This a great book...Worth every dime."(Review from Amazon.com) The Female Athlete: Train for Success Matt Brzycki Six respected experts in the field of strength training and athlete development have come together to create this comprehensive and user- friendly guide to increasing female athletic performance. Appropriate for the weekend athlete as well as the elite, this book is free from the technical jargon that makes many serious training books unpalatable to the average reader, including an entire chapter that addresses the common questions that most women have when entering the weight room or beginning a new sport. Edited and reprinted with permission from Brookridge Associates, Inc. .