my friends are all really into rowing, they go to henley, charles, etc. they're all at some regatta down in portland right now. most of my friends row for greenlake crew in seattle, and a few others row at mount baker crew too.
i rowed at greenlake for one summer but didn't like it all that much so i quit. i'm glad i did, it has the potential to be the most time consuming activity in the world.
one of my friends has ns, i'll get him to post on this thread.