Beach Crew Buzz — September 2026
IN THIS ISSUE
Summer camp opens the season
Week of Welcome brings in 56 recruits
The team at the Week of Welcome booth on the CSULB campus.
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Beach Crew Summer Camp Kicks off the Season
Beach Crew opened the new rowing season with a weeklong summer camp from August 17 to 21 that brought 52 returning rowers back together. Coaches Scott Erwin, Riley Hobbs, Mia Monsour and Kelly Hurley hosted. Rowers got back on the water after a summer off and sharpened their skills in small boats.
Camp was about more than time on the water. After one morning practice the team gathered for breakfast. Later in the week the men’s and women’s teams came together for dinner on the boathouse wash deck, where many of the men shared their “whys”, the reasons they row and the goals they hope to reach this season.
Breakfast after a morning practice at summer camp.
The teams eat together during camp week.
Week of Welcome and Orientation
Following the summer camp, the team jumped into a busy and enthusiastic Week of Welcome on September 2 and 3. The CSULB campus event gives students the chance to explore booths featuring campus resources, clubs and organizations. Returning rowers volunteered at the booth, handed out flyers, spoke with students and encouraged potential recruits to join the team. With rowers on the booth for two days straight, Beach Crew spread the word about the team across campus.
The Beach Crew banner drew students in for two days straight.
Rowers handing out flyers between classes.
On Saturday September 5, new rowers saw the Pete Archer Rowing Center for the first time at orientation. 56 recruits showed up, a sign of how well the Week of Welcome had gone. They were split into groups with many returning rowers and moved from station to station, viewing and handling equipment including boats and oars, pulling an erg for the first time, and using the dock boxes, which helped them simulate the feeling of rowing on the water.
Dock boxes let a recruit feel the stroke before ever leaving the dock.
A recruit takes a turn on a dock box while two others watch.
First practice came Tuesday September 8, the day after Labor Day, and 50 of those 56 recruits showed up bright and early for the 5:15 am start. They spent the first few days on land learning how to use the ergs and practicing at the dock boxes before getting on the water later in the week.
The erg room on one of the first mornings, 5:15 am.
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