Gige Darey was one of the original Josh paddlers back in September 1977.  I met with him to talk about that first day.  He remembers it as being a sunny day, but two days before that were not so nice and windy.  He remembers because he had to put the buoys out on […]

Patty ….sorry, don’t have a picture….don’t know the year but it was WAY back.  My Dad, Richard Hardy, has been gone several years and this is back when i still lived in Lenox with my folks on Walker St. near Kimball Stables….. So….36+ years ago.

He smoked a pipe in the era […]

I have two Josh stories — my favorite, however, is about my late brother-in-law and one of my best friends, Jim Henry.  Jim lost an arm when he was 22 years old, in a factory accident.  He became a great cyclist, even though he hadn’t been a biker before his accident.  He won […]

For Tim – 

Tim Darbe loved the Josh Billings and looked forward to it each year.  The third annual was his first Josh and he competed in about 36.  In the early Josh days, we spent more time thinking up team names than we did training.  One year was the Esoteric Midnight […]

As a 40th birthday gift, my wife Susan got me a set of custom wheels, lovingly crafted by Tom Martin at Ordinary Cycles.  Bladed titanium spokes, aero rims–fast and beautiful.  They were sturdy enough for daily use, but fast and light enough for racing.  I spent the summer putting miles on those wheels and paddling […]

It was the fall of 1988, and as had become a tradition, it was time to register for the Josh.  I was the team captain and I reached out to our group from the year before and confirmed that they were eager to compete again.  This would be my 8th year and I was looking forward […]