#15 Rowing Personalities...Every Club Has One

We're not quite sure what it is about the sport of rowing, but it seems to attract some very unique personalities. Every club has them, they are normally a constant source of entertainment, frustration and are usually the butt of most jokes. Below are the typical rowing characters that you love to hate:

1) The Crazy One - This is person is typically known around the club for their unusual social and obsessive behavior, their unexpected outbursts, their bizarre outlook on the sport of rowing, and their complete disregard for their surroundings, which leads to many damages. Despite the crazy person's flaws, they have the ability to unleash their craziness in a race and because of that you want this person in your boat.

2) The D-Bag - This person is smart, good looking and unfortunately a TOTAL D-BAG. You'll typically find this person claiming to train way more than they actually are, lying about their erg scores, trying to sleep with any girl that will have them and always talking about themselves. They are a cocky and egotistical person, who will not help others and can't own up to their own mistakes. They are the know-it-all of every boat and yet have no results to back it up. From time to time you take sympathy upon this person because you see a good side to them and then immediately regret it when they live up to who they are by doing something D-Bag-esque.

3) The Over Controlling Master - This is the grumpy older person that you go out of your way to avoid. They impose ridiculous saftey rules, are always scrutinizing your every move, often think really old, heavy boats are perfectly fine for racing, and they don't like change. These people have been around the sport for so long, therefore they must know EVERYTHING. However, if you do get on their good side they will go out of their way to help you and can be quite nice.

4) The Overly Ambitious Novice - This person has never actually experienced real rowing or actually knows what it takes to be a good rower, however they believe that in a few weeks time they will be able to master the sport of rowing and win a few championship races in the 1x. This person frustrates the hell out of you and all you can do is wait patiently for their 'wake-up call', when they realize they actually don't know what they're doing.

5) The Negative Nancy - This person complains about everything, they are very unmotivating, not enthusiastic and the boat is somehow always tipping on their side. They are never willing to spend the time to get better and often bring down the crew morale. You wonder why this person rows because they seem so miserable doing it.

6) The No Brain - They are physically very muscular and pretty strong rowers. It is pretty difficult to hold a conversation with this person because they never seem to have a thought running through their head. They don't normally do much outside of the rowing world. They have a high pain tolerance because the thought of being in pain never really registers in their brain. You tell them to go and without question they go.

It's sometimes hard to live with them, but things would be so boring without them. And because of that we think all the different rowing personalities are.....

Awesome!