Fast. Unpredictable. Intense.

That’s rowing.

There is no shortage of adrenaline-fueled adjectives to describe the newest sport to come to the waterways of Long Beach. The public will get a chance to see the action firsthand when the Long Beach Rowing Association hosts a Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints competition on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m.

The sprints will take place in the Marine Stadium and will feature one- and two-person crews sprinting across the sand to their boats, rowing 250 meters around two buoys, returning to the sand for a dash to the finish.

Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints are one of the new sports added to the Olympics and will be staged at the Belmont Shore beach venue in Long Beach in 2028.

“It’s a gladiator-style boat race,” said Maurice Scott, who wi

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