Tacoma Rowing

Join us on the water!

Sign up for a Learn to Row camp this summer with Tacoma Rowing. Sign up link in profile.

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

Help send Tacoma Rowing to Nationals!

Congrats to Blake Williams on winning the dropdown bid to USRowing Youth Nationals in the Mens U17 1x. Blake’s been a part of this team from some of its earliest days (see second picture of baby Blake). His hard work and determination this year have paid off in a big way. Let’s help him (and his boat!) get to Sarasota, FL. Use QR code or see donation link in profile.

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/help-send-blake-to-youth-nationals

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

No time like the present! National Learn to Row Day is a great way to get on the water and experience the joy that is rowing. It’s free! Join us on June 6th! Sign up through our website (link in profile).

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

No better way to prep for NW Youth Championships than with this amazing community of rowers! Thanks to and for bringing the friendly competition and contagious smiles. Ending the scrimmage with inter-squad, mixed 8s was the icing on the cake!

Next stop: USRowing NW Youth Championships in Vancouver, WA

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

Look what you did!

In September, our youth athletes completed 16 straight hours of rowing on ergs during our annual Ergathon and our community SHOWED UP! Part of the funds raised allowed Tacoma Rowing to purchase a wake-less launch which allows coaches closer access to the rowers on the water and contributes to the overall safety of our growing team.

Thanks for making this possible!

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

Imagine not starting your Saturday like this!

Morning practice in Commencement Bay is peak Tacoma. Join us sometime!

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

Spring Sprints 2026 on Lake Stevens is in the books! Our youth rowers ran point on nearly every organizational aspect of the day, including efficiently reloading the boat, so our team was ready to roll out after putting in a hard days work. Proud of the way these athletes continue to show up for one another. This is what it’s all about: Empowering our youth and building community through rowing.

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

Tacoma Rowing supports the Parks Tacoma Bond! 

Proposition 1 is a $155 million bond measure in Tacoma aimed at funding over 100 projects across parks, community centers, and zoos, without increasing current property tax rates. If approved, it will address urgent infrastructure needs and enhance local parks over the next six years.

Part of the package of projects to be funded would be final design of Waterway Park and the boathouse.

We value active recreation for all, especially increasing access to our beautiful Commencement Bay!

Ballots are due April 28.

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

Congratulations to our youth athletes on two great days of racing (and what felt like 8 different weather patterns) at the Covered Bridge Regatta.

The race was held at Lowell State Park outside of Eugene Oregon this past weekend. Competition included teams from Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Utah.

Tacoma Rowing had 15 entries, almost double the number we had in 2025.

Highlights include:
- New club records at this regatta in multiple events
- 3 athletes raced in singles for the first time at this event
- One of our beloved coxswains rowed in three races in addition to coxing
- No one injured by the flying tents on Saturday afternoon

Hard work, teamwork, Tacoma!

Up next on the schedule, our first ever trip to race on Lake Stevens on Saturday 18 April.

Founded in 2021, Tacoma Rowing is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is empowering youth and building community through rowing. We are committed to offering programs that reflect the diversity, talents and needs of our community.

For more information about Tacoma Rowing, please visit our website: www.tacomarowing.org

Today, we remind you to do your part as we continue to try to do ours.

For those thinking about what to do, we highly recommend A Long Talk. They offer virtual and in-person training with practical advice to make the world a more just place. We all have a role to play. Let’s do the work.

Find out more or access free resources at: www.alongtalk.com

Kyle and Kamal led training for our program in September 2025. Thank you to for hosting.