When John O’Shea closes his eyes to remember his time on the crew team at the University of Florida, the vision comes with practically no soundtrack. His focus is on the moment where everybody’s rowing together, and the timing is just perfect.
“I still get little chills thinking about it,” recalled O’Shea. “You hear the water rolling down the hull of the boat, the oars turning in their locks, and the quiet splash of the oars in water. There’s no heavy breathing or grunting, just the feel of the shell flying effortlessly over the water.”
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