WATERROWER | 1,778 followers on LinkedIn. Fitness. Designed. Fitness. Experienced. Co-Brand of NOHRD | WaterRower Inc. designs and manufactures superb indoor rowing simulators for both private and commercial use. The WaterRower Inc. was originally designed in 1988 by John Duke, the inventor of WaterRower's unique WaterFlywheel. The original offices and workshops were and continue to be based in based in Rhode Island, in the small coastal town of Warren.