Dennis shares his thoughts about DieselFish’s experience at the Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival
Every time I think about this past weekend, I smile.
Yes, we got gold medals. Hurray! But we also got to enjoy the 3 P’s of DieselFish life: Paddling, Phamily, and Phood. (I have an MBA - I'm required to do stuff like that.)
Paddling: Our boats got stronger throughout the festival. We poured our hearts and souls into each stroke and it showed – we got faster in every single race, shaving off seconds! Congratulations to our new teammate Bryan! This was his first festival, and he rocked it.
Phamily: We had lots of downtime between races. It was fun hanging out with the team under our tent, getting to know everyone better. I am super glad I got to meet so many new people over the weekend like Angeline, Brian, Rosie and our new friends from the TAP Chicago Dragon Boat Team.
Phood: You’ve got to make up for those calories burned on the water, right? On Saturday, we went to Oakland’s historic Chinatown for dumplings and hand-pulled noodles at Shan Dong. On Sunday, we celebrated our win with cocktails and steaks at Tribune Tavern. And who can forget the amazing wonton tacos that some of my teammates got from the food trucks at the festival. Maybe we got the gold because we ate so well!
I’m happy that DieselFish grew stronger, closer, and became more of a family during the festival. Because that’s what’s always been at the core of Dieselfish.
- Dennis
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| This is Dennis |
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| At the award ceremony |
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| Rosie, Dennis and Conely |
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| Love this crew! |
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| Kent and Marynka give it their all. |
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| Anna and Angeline show off their bling. |
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| Angeline and Anna fly through the water! |
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| Coach Marynka's new toy |
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Alex probably wore his medal to work the next day! |
