THE SPORT BUILT FOR EVERY SHAPE AND SIZE | DieselFish Dragon Boat Team | San Jose, Peninsula, San Francisco Bay Area

Ever feel left out of a sport because your body doesn’t fit the mold? We’ve got a solution. Read on to learn about body diversity in dragon boat racing. [ONLY 5-second read]

Have you noticed that:

• Football players are always mountains of muscle?
• Runners are always lean and wiry?
• Basketball players are always towering giants?

Each sport favors specific physical attributes. That means if your body doesn’t fit the mold, you get left out. It’s not fair!

Everyone should be able to play a sport, regardless of their body type.

Luckily, there’s a sport that embraces ALL body types. It’s called dragon boat racing.

Dragon boat racing is a fun and exciting water sport in which crews paddle massive boats down racecourses. These boats are narrow in the front, wide in the middle, and narrow in the back.

This tapered shape means that a dragon boat team NEEDS:

• Short kings and queens to set the pace from the front
• Beefy boys and glamazons in the middle of the boat to provide power
• Featherweight phenoms that will keep calm and paddle strong in the back

This diversity of body types on a team means that dragon boat is for EVERYONE. No one gets left out here.

So if you’ve ever felt “not built” for a sport, good. You’re exactly what we need.

→ Email me now at DFcaptains@gmail.com for free dragon boat lessons in Redwood City.

- Alex, the Minister of Newbie Happiness 🐲

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