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Friday, September 13, 2013

San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Boat: DieselFish Trains Google's Dragon Boat Team

How to train a newbie dragon boat team

DieselFish is training Google’s dragon boat team for their big race at this weekend’s San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival.

Here’s some footage of the Google team in action:

The Google team has great potential and lot of heart. We’re proud of them, and wish them the best of luck in their upcoming race!

Go Google!

Thursday, September 12, 2013

San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Boat: Treasure Island Then and Now

Embarrassing photo or learning opportunity?

Here's a post I submitted to DieselFish's Facebook page last night. I changed my mind about the picture.

See you at Treasure Island this weekend!

-Alex, the Minister of Newbie Happiness


Taken from DieselFish's Facebook group

San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Boat Team DieselFish offers free dragon boat lessons. Email us at dfcaptains@gmail.com now for details!

Monday, August 19, 2013

San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Boat: DieselFish Grips and Rips Long Beach!

DieselFish Grips and Rips Long Beach!

Way to go, DieselFish! The team paddled hard and delivered solid performances at this year’s Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival. Check out the gold medal we brought home!

DieselFish gripped and ripped Long Beach. Treasure Island is next!

-Alex, the Minister of Newbie Happiness

San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Boat Team DieselFish offers free dragon boat lessons. Email us at dfcaptains@gmail.com now for details!

Thursday, July 25, 2013

San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Boat: Ellen's Paddler Profile

Ellen's DieselFish Profile

Dragon boat racing is the ultimate team sport! Nothing compares to the feeling you get when your team hurtles a boat through the water! Let’s get to know Ellen, DieselFish’s spirited captain, recruiter and award-winning paddler.

-The Minister of Newbie Happiness

*NAME: Ellen/10,000 Lakes/The Token White Girl

*RESIDES: South San Francisco

*PROFESSION: Behavior Therapist

*HOBBIES: Being amazing, baking delicious things

*OTHER SPORTS I PLAY: Why would I do any other sports than dragon boating?

*HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT DRAGON BOAT: I used to work as a Girl Scout camp counselor in Iowa. We spent one week focusing on water sports where I was first introduced to dragon boating. Later that fall, a bunch of co-counselors and campers participated in an international race on the Mississippi River, and I was hooked!

*YEAR JOINED DIESELFISH: February 2012

*FAVORITE DIESELFISH MOMENT: Judging a rap/dance competition with some fellow fishies that was put on by DieselFish Youth at the 2012 Long Beach team dinner. Those kids have got some swag!

*FAVORITE AFTER-PRACTICE EATING SPOT: That's a toss up between Mar y Tierra and Ike’s!

*ADVICE FOR NEWCOMERS: As much as it hurts during the first practice, it gets so much easier every time! So keep coming out and watch yourself transform into a paddling machine!

*I PADDLE WITH DIESELFISH BECAUSE: When I first moved to California a little over a year ago I didn’t know a soul. I quickly found DieselFish and they have become my closest friends and most tight-knit community for me. They are a great support system and love to push one another so everyone improves as a team!

Look for the red hair!

Job well done, Ellen!

Ellen won two awards last season!

San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Boat Team DieselFish offers free dragon boat lessons. Email us at dfcaptains@gmail.com now for details!

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Boat: Watch the IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championship

Watch the IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championship

The IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championship is in full swing!

If you can't make it to this year's event in Szeged, Hungary, you can watch the races live at:

http://www.hungary2013.dragonboat.hu/index.html#sthash.W8iXPMzN.COMBhTbg.dpbs

GO TEAM U.S.A.!