Sunday, October 12, 2008

Season's over!

October 4-5 weekend marked the KP Dragonboat Race @ Treasure Island (www.sfdragonboat.com), which also meant the end of my dragonboat season.

My team, DieselFish did pretty well. Our DF1 crew took 1st in the Comp B division. While DF2 (my crew) and DF3 both ended up in the Rec B division. Even though DF2 made it to the championship, we were just edged out of hardware taking 4th in the division. In any case, we put on a strong showing, and I'm proud of our performance.

In any case, here are a few photos from racing weekend with my team DieselFish:

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 034
My team!

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 031
Todd and Victor, getting friendly. Todd's from LARD (Los Angeles Racing Dragons), our sister team from LA.

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 028
Tamara, a fellow Dieselfishie filling in for LARD (hence the confusing wardrobe).

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 049
Racing! That's me as the front right paddler of boat 4. My brother Gary snapped this one.

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 060
Mish & Brandon's Baby Jaden, taking a break between racing heats.

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 063
Me on a lunch break. Photo by Wes Ronquillo.

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 069
View of the bridge construction. Photo by Wes Ronquillo.

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 115
Our A-boat, taking the Comp B Division Championship!

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 164
Fearless Coach Mark. He said if we took first, he'd shave his head...this is him realizing the reality.

KP TI Dragonboat 2008 183
Tamara (in proper DF attire) and Claire, showing off their bling.

View more on my Flickr, if you're so inclined:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalelement/sets/72157607983915239/

Oh man, do I look forward to the 2009 season! Go DieselFish!

For now, I'll be taking up rock climbing again.

0 comments: