AeroDragons News

Monday, April 25, 2005

 
CONGRATULATIONS Las Vegas AeroDragons! Winners of the Lake Las Vegas Dragon Boat Festival CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS award for the fastest average of all three (3) race timings, for all race categories. 1ST PLACE WINNERS Mixed Competitive Division and 1ST PLACE WINNERS All Male Division (an easy win - we were the ONLY men's team in this division). Qualifying heat times are up on the web. Final heat times will be posted after Wednesday.

HIGHLIGHTS: Among the many, Jesse repeating Dee's calls - PUSH PUSH PUSH PUSH - so Damon thinks he has to paddle twice as fast, hence the invention of "SQUIRREL SPEED" (see video). Hien cracking crab legs at the buffet at a stroke rate of 60 legs per minute. Eric, Hien, Shelly and Lorie being carded constantly in the casino. TK aka "PADDLE SLUT" trying to scam musubi from a team of Hawaiians. Talal and the Winnipeg women (yes, we saw them Talal . . .) TK's inspirational calling, "COME ON, HENRY". Lorie's paddling too fast (it was the Burnwater paddle's fault!). Alex, Brad & Jessie dressed as women . . .? Alana quit her job to be with us (and to fly to Norway to visit her fiancee). Henry's directions to Damon to Makino Sushi Buffet - "Use your intuition, Damon". Jesse's FLAT TIRE. From TK about 1/2 hour into the trip back to LA - "I think I forgot the trophy in my hotel room . . ." and BEATING SPACE DRAGONS, even with the 250 lb. steersman on our boat!

THANKS to the whole Las Vegas crew for your enthusiasm and energy (especially the guys doing 6 races in one day!). Special thanks to Jesse for finding the Railroad Pass Casino for us and "handling" our reservations, to TK, Talal, David & Rebecca for helping us out, the UCLA men for helping us out, to Mike for loaning us the pop-up tent and TK, to our cheerleaders/picture-takers: Shelly, Julie, Allita, Pat and especially Lani, and as always, to Coach Dee for getting us this far!

SAVE THE DATE - Sunday, May 22nd a "fun" race at the Long Beach High School/College Dragon Boat Races.

PRACTICE CONTINUES THIS WED/SAT/SUN. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE DAY YOU'RE COMING and make sure you arrive PROMPTLY at 5:30P WED, 9:30A SAT or 8:30A SUN for warm-up.

REMINDER: Make sure you have something to eat in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..), Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

Have a great week and see you on Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday!
--- M.http://www.aerodragons.org

posted by Mary  # 5:51 PM 0 comments

Monday, April 18, 2005

 
Practice this Wednesday. IF THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE we can have practice on SATURDAY (Tris will coach) --- PLEASE RSVP FOR SATURDAY SO WE CAN SCHEDULE A PRACTICE. Most AeroDragons will be in Las Vegas Saturday and enroute home on Sunday.

PLEASE RSVP FOR WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY and make sure you arrive PROMPTLY at 5:30P for warm-up WED or 9:30A for warm-up SAT.

REMINDER: Make sure you have something to eat before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..), Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO VEGAS --- think of us on SAT and channel some positive energy our way across the desert --- wish us luck!!

Have a great week and see you on Wednesday!

--- M.
http://www.aerodragons.org

posted by Mary  # 9:53 PM 0 comments

Sunday, April 10, 2005

 
THANKS TO MIKE for helping us scavenge balls from the rocks in the channel during Wednesday practice (we've got 8 now).

COACH DEE wants everyone to keep up with LAND TRAINING, especially push-ups and weights.

MORE AZ PICS from Wila are up on the web.

LAS VEGAS CREW - please try to make practice THIS SATURDAY. and attend as many practices as you can between now and race day.
Remember to make your reservations with the Railroad Pass Casino by COB TODAY (Tuesday 4/12) --- call/e-mail Jesse if you have any questions.

MASTERS TRAINING also concurrent with AeroDragon normal practice THIS SUNDAY from 8:30A - 10:00A --- let Carolyn know if you will be attending.

PLEASE RSVP FOR THE DAY YOU'RE COMING and make sure you arrive PROMPTLY at 5:30P WED, 9:30A SAT or 8:30A SUN for warm-up.

REMINDER: Make sure you have something to eat in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..), Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

Have a great week and see you on Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday!
--- M.http://www.aerodragons.org

posted by Mary  # 10:21 PM 0 comments

Saturday, April 02, 2005

 
WEB UPDATES

Video of our first heat in AZ is up on the web (courtesy of Bill Simon - thank you Bill!) Links to the Railroad Pass Casino and Lake Las Vegas directions are also up.

LAS VEGAS RACE UPDATE

We'll be fielding both a Mixed Competitive Team and All Men's Team for this race. Competition so far: Space Dragons, UCLA, Winnipeg Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Gila Dragons, possibly LARD . . .)

Jesse was able to get better rates for us at Railroad Pass Hotel & Casino ( http://railroadpass.com ) in HENDERSON, NV at $59/night for FRI and SAT nights. This hotel is about 15 mins from the race site, 20 mins from The Strip.

WEDNESDAY PRACTICES @ 5:30P

We're starting up Wednesday evening practices again THIS Wednesday ---

PLEASE RSVP FOR THE DAY YOU'RE COMING and make sure you arrive PROMPTLY at 5:30P WED, 9:30A SAT or 8:30A SUN for warm-up.

DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR BALL TO PRACTICE!

REMINDER: Make sure you have something to eat in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..), Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

Have a great week and see you on Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday!

--- M.
http://www.aerodragons.org

posted by Mary  # 9:25 PM 0 comments

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