The Phantom Dragons had a great practice session last night on Lake Arbor. They put the dragon head and tail on the boats for this practice, and had a small celebration afterwards in observance of Double Fifth!

Four members of the Phantom Dragons team attended the Bow Wave Dragon Boat Camp in Florida, held April 7-13, 2K13.  The group (Rich Ochiuzzo (Iron Jaw), Stefan Michaelsen (Mr. Oblivious), Deborah Boyd (Princess) & Michael Boyd (Captain Bligh) is shown here at the end of the first half of their 9± mile “Causeway” paddle on Thursday. The week concluded with a 2000-meter race Saturday morning.

Congratulations to the Phantom Dragons on their performance in the 10th Annual Arizona Dragon Boat Festival held March 23-24, 2K13!  With some great help from members of the CAU23, LA Harbor Dragons, and Wasabi Power Surge (not in photo) teams, they won Silver Medals in the Mixed C Division, and set a new team best of 2:19.63 for 500 meters. The Phantoms also won their 250m heat (but didn’t qualify for the finals) with a time of 1:14.78 – another team best.  In addition, several Phantom Dragons paddlers helped the Space Dragons Masters team bring in silver medals in that division, too!

The Phantom Dragons crew was on hand for the pool/simulator practice session March 9, 2K13. In spite of weather conditions that had local businesses and schools announcing closures, the team, preparing to race in Arizona in two weeks, braved the snowstorm, and came ready to train hard! Paddle Salute to the Phantom Dragons!!!

The Phantom Dragons competed in the recent San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival 2K12, bringing home third place medals in the Mixed Rec C Championship Division. Three Phantom paddlers, Deborah Boyd, Cindy Richardson and Michael Boyd, also had the honor of racing with the Space Dragons Masters, helping that team place 4th in that division.