Congratulations to the Phantom Dragons on their strong finish in the 2013 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival.  The Phantoms won a hard-earned third place in the Hong Kong 500-meter Competitive (A) Division, along w/ 4th place in the 250-meter division and 3rd in the 1000-meter “Guts & Glory” race.  Paddle Salute to the Phantom Dragons!

The Phantom Dragons and Lao Buddhist teams got together for a series of tune-up races to help prepare for the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival (July 27-28). These demo races, using DRACO’s 10-man boats, were held July 20 on Union Reservoir in Longmont, in conjunction with the Kinetics Sculpture Race.  After the racing, the Phantom Dragons took interested spectators out on the water for a taste of dragon boat paddling.

The Phantom Dragons were out in full force yesterday, practicing for the upcoming Colorado Dragon Boat Festival (T-Minus two weeks and counting . . . )

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!!!