{"id":1186,"date":"2015-04-19T17:25:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T23:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2015-04-19T17:31:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T23:31:17","slug":"phantom-dragons-host-blindstart-paddlers-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Phantom Dragons Host BlindStart Paddlers in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SubstandardFullSizeRender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1187\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SubstandardFullSizeRender-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SubstandardFullSizeRender\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SubstandardFullSizeRender-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SubstandardFullSizeRender-399x300.jpg 399w, https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SubstandardFullSizeRender.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Phantom Dragons were joined by four paddlers from the <a title=\"BlindStart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blindstart.org\" target=\"_blank\">BlindStart<\/a> program in the recent Arizona Dragon Boat Festival. \u00a0It was honor to have\u00a0them as part of our crew, and fun getting to know them a little better at our team dinner Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this great article and video by a\u00a0local news station that was doing a feature on the <a title=\"Blindstart Paddler Article and Video\" href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/12-news\/2015\/03\/29\/12-news-blind-rowers-race-in-tempe\/70644692\/\" target=\"_blank\">BlindStart Paddlers<\/a>. \u00a0The Phantom Dragons were prominently featured in a good part of the video footage!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phantom Dragons were joined by four paddlers from the BlindStart program in the recent Arizona Dragon Boat Festival. \u00a0It was honor to have\u00a0them as part of our crew, and fun getting to know them a little better at our &hellip; 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