{"id":3664,"date":"2025-09-22T14:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:49:45","slug":"paddler-bio-kimberly-watanabe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/?p=3664","title":{"rendered":"Kimberly Watanabe &#8211; Paddler Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><br>Kimberly Watanabe &nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Christina-gettin-Tail.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonboatco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kimberly-Bio-Pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:279px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kimberly started dragon boat racing in 2023 after being recruited by Deborah Boyd during Deborah\u2019s CardioYoga class that she instructs at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center. Being land locked in Colorado and spending most of her life within miles of the Pacific Ocean, Kimberly enjoys being on the water again &#8211; exercising, competing and being a part of a great community. &nbsp;She typically sits directly behind Capt. Bligh trying to keep everyone in sync with the stroke rate and taking on any tidal waves coming off Capt.\u2019s paddle from his powerful stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has traveled with the team to competitive events and dragon boat camps in Arizona, Montana, Kansas and Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimberly Watanabe &nbsp; Kimberly started dragon boat racing in 2023 after being recruited by Deborah Boyd during Deborah\u2019s CardioYoga class that she instructs at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center. 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