Dragon Boat West

TOP 10 Signs that you're addicted to Dragon boating:


10. Your paddle gets more attention than your significant other.

9. You go through more paddling gloves than you do underwear.

8. You develop a permanent rash, bruise, or mark from your life
jacket.

7. You spend many a sleepless night trying to improve on your
recovery.

6. You replace the wedding picture in the living room with this
year's dragon boat team photo.

5. You keep a spare paddle along with your earthquake supplies.

4. You have a girlfriend/boyfriend on at least 5 other dragon boat
teams.

3. You miss the birth of your 2nd son because there's a big
dragon
boat tournament that same weekend.

2. Your car has a dragon's head and a tail and you dot the eyes
on a
regular basis.

1. To turn you on in the bedroom, your husband/wife has to
yell "paddles up!!"



 Geez ,can I ever relate to some of these ........... :shock:

i read another "10 signs..." on vo2's site[back when i ermm...yeah]- hmm wonder if soemone could pull that list up -

number 9 was awesome -"when about making love to your significant other you say let it ride"

cool

meowzers, I think this is the list you were looking for.

You know you're a Hardcore Dragon Boater when...

Top ten signs that you're a Hardcore Dragon Boater:

10. After a meeting at work, you form a line outside the boardroom and high-five everyone as they file out.

9. Brother's wedding or the Dragon Boat Festival? Why, that practically answers itself.

8. When stopped at an intersection, you see a car creeping over the solid white line and yell, "man in the red Ford "back it down or you're disqualified!"

7. You have calluses on your ass and palms the size of quarters

6. When running with your friends to catch the last train home from work, you yell "series in 3*2*1".

5. You are starting to resemble the body shape of a gorilla.

4. You know what a heart attack feels like already.

3. You argue with a 90 year old lady who is sitting in the middle of the bus, claiming that you always sit in the 'engine room'.

2. After a bout of lovemaking with your significant other, you say 'let it run'

1. You have finally found something that smells worse than your hockey bag...PADDLING SHOES!


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StraightLine

In college, I had a roommate who was an Olympic White Water Kayaker. His kit reaked of mild-dew. I thought it was the worst until my paddling shoes worked up a good stink. Actually, my wife won't allow the paddling shoes in the house!

Senna

and of course.. there are the stinky car seats right after practice in false creek..

a-hah! 1 pt for leather, 0 pts for cloth upholstery!  :D

oh you braggart, how i envy you!
oh well, there's always garbage bags or towels to cover our cloth seats with.  :lol:

Rae... you're gonna bet that I'll be asking you how hot/cold your seats are gonna be in the summer/winter.

Summer...few minutes of A/C.
Winter...heated.

Anyways, I wish #4 was true.  :D

damn!

you can't beat him. the man has the most pimpin' ride of us all.  :wink:

Nah, looks like Paddleboy does. He gets that title. :D

This is old, but selltile might want to add this also.

Ten reasons to date a dragonboater:

10. We can bring the rate down... or power it up.
9. We know how to "take you away", in three.. two..
8. We don't just use our arms, we put our back into it too.
7. We like stroking harder.
6. We love going deeper.
5. We get loud and excited when we're ready, and when we're almost there.
4. We have the endurance to last all day.
3. We bury our hands until they're soaked
2. We're not afraid of ending up salty and wet.
1. Finishing feels SO damn good.