Dragon Boat West

mana wa hine (hope i spelt it right ) has the the chant that puts fear into dragonboaters everywhere , check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv6C5ModDEc

lol nice

last year at victoria there was a team called... Scurvy Dogs i think?  they literally put fear into other teams.  They would wait until the team next to them got called and were about to cheer, and then collectively jump and yelll "ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" right next to them to throw them off!  They were great, costumes and everything

 :lol: If you listen closely at the end of the video you will hear the captain instructing the crew , and I quote :" mount this boat!" OMG!!! :!:

Mana wahine have It going on .... We are very proud to have placed so well in the platinum division ... for most of us being a first year team, WE ROCKED NANAIMO .... (for those who were worried about us doing so well )... kicking some butt and taking names has only just begun ....... well done MANA WAHINE !!!!!!!

hey ian thanks (i think) for the post of the video!
strange to see it from another perspective
the chant is something we wrote as a team borrowing from the maori language
we are blessed to have a maori member on our team who could help to write it
the chant is meant not to be scary but a challenge of inspiration for all who can hear it
the words are not confrontational in anyway
when next you see a wahine...ask her...she will tell you what they mean
perhaps for a beer ticket 8))
when the competition is great everyone is lifted in their abilities

(the whole "lets mount the boat" thing is another issue indeed...perhaps we could delete that bit out!   :shock: 
where did that come from....freudian slip? )

Great chant, great crew ;)  It was awesome watching you girls...see you guys in Harrison!

Props to you Mana Wahine!  An awesome race, in that Platinum Final, your team is a force to be reckoned with.  I coach the Dragonrunners team and they have a lot of respect for your team and can't wait to meet up with you in races in the near future.

Thanks for coming to Nanaimo and I hope we see you there again!

I still have Fluid Motion's chant in my head...it's kinda catchy!

They are formidable.  I remember racing their original team last year, but then they were called Warrior Women or something like that.  Standing in the marshalling area with them while the woman with the bandana headband went through their chant made the hair on the back of my neck stand out.  I've seen them a few times since then and listened to her chants.  She is awesome.

Here is another video of the mana wah ine team in action Day 1 in nanaimo yes they are doing great for a first year team

so enjoy folks ,, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpQxQQ7H41A

I didn't get to meet many of the ladies from manawhine but I did get to hear their chant....it was quite good and Im sure if I was still paddling, I would be terribly intimidated!!

Now I'm thinking my team needs to change it's cheer....