Dragon Boat West

Excuses aside, it's pretty amazing that a crew of fairly casual paddlers from Oregon and Washington (hardly outrigger meccas) can go up and beat one the top DB crews, especially w/ zero practice time together. 

Hmmmm.........Alan Goto,Laci Budjos ,throw in the former & still national team guys from here and down there ,yeah I guess its not such a strong crew ,what was I thinking  :roll: lol .

 You know my mixed team is also just a bunch of casual paddlers as well  :wink:

LOL, nice comeback against a not so subtle remarks.

Nat'l team members? Laci Budjos? Are you sure about that? It was mostly guys from Portland (Mulu Tapasa and co.) along w/ Alan and some other paddlers from Washington. And you still haven't even congratulated them wholeheartedly. Keep making excuses, girlfriend. Maybe next year we'll really stack the crew. 

 I guess if you look at the team members closely you can find some actually raced with us on the National team 2 years ago and are still on the National team and going to Prague .....maybe you didn't know that ,I'll forgive you ,lol

 Kai did a great job ,and I'm very happy they finally beat us .....Mulu is a great sportsman .Kai are a great bunch and we really enjoy the rivalery and all this did was make us step it up now . Sometimes when you are always on top you need to get kicked to wake you up so again thx for the wake-up call

 As for stacking the crew we would gladly welcome this so my suggestion is to bring it on next year . No one is making any excuses just stating what happened in the first race and yes Kai clearly beat us by 3 whole seats ( I think ) I can't remember as I was behind you ,lol .....and from what I recalll.....weren't you behind us in mixed ( almost a boat ) or how about that 2000 ?lol ( kiddin w/ ya ) You know ,come to think of it , I don't recall you coming over and congratulating FCRCC wholeheartedly but thats ok we know you mean't to  :wink:

 Anyway cgrats again to all you guys on Kai ,nice job ,thx !!

I LOL'ed again!  :rofl:



I believe the only way to settle this is to have FCRCC thank Kai wholeheartedly, and then have Kai thank FCRCC wholeheartedly, and then have Kai thank FCRCC wholeheartedly again. Its only fair :wink:.

 I sense a group hug coming  msn({)

No, I did not know that. I was not on the crew. I did notice that before that last post you had A)made excuses for losing, and B)not congratulated the guys who beat you. If you are on that sprint crew you must be a pretty damn good paddler. Now is the time to work on the sportsmanship. BTW, why the anonymity? We're all just paddlers, right? My name is James Clapp and I occasionally paddle w/ Alan and the gang at Sand Point.
You people have a lot of talent up there. I think with a good local steersman, you could do well in Molokai someday.

This just keeps getting better! :lol:

Yeah people revealing their real identities n' stuff. I guess if paddle boy is that sensitive about losing, he better stay in DBing. The humbling experience of further competition against far deeper fields of outrigger paddlers might do him some good, though.

 Actually that post was posted day 1 in the semi's and it wasn't supposed to be an excuse ,it was just a note as to what took place within the crew on that paticular race

 I guess if you had of been there you know that FCRCC and Kai always congratulate each other ,win or lose ,either side after the race in "person".We all know each other from the years of racing so we can poke fun at each other and honestly this is is not that huge of a race in comparision to where we are going and have been .Its a gauge for us to help see where we are at and what we may need to change and kai showed us where we need to make a few changes before we head to Prague and this is why I thank them .

 Fcrcc is comprised of 2 different groups,the distance crews ( outrigger) and sprint ( dragonboat ) crews .The sprint crews tend to also compete in distance to keep the rivalry up within the club and they do very well in some of the big races in the N/West plus its great crosstraining for us .

 Anyway James ,next year jump on the Kai crew and give us another shot and try to defend their title because we will try once again to take it back and I will personally congratulate you in person win or lose

 As for me ,I think most know or have met me so no need to post my name on a website but I will tell you in person next year when and if you show w/ kai or whoever

 Actually James I race outrigger as well ,both oc6 and oc1 and maybe 1 day you'll get a shot at me but so far I don't think we have competed against each other and I truely enjoy good competition so if I see your name on the race list I'll come and introduce myself . I'll be on my hurricane or my pegasus so it shouldn't be to hard to figure me out  :shifty:

Nice job of diminishing Kai's victory again, paddleboy. In the future, maybe you'll learn to give an unequivocal, sincere congratulation (haha). I'm aware of the sprint crew's (and Calvin dem's) prowess in the outrigger, having raced against both crews many times since I moved here from Hawai'i in 2004. I don't see myself DBing anytime soon, but maybe we'll see you at Howe Sound or something. Everyone knows you so no sense revealing your identity? Whatevers. Good Luck in Prague, my friend.

This thread is becoming funny and useless.

Kaohao. Don't mind paddleboy.  Just look at his "Disclaimer" in his signature and you'll know why he put it there.

FCRCC and Kai are on good terms.

 Jim

 C'mon ..Go back to OC Paddler.com and stop trying to stir up crap on this board ,lol.I already said congrats to Kai in person and they know that ,I don't need to respond to you but its been fun poking you . Have a great racing season !

 You should try DB ,it may make you a better paddler and crosstraining is always a good thing ; )

If you've raced outrigger w/ the sprint crew, then I probably have raced against you. In 2007, we won the Lotus Iron, but then got smoked by you guys in Gibson's and Canadian Champs. Last year, all I raced was the Gorge. We came in 3rd behind Calvin and Shane et al. I haven't raced an oc1 race since last year's Bowen Island challenge, where I was middle o' the pack.

Ummm can a moderator change the subject heading of the last few posts? I don't see how it is related to Alcan results of this year.

Fun reading though just not relevant to the topic at hand.

Thanks all!

It's way funner stirring up crap w/ a new crowd. I'd like to try DBing, but hell, we can hardly get six guys to gether for practice. How do you guys do it? If you no like respond, then no respond, braddah. You're a smug bastard, but that can be a good thing for a young paddler!

My apologies to any in the Dragon Boating community I may have offended. As you know, we outriggerists will occasionally attempt to disparage our fellow paddlers from the DB world. My bad! I reckon it's all paddling, and it's all good, right?

Wow! Excellent moderation. You guys really have it dialed in!

It's always great to be sitting in the office and get phone calls about the website...

I've split out the whole paddleboy/Kaohao "debate" out the Alcan thread... Hope you guys don't mind the topic header I chose. It's all in good fun.

Kaohao - Welcome to DBW. Hope to see you around on the site as well as at outrigger events.

paddleboy - Play nice.

Mahalo Tim...maybe we'll see you at the Gorge.

  Wow...I feel so honored ..I have stepped to a new internet level,I get my own thread  :D


 
 "If you are on that sprint crew you must be a pretty damn good paddler "

 Jim .......I'm just a casual paddler but an awesome keyboard racer !!.

 Sorry .....I meant' to respond to this earlier but I forgot as I'm getting on in age  
 

 Bernman

 Shouldn't you be working ?? I'm tellin the boss ! get off the internet !

Shhhhhhhhhhhh! You will get us all in trouble what with Special K poking in here too sometimes!  :lol: :P

 Moderator ,can you remove his posts ,it has nothing to do with the Paddleboy vs KaoHao bashing thread  ...lol

Okay, Special K is chiming in. I am Paddleboy's sister, Kelli, and might I say I sometimes don't always like to reveal that  :shock:!

Since I didn't race on a team this year I did get to watch the final men's heat and I think I know where Kaohao is coming from regarding congratulating each other. From my view point (yes, in the beer garden) I noticed after the race the Kai team seemed to be waiting by the dolphin markers, perhaps waiting for FCRCC to paddle by to congratulate them. I too was expecting FCRCC to stop and see a congratulations/high five between to the two boats, would have made for a nice pic (I had my camera ready), but I think FCRCC did not notice that they were waiting and continued to the docks. Now I could be totally wrong regarding this.

I paddled with FCRCC for two years and the entire clan is great and full of sportsmanship. Now regarding Paddleboy, what can I say...

Cheers,

Kelli aka Special K

FCRCC's a hyper competitive bunch that's gearing up for probably the biggest tournament of their lives half way across the world.  I'm sure they were reflecting on what just happened.  Kai probably did them a favour in the build up before Prague, they'll be working harder than they would have if they had won

 I am not sure how this all got turned into the FCRCC did not congrat Kai thread ........did I miss something along the line ?

  We all spoke after and high five'd ,shook hands ,said "great race" , patted each other on the ass  :roll: laughed together during the pre race marshalling for the Guts ....what more do you want ,lol

 not sure where lil sis is going with this one .........


 " I GIVE I GIVE ...........UNCLE UNCLE .......YOU WIN !!! :pray:

We are all friends and will continue to be for many Alcan's to come.  I think that Kamini's special pink drink offering after the race was enough said.  We know that FCRCC is gearing up for Prague and wanted to try to give them a run for their money... that was the goal!

I do want to mention that whom ever bought those shots at the paddlers party made it a long drive home the next day.  Paybacks are a B&*^h :)  See you next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FCRCC,
Congratulations on your co-ed victory. I (seriously) hope that you clean-up at Worlds.

Love, AG

PS - Sorry that this message comes without any butt-slapping, high-fiving, or hand-shaking...

Goto is posting on DBW??  msn(:|)

Holy f#$k !!

Better get ready to stand aside Paddleboy, the king of internet-paddling-forum smack talk is in the house.

…and that’s a SCIENTIFIC FACT!

Yeah ,I know .........you beat me to the " and thats a Scientific Fact " part  :?

Ok...so now that the issue has died down a bit, seriously...reveal your identity, the public demands it Batman! err i mean paddleboy :rofl:

NFW,

Everyone knows who Paddleboy is, worst kept secret on the creek.

When you get back, someone will point the person out  :wink:

 :pray:

To sum it up: tall, lean, strong, handsome and an awesome paddler!!!  :P :lol:

LOL