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Dragon Boat Canada


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[Nook]

IDBF is campaigning to get Dragonboat officially recognized as an Olympic event.

They have set up a petition to get our collective voice heard http://www.dragonboat2008.org.uk/

[Photog]

Nice cause, but could the shirt be any cheesier?  
I feel like throwing up whenever I see that chinese-y font.  
I'd prob still wear it though.  
Were they selling it at Alcan?

[Nook]

don't think so, the tshirt is sanctioned by the idbf, so maybe they are available at IDBF festivals, which are only the East coast (toronto or montreal, forgot which one)

[Mach_5]

Sadly, I doubt the IOC will take the petition very seriously when the see **** like this:

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13 Mar 2003
17:25:44
Chen, cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon Boat team [email protected]
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13 Mar 2003
17:26:41
Chen, cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon Boat team [email protected]
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13 Mar 2003
17:27:07
Chen, cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon Boat team [email protected]
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13 Mar 2003
17:33:12
Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected]
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13 Mar 2003
17:33:39
Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected]
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13 Mar 2003
17:36:06
Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected]
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13 Mar 2003
17:37:25
Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected]
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13 Mar 2003
17:40:09
Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected]
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13 Mar 2003
17:54:33
Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected]
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14 Mar 2003
18:18:28
CHEN CHENG-KUO Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected]
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14 Mar 2003
18:29:09
CHEN CHENG-KUO Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected]
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26 Jun 2003
08:12:15
MARY MANOV AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA CANBERRA GRIFFINS DRAGONBOAT CLUB [email protected]
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26 Jun 2003
08:12:22
MARY MANOV AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA CANBERRA GRIFFINS DRAGONBOAT CLUB [email protected]
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26 Jun 2003
08:12:27
MARY MANOV AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA CANBERRA GRIFFINS DRAGONBOAT CLUB [email protected]
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.... I'm sure these aren't the only ones, these are the ones I noticed on the first page of the petition alone.  

[Nook]

oh well, don't let that stop you from doing your part, if you care that is

[Mach_5]

Yep, I signed once myself.  That would be so sweet to get db into the olympics!  

[Mach_5]

Is this a hoax?  Why did they have to Photoshop the picture of the guy sporting the yellow t-shirt and the dragonboat paddle? Zoom in a bit... the paddle is SO obviously cut and pasted into the image and the yellow t-shirt looks like someone drew it on with the paintbrush tool.  Nice job of the shading, but I think the edge on the left sleeve is the biggest give away that it's not real.  

[Photog]

Is this a hoax?  Why did they have to Photoshop the picture of the guy sporting the yellow t-shirt and the dragonboat paddle? Zoom in a bit... the paddle is SO obviously cut and pasted into the image and the yellow t-shirt looks like someone drew it on with the paintbrush tool.  Nice job of the shading, but I think the edge on the left sleeve is the biggest give away that it's not real.  

You are correct, I did not look at it long enough to notice, but the guy definitely has a white t-shirt on with the yellow one superimposed. Pretty sh!tty photoshop job, but isn't that noticeable on the small pic and it blends in with the jpeg compression.
I guess the IDBF didn't have the funds or means to have the shirt properly photographed.

[Mach_5]

I guess the IDBF didn't have the funds or means to have the shirt properly photographed.

Oh please!  Anyone with a $20 disposable camera can take a better photo than that.

[Photog]

Oh please!  Anyone with a $20 disposable camera can take a better photo than that.

Maybe they are lazy or just plain @$$ suck. I dunno, people do stupid things for stupid reasons.

[Mach_5]

Maybe they are lazy or just plain @$$ suck. I dunno, people do stupid things for stupid reasons.

I prefer to think this is all some big conspiracy.  I bet they made up the T-Shirts and this whole petition thing to cull email address from the Dragonboating community so that they can mass email dragonboat-related advertising.

Bastards!  

[Mach_5]

If you scroll through and check some of the replies, you'll probably recognize invidual paddlers and teams. I remember receiving an email back in 2001 asking me to sign.

I don't doubt most or all of the signees are legitimate people who, like myself, want to see Dragonboating in the olympics and yes, I do see familiar team names etc.  It doesn't mean they won't be using our contact information for their own nefarious purposes.

I also think the people running the petition need to very carefully ensure that only one person submits a 'signature' to the petition.  They could have done this by IP address fairly easily, but as long as they cut out obvious duplicates before submitting it everything should be okay.

[Nook]

just because they had to photoshop the shirt on, then added the paddle for aesthetics doesn't mean the whole thing is a hoax.

frankly the only thing I focussed on was the petition, what were you doing gazing at that guy in the photo for anyways?  

[Mach_5]

frankly the only thing I focussed on was the petition, what were you doing gazing at that guy in the photo for anyways?

Not at him... at the hideous shirt.  It's a good example of what NOT to do if you want to promote a sport.

[Photog]

just because they had to photoshop the shirt on, then added the paddle for aesthetics doesn't mean the whole thing is a hoax.

frankly the only thing I focussed on was the petition, what were you doing gazing at that guy in the photo for anyways?  

Ack, just having some fun. I signed it like a year ago already anyways.