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[Special K]

Soooo who had the best jersey's Paddle Boy? Damn, I should have given you one of my FCRCC one's to trade, what was I thinking???? Who's did you get?

[Colossus]

Are there larger versions of these photos?  They're tiny!

[Lethal Weapon]

Yawn...
Just got off the plane after an enjoyable 16 hour flight
Before I succumb to this headache I have, here are a few teaser Photos of the Worlds
There were lots of Papparazzi around but I think I got the most Team Canada shots  
Will be posting some more up as the week goes by. Enjoy!


The Iranian Womens team looked good and gave it all every race

Iranian Men were not too shabby either

Anyone got a bailer.....US team imitating a sub

Traffic was heavy in the 2000 meters

They grow them big in the Old Country

Pick a winner...

These Old guys did this a lot during the week..GO CANADA!

OK...who won?

Here is a special montage to the winning Crew in the Premier Mixed 500

35 meters to the line and blowing a lung on the finish

How Did We Do???

Yup....

Too tired to yell in the back...

Your lap is so soft...

Congratulations Team Canada and all teams!
Great Racing and more pics to come
Will Also post the national race off shots as well...later this week.

[Illuminate]

Some videos starting to appear on http://www.dragonboatworld.tv

[NFW]

Ok you guys ................I hardly think Indonesia would spank this Phillipine team .This team has trained hard since the last worlds and got even better

Ok spank might not be the most accurate word lol, but they did beat the Phillipine in the open 200m last year at Penang.
I'm sure that gave the Phillipine team motivation to train harder to get where they are this year.

Well...........................WE WON !!!!!!!! Canada's Premier mixed  (FCRCC) won the 500 useing our favorite lane #1 !!!!!   WooHoo !!!!  We took out the field by 3 seconds roughly w/ a 2.02 and the next closest if I can remember was a 2.05

CONGRATULATIONS!! Rock that bling all the way back to Vancouver haha

More Medals for Canada - We really need medal presenters for RTADBF.

+1, who wants to start a petition?

Yawn...
Just got off the plane after an enjoyable 16 hour flight
Before I succumb to this headache I have, here are a few teaser Photos of the Worlds
There were lots of Papparazzi around but I think I got the most Team Canada shots 
Will be posting some more up as the week goes by. Enjoy!

Congratulations Team Canada and all teams!
Great Racing and more pics to come
Will Also post the national race off shots as well...later this week.

Great shots with hilarious captions Lethal, keep it up!

[Mike]

Nice pics!  Looking forward to the rest of them

[Lethal Weapon]

here's a few more that are not Cana-centric!


Local Representation in the Masters division

Chinese teams were strong despite having Smoke breaks between races

While the Indian team needs to work on some Timing and Technical Issues...

Iranian Women made the Grand Final

I think I know how this team can shave a few seconds off their time....

USA team, not as strong as expected but still no Slouches

The Slovak Team had the ladies lining up to watch their races....What do they feed these guys!

Swedish Team....IKEA paddles?

Next years host of the Club Crews..Macau

Team Phillipines..I could not get a shot of them , always too much spray...CRAZY!

Chinese women owned the womens divisions but Canada gave them a fight!

Nothing like a $1 beer at the end of a great day of Racing.....aaaaaahhhh

[Illuminate]

Canadian Premier women 500m final

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHrPHVJ2abQ

[paddleboy]

here's what it takes to win the 200 meter world championships ...... 40 second 200 by both the phillipines ( who won ) and china
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoqkLUhS8g

[Lethal Weapon]

All the Prague World Championships pictures are now online (with the exception of Team Canada, they get their own gallery)
Check out the action and world's team styles and enjoy!

http://lethalweaponphoto.smugmug.com

[uhu]

What's all the fiasco about the Premier Mixed 500 metre race and with the Fcrcc Team Canada replacing team members with East Coast paddlers?  I would think that it shouldn't matter eventhough you are from FCRCC as this is a Team Canada team.  So whether we have a mixture of paddlers from the East COast and the West Coast, a win is a win.  I believe Team Canada should be the best paddlers from the entire Canada not just FCRCC (eventhough fcrcc did win the race off in Toronto in 2008).

[paddleboy]

lol.......oh oh .......this should stir the pot !  The eastern guys that were added really did not make any difference over those that were regular crew . In time trials some of them were actually slower than the FCRCC guys and some were never even time trialed against the the FCRCC team members so we will never know .

 I would say it was more of a mental thing than paddling ability . The coach obviously felt the change would wake up the crew so she asked the entire crew ,the day before, how they felt and we agreed to give it a try as this was for Canada not just FCRCC and the entire crew agreed to give it a go for the next day's mixed 500's. The down side of this was it created some tension within the FCRCC crew later which may have a negative effect next season ........this we will have to watch and see

 Team Canada ( w/ the eastern 3 guys ) was down around 1.3 seconds to the fastest crew the Phillipines ( If I can remember correctly,I could be wrong ) but we were lucky enough to get lane 1 for the final and as we all know now, lane 1 was by far the express lane and most crews that were seeded in lane 1 won their final .This is not taking away from the team as they are a very very good team but lane choice did play a key factor in the outcome and we all know this but this is racing and thats life and Team Canada was lucky enough to have been seeded in that lane for the final

 This will probably get me in trouble but its the truth and I'm not going to lie . Like I said ,the mixed team (FCRCC) was and is an awesome crew .The coaches choice was probably more desperation in trying to get the crew to feel (mentally) they were stronger than anything else and this is not taking away from the eastern paddlers as they all are very very good paddlers but changing 3 paddlers is not going to make a huge difference on this team to allow the margin they won by . The key performance was solely FCRCC ,without a doubt ,but again it was the lane that won that race .......

[NFW]

The pot is STIRRED! haha

In abt 5-10 years time, most ppl will only remember that Team Canada won the Premier 500m Mixed.
The lane issues will be an afterthought. You take the bad with the good in this sport.

That doesnt change the fact that you're probably gonna get in sh!t now though lol

[LittleSchrodinger]

On the positive side, there is MUCH less pot stirring in here than on East Dragonboat forum. Again, good job with taking the first place, and lane choice is certainly a bitch but that's racing for you.

[Illuminate]

lol.......oh oh .......this should stir the pot !  The eastern guys that were added really did not make any difference over those that were regular crew . In time trials some of them were actually slower than the FCRCC guys and some were never even time trialed against the the FCRCC team members so we will never know .

 I would say it was more of a mental thing than paddling ability . The coach obviously felt the change would wake up the crew so she asked the entire crew ,the day before, how they felt and we agreed to give it a try as this was for Canada not just FCRCC and the entire crew agreed to give it a go for the next day's mixed 500's. The down side of this was it created some tension within the FCRCC crew which may have a negative effect next season ........this we will have to watch and see

 Team Canada ( w/ the eastern 3 guys ) was down around 1.3 seconds to the fastest crew the Phillipines ( If I can remember correctly,I could be wrong ) but they were lucky enough to get lane 1 for the final and as we all know lane 1 was by far the express lane and most crews that were seeded in lane 1 won their final .This is not taking away from the team as they are a very very good team but lane choice did play a key factor in the outcome and we all know this but this is racing and thats life and Team Canada was lucky enough to have been seeded in that lane for the final

 This will probably get me in trouble but its the truth and I'm not going to lie . Like I said ,the mixed team (FCRCC) was and is a awesome crew .The coaches choice was probably more desperation in trying to get the crew to feel they were stronger than anything else and this is not taking away from the eastern paddlers as they all are very very good paddlers but changing 3 paddlers is not going to make a huge difference on this team to allow the margin they won by . The key performance was solely FCRCC without a doubt but again it was the lane that won that race .......

Well, some of them actually don't paddle in OC's out east right? When you think about that, we are VERY VERY lucky to have a facility like FCRCC where we can just take out OC's and train whenever we want.  Plus there's the technique/blend issue difference of east and west crews, they would've probably needed more time to adapt to your style.

Oh yeah, and I'm sure your coach had fatigue management in mind.  You guys were racing several times a day for 5 days, if there were fresh guys not being used just because it's not an Open race, then why not