Top Ten Reason My Team Didn’t Win

10 – My Seat broke
09 – Coach moved me from seat 1 to 10
08 – Unfair start / jumped start
07 - Crappy Event supplied paddle broke
06 - The other boats were stacked from the national team
05 - The other boat was the national team
04 – Bad Timing by officials
03 - Bad Boat / Boats weren’t even
02 – They rode our wash (usually from in front of the complaining team, but I guess that doesn’t matter
01 – Bad Lane

Top Five Reasons You Will NEVER Here For Why A Team Didn’t Win

5 - We just didn’t have our “A” game today
4 - I paddled like crap
3 - They wanted it more
2 - We didn’t train hard enough
1 - The other team(s) were better than us

Top Ten Reason My Team Didn’t Win

10 – The sun got in our eyes
09 – I couldn't hear the coach
08 – A flock of ducks got in our lane
07 - I couldn't get comfortable in my seat
06 - My cel phone rang
05 - Water got in my eyes
04 – A bunch of birds crapped on our heads during the race
03 - Our lane was much longer than the others
02 – We only had 16 paddlers
01 – Our boat sank

I wasn't there that day.

10 - I got a blister!
9 - My butt pad slipped
8 - Derek made me take off my gloves... the bastard.
7 - Our water was heavier than their water.
6 - My new SRS paddle snapped

"No it didn't! It did NOT snap! You must have damaged it before the race! You're the problem, not the paddle. I don't want to hear any more whining about the paddles!"

We now rejoin the Top 10 in progress.

5 - Our best guy was sick.
4 - Our best girl was sick.
3 - Their ringers were better than our ringers...I mean SUBS.
2 - We hit a dead carp.
1 - The boat holder yanked our dragon tail on the start line.

"1 - The boat holder yanked our dragon tail on the start line"

Hey Imps, you did well with that one.

Hey Piranhas, Suck my cock.

Your IP has been banned.

I sense some tension between the Imps and Pirahnas?

Please do tell...

The Piranhas are not the only team to watch the Imps get into the final at the Welland race-off with their totally cheap protest about the held start being improperly done and "interfering" with their race.

Your protest worked but deal with the negative backlash Imps, you have earned it.

LMAO, this is getting rather old. Move on.

YRAFKAH-SMD

There is nothing between Piranhas-Beach and the Imperial Dragons. Those who know the history between the two teams should already know this as the founder and coach of the Piranhas made his start and learned alot about dragonboating through his membership on the Imperial Dragons.

The posts above are nothing but groundless shit disturbing.

But groundless shit disturbing is what makes the forum fun. Everyone gets a say, however informed or uniformed it may be.

Up yours Tempest.

I smell Hanalei

Up yours Tempest? Too bad they're not around anymore to hear your insults.

We are still around and you should consider getting a life.

Oh! Told by Mr. Rotshchild!

So how is Tempest go to do this year?

same as they do every year. Average.

That is vacuously true.

Thanks for all the kind words about Tempest. I just wanted to clarify that we are not the same Toronto based Tempest that competed last year. We are a collective of experienced dragonboaters and former whitewater kayakers.

See you on the water!

Me thinks he dost protest too much.

Whitewater kayaking? Thats like comparing downhill skiing to cross country skiing. Both are on snow but that is about the only similarity.

Too bad there is no dragon boat racing course down some rapids.
That would be fun.

Try the New York Liberty race. Closest thing to white water dragonboating. Great times.

I have to disagree there. Whitewater kayakers would have an unbelievable ability to feel the water and get connection on a paddle.

Have you ever seen those guys paddle.

Look out for white water paddlers , if they are racers.They can paddle. I remember when people said marathoners couldn't DB , DBing is sprinting , they are all old etc. We were wrong. Same with white water , except they are are young spinters. Incidentally , a white water stroke is very similar to the stroke used by perhaps the greatest Dragon boat team of all time , the great Shan de from China.
Of course , if the white water guys are recreational paddlers forget it.

All I can say is

#1. FMG and their anal rules

For those of you not familar with FMG (Facility Marketing Group) they are a Dragon Boat Company that runs competitions from BC to Ont, and down to Arizona and Vegas.
Some teams frown on rules such as having PFD's done up, no contact between boats, and no drinking alcohol before your heat. (Ok, maybe that one I'm not a fan of) Hey, these guys pay a bundle for insurance, so they can be as "anal" as they wanna be when it comes to safety rules. If you don't like it, don't enter the competition!

haha FMG Organiser
Sorry but nah , don't get us started.

Dude, you've got a problem if you're defending the FMGhestopo.

Time penalties for letting a paddle tip touch the ground, or for having a pfd zipper not completely done up on the dock are ridiculous rules.

"If you don't like it, don't enter the competition!"

Lots of us doing exactly that.