http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIpis10CzGs&search=dragon%20boat

quite beautiful.

not really a dragon boat video, is it? More like a Mofo party video.

That was painful to watch. Like some bad program on VH1

nice posing, could work on the DB technique though.

looks like fun

I've seen this video on here a few years ago. It's very well done. Are there any other dragon boat team videos out there?

This was actually pretty good. There is a lost art to producing a good sports video.

where's the dragon boat video? All I saw were a bunch of kids goofing off in the gym and elsewhere. Maybe you should have included something showing yourselves PADDLING? Just a thought...

Awesome stuff... dragonboat is supposed to be fun.

I wonder what a video of some of the top elite crews would be like...

A little too manic for my liking. But you have to admire the ability to create hype without a whole tonne of sport-specific substance. I'm glad they're around. They make DB (at least in TO) a bit more exciting.

Cool music. Soundtrack fit perfectly.

Other good soundtracks:

1) LedZeppelin - Traveling Riverside Blues.
2) Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
3) Hole

Who are they????? Seriously.

it's '06 nuff said

Pretty neat, kind of good reflection of their fun image.

Not I.

HAHA! laughing smiley

the mofos are a breath of fresh air in the cesspool that is toronto dragon boat

MMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

Came accross this last month and knew it would end up linked here. I bet the person who posted it to youtube knew it would too. Yes, it's vain and over-the-top and it only contains 20 seconds of paddling compared to about 4 minutes of posing and preening. But what's knew about that? This forum is so easily baited. Besides, I thought we were picking on Riptide this season?

That's a lotta splashing, man. No wonder everyone looked soaked.

Like, what's the deal with the dancing pumpkin?

Riptide needs to start talking some serious trash if they're going to take over from the Mofos. Not that the Mofos ever talked a lot of trash. We hated the Mofos because they were beautiful. Riptide can't compete on that basis. So trash-talking is their only option. Any Riptiders want to get the ball rolling and start dropping some smack?

Nobody can ever take away our Waterloo victory away from us!

It was written in the stars!

Rip it up!

Ah yes...another thread dedicated to bashing. It's been quite a while so I guess we were due.

Those Mercedes paddlers are so vain. Constantly strutting around in those tight silver uniforms eating sausages and sauerkraut.

Tiger Beer for life!

Those guys really chaffe my ass.

Wouldn't it be great to race here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShyPuyxKPXo&search=dragon%20boat

The picture quality might not be perfect, but overall that is the best video I have ever seen of a dragon boat festival. It nicely captures the atmosphere, pretty laid back in this case, the feel, and the human as well as paddling elements of a dragon boat race. No stupid music or bad interviews either.

Really well done.

G&G went to Hawaii last year, but I'm curious as to which Canadian team was at this particular festival.

I started to watch it and through up in my mouth.

You think they could have found some better shots of their paddling - ie less splashing. With all editing they had to do on the first 4 minutes they would have been better off spending their energy filming a good crew and dubbing pictures of their pretty faces on top. You know kinda "Milli Vanilli" like?

Could you imagine the hype if they ever one a race.

Good engrish gets the point across every time

All your base are belong to us.

I know that you're still jealous of our Tiger Beer, our beautiful Mercedes SUVs we got to drive, our shiny silver outfits, and our totally hot drummer.

We were quite muscular too. We were beautiful before the mofos curled their first bicep!

Keep your tiger beer, it was your toally hot drummer I still salivate over!

way to much time on there hand

who cares what kinda car you drive if you can't paddle worth shit!

a video like this shows that they are organized and fun. they made this most likely for themselves to start off the year, or to promote themselves. either way, nothing wrong with that. if you have something better, show it, and let everyone else be the judge, else, shut up and paddle.

Just so I am clear on this. In order to express one’s dislike for this video you feel one must:

a) join a dragon boat team
b) film you and your team having fun
c) place it on the internet for all to view
d) and lastly be judge?

Are you a moron? They love the attention and with that as you have said comes being judged. I have decided to skip a, b and c and go straight to my favorite d. I have judged and in my opinion it is crap!

We get to judge the Mofo’s on their ability to race every summer and that too is crap.

Spielberg

There's a 99% chance they are hotter than you are and to them thats all that matters. Now shut up and paddle, ugly.

Actually no - I am in fact hotter as well.

What are the odds - 1 in a 100?

Sucks to be them.

Since the MOFOS have been consistently just at the bottom edge of "A" or top edge of "B" and just below the really committed die hard teams that puts them in the top 5-10 percentil in quality.

So either your team is better (which I doubt since most people from these teams don't bother with this kind of whinning) or else your just another wannabe crap slinger who is jealous because his/her little team doesn't get the props you think you deserve.

I pick door number two. Like it or not, the MOFOS are pretty good, they do have a ton of fun and they may even be hot. Swallow those sour grapes buddy and move on.

Actually wrong again.

The one thing you are correct about is their consistently being a B level team. No upword movement to speak of. Maybe they should spend less time on their hair and more time in a boat.

I agree with the previous poster. The mofos do not take our sport seriously enough. They need to train more and cut out the tom foolery.

Maybe they don't want to do more. Nobody gives the beginner teams a hard time because they don't make the A division. They're a lot better than most teams and they seem to be having fun. I don't remember any Mofos I've spoken to complaining about wanting to be a better team.

Maybe they have it all figured out. Work hard when they train and have fun along the way. Can you honestly say that being a B team in a region where dragonboating is considered pretty good means you're a bad team?

I don't know them well but they always seem friendly when I've spoken to them.

Let's pick a new team to pick on.

This just in!

Not every paddler/team wants to dedicate (waste) their time practicing and conditioning to be an "A team".

All for fun...fun for all!

Hey,
I don't know who the MOFO's are. Never seen 'em...never heard of them other than getting blasted on here.
They do look like they are having fun though, unlike most of the people who post here worrying about rules and water depth.
Its not like this is a job, so why should they sacrifice having fun and being a "good" team for the sake of giving up the good times and getting "serious"?
I'm sure when they hit the water they are all business, so I could never criticize them for trying to have a good time when they can.
I think I would rather paddle for a team that has fun and parties together than a team with their paddles so far up thier ass that they forget that this is a hobby and not a job!
Lighten up!
Run your team the way you want to, and let them do whatever they want!
I'm sure that they can still kick most of the asses that post here, so until you can prove that your way is better...shut up and paddle!

good point - but I still think the video sucks

These guys suck at paddling.

but I would go to one of thier parties!

Hot Asian chicks!!!

Yeah that's the main reason why I joined dragonboat in the first place. Asian chicks are hot.

Hot yes - but they are a consistent "B" crew and the video is bad.

So much splashing - it looked like a water fight.

The Mofos are in clear violation of IDBF rule #23, subsection b.

Rule 23.

b) Only a consistent A division placing team shall produce and/or distribute dragon boat related media of any kind.

The penalty for such an offence is lifetime imprisonment.

laugh out loud.

Mofo's posing in the gym. Try impressing the paddling community by showing vids of yourself competing in National Level Flatwater events.

Oh wait I'm sorry. You're just a bunch of pallies who work out at the gym and think you're hot shit.

sigh..... oh well, every community needs a village idiot!

laugh out loud.

Mofo's posing in the gym. Try impressing the paddling community by showing vids of yourself competing in National Level Flatwater events.

Oh wait I'm sorry. You're just a bunch of pallies who work out at the gym and think you're hot shit.

sigh..... oh well, every community needs a village idiot!

laugh out loud.

Mofo's posing in the gym. Try impressing the paddling community by showing vids of yourself competing in National Level Flatwater events.

Oh wait I'm sorry. You're just a bunch of pallies who work out at the gym and think you're hot shit.

sigh..... oh well, every community needs a village idiot!

Wow - and your calling someone else an idiot? Why don't you post the same message a couple more times...

Get over yourselves. Eventually the 'hot' chicks on your team are going to realize you are a bunch of morons and move on. Man that will be a sad day; a bunch of has-beens, no wait, never-have-beens, wiping their tears with their “B consolation final” ribbons. Now that’s a video I would watch.

> Eventually the 'hot' chicks on your team are going to realize you are a bunch of morons and move on.

How much more time do they need? Four MORE years perhaps? How about the newer hot chicks that keep joining? If you haven't clued in yet, "moron" or not, even hot chicks prefer to be in the company of hot guys rather than the common folk. Now shut up and paddle.

This is a direct quote from their website, "It is widely rumored that the Mofos dragon boat team is home to both the most beautiful women to take part in the sport and the ugliest of men."

That's just a rumour.

Now that’s a good video. I want to get a copy for my DB team to show them how really good teams paddle.

Much better than the Mofo video. Good job Cyclones!

I wouldn't use the cyclone video as an example if I were you. Don't let their carbon fibre paddles and decent synch fool you. The only things they're doing right is keeping their arms straight and paddles vertical. They're bending at the waist instead of rotating, which is limiting their reach and preventing them from transfering their weight onto the paddles. They're cutting their stroke short and not accelerating through the exit.

Keep in mind this team finished in I division that year at Centre Island.

Sorry...I meant F division.

But, but...aren't they coached by Mr Taylor ?
An example of how people suggest a coach can take a crew through the ceiling..or not.

F division is still much better than average. Of course the people here say anything less than A final sucks because the people here have no life outside of dragon boat.

LOL at all you getting owned by the Mofos...and sometimes owning yourselves! LOL!

I think the Mofo's were at the Island this year but were too busy filming their next video to get in a boat.

All videos are nice.
We want more!

Cant face the truth?
Suck it up and stop hating, enuff already.
ttys

Director's Notes - Let the Season Begin

Well, here it is, my first MOFO movie.

MOFO Captain, Matt Carroll, and I have toyed with the idea of producing a movie since December 2002. From the onset, I knew I wanted to head the production and direction effort. However we had one minor setback - we were unable to settle on a fitting vehicle and thus had no focus. On April 5th 2004 the idea of making a MOFO video hit us like a paddle in the water and immediately got the green light. My vision finally had a focus.



I envisioned the movie as a pump-up/montage style music video representing the MOFOs' energy and raw power. To capture the mindset and attitude of our team the video was set against the backdrop of one of my favorite songs: Limp Bizkit's "My Way".

Armed with nothing but an analog video camera, a company laptop (LOL), 30 day trial video editing software from ulead.com and my personal vision of this film, production of this zero budget movie was underway. I began sifting through the hours of footage taken in the past year from our unruly Halloween and Christmas parties. From there I set up a shooting schedule for the various workouts, paddling, introduction, and transition sequences of the movie.

Shooting took about 4 days. I recall having to sneak a video camera into the gym in order to avoid being labelled a horrible pervert. Another memorable day had me jumping on a safety boat capturing beautiful footage of my teammates paddling in the water.

It was then brought to my attention in early May that Senior MOFO, Sara Tong, had made arrangements to have my movie premiered in front of a live audience at the MOFOs' Yuk-Yuks fundraiser on Sunday June 6. Thus, I had a deadline; a looming deadline in front of a comedy club audience that would happily and eagerly crush my movie if it didn't bring them big yuks.

With an unexpected deadline hanging over this project I was constantly editing footage 5 to 6 days a week for a minimum of 5 to 6 hours each day for the entire month of May, right until the very day the movie debuted. I had numerous permutations of shot sequences and would arrange and rearrange them until I was satisfied with the overall product. I was determined to prevent this film from being regarded as a "regular home video" about "boring dragon boat".

Luckily, being that I was filming the MOFOs, I had a plethora of workout sequences to help me experiment with cinematography. Via editing and careful timing, the maximum amount of humour was extracted from the already hilarious party sequences. Of course, the real pay off for me was the final paddling sequence. I put forth a great deal of effort in order to transform this simple home video footage into the epic tale of the MOFOs and their Dragon Boat.



After two months of hard work the night of June 6th 2004 had arrived. As the Yuk-Yuks' emcee announced to the crowd that there was a small time dragon boat video to be played, I felt as though I was in University once again awaiting a dreaded final exam for which I was fatally under prepared.

Silence.

Finally, the sound of Limp Bizkit ripped through the silence.

A number of audience members began leaving just as the movie started. I began to worry that my movie would only be appreciated by the MOFOs and our friends - those who "had" to appreciate it. Then I heard people laughing. Laughing at the bits that were intentionally funny, laughing with me. Those who were leaving turned to give the video a second glance, and they joined in the laughter. I looked around to see everybody at Yuk-Yuks enjoying what I had brought to the screen, whether they were teammates, friends, or strangers. It was surreal. As the movie finished and the credits rolled, something amazing happened; my hard work was respected, and received a powerful round of applause.



This movie has been an incredible learning experience. I've had tons of fun, and given up countless hours of sleep, but it was more than worth it. I'm proud and enthusiastic about my first film. I want to thank the team, my baby Lisa for her limitless support, and those who had confidence that I would be able to best represent the MOFOs; both on and off the water.

Until my next movie....

Cheers!

Michael Yau-Yin Wong
June 9th 2004

Tell us more. That was fascinating.

This is the worst thing I have ever seen.

I love the MOFO's they're a breath of fresh air...
I hope they continue to do well to shut the mouth of all the Old school DB teams in Toronto.
and if you're not down with the MOFO's I got 2 words for u ...... s...k it

If your unpleasant email was directed to the previous poster you should know he or she did not say they were “not down with the MOFO’s”. The previous post simple offered an opinion on the video.

Apparently you harbor some deep resentment to “Old school DB teams in Toronto”. Perhaps as a child you had been abused by a crew of old sweaty paddlers?

In the mean time we have sent your very clever code to Robert Langdon to see if he can decipher it. “I got 2 words for u ...... s...k it”. Hum puzzling.

too funny.

Get off the Mofo's. They are one of the best teams in Toronto and you only bash them cuz you are jelious.

I'm not a mofo, former mofo nor a mofo fan/supporter. I've raced against them, beaten them and have been beaten by them. (not necessarily in that order)

However I do agree with the Anonymous that said "Maybe they don't want to do more. Nobody gives the beginner teams a hard time because they don't make the A division. They're a lot better than most teams and they seem to be having fun.". One of the reasons they're on people's radars is due to the flexing on stage.

Perhaps the Mofos are perfectly happy and having fun where they are. Once you stop having fun with your team is when the team chemistry starts to break down. From their website, their community service and parties, they seem to be a group that's still having fun. The more serious a team becomes, the more paddlers float through the revolving door during and after the season.

Still dont like the video.

Its not that bad. a little long maybe.

I would like to see you do better. These guys are not only great paddlers but they have other talents too.

EX MOFO, did the Mofos give you the boot because you talk too much?

I wasn't a mofo...I just wish that I was.

I think you are all jeolous. eat your hearts out non-Mofo's

If I was a Mofo - I would wish I was an Ex Mofo as well.

.....we dont give a rat ass about this 2004 video.....stop living in the past...you bunch of has been



lets move on ...its 2006 in case you didnt know

I like the video - why does everyone hate these mofo guys so much?

Nice video. And now I can put faces to the crew that everyone talks about on the forum.

I'm going to call them for Hallowe'en costume advice for sure.

Happy paddling all. OP

Here's another one (nothing fancy) for your viewing:


http://www.chanmatthewchan.com/mcdbsc/

I hate the mofo video - its not even about dbing???

that movie sucked...and you have to be really full of yourself to take a video camera to the gym with you

P.S. if you spent as much time on texhnique as you do biceps you'd be a lot better

I think there are laws against bring a camera to the gym.

>P.S. if you spent as much time on texhnique as you do biceps you'd be a lot better

If you spent as much time on teXhnique as you do on this forum you'd be a lot better too

I kinda like the video. I watch it every morning to remind my self I am in fact superior.