Hey Guys Red Wing Was Awesome First
Hey guys! Red Wing was awesome! First off I'd like to say that Red Wing is a great town with lots of friendly people...and the girls are hot (according to Mike L). I bet you're all wondering where the pictures are..well sorry but I forgot to bring my digital camera. Dragon Boat Race Well here's how the dragon boat race went. Our first time trial, our team finished the 100m race with 1min and 56sec. It was an embarassment. Our second time trial, I sat out and observed our team crawl to the finish with 1min and 53sec. It was sad because it was the first time that I got to see how uncoordinated we were, we might as have been using spoons instead. After our disgraceful row, a guy named Scott came to our rescue. This angel Scott, who came out of no where, with 6 years of international dragon boat racing experienced volunteered to teach us how to row and become our sternsman. Scott is the shit, he took lead and coached us, it was effective. Then we took a 3rd time trial because of some hyper chinese mom who made us...she was annoying as hell (more on her later). Anyways we got like 1:46 or something on this time trial which qualified us in the DragonButt competition (7 slowest teams). Hyper mom "GO GO PURPLE!!!!"...."GO GO PURPLE!!!!"...."GO GO PURPLE!!!!"...."GOOO CHINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSEEE!!!!!!!!" That phrase and some other unbelievably stupid chants were heard repeatedly from the hyper mom screaming at the top of her throat with a heavy Chinese accent for the rest of the day....and she was the ONLY one yelling that out. I pretended not to know her. Back to Dragon Boat Race So here we are, bracketed against the fastest team in the DragonButt tournament. Everyone was a little intimidated and unsure of themselves...but with Scott's help..."REACH! EXPLODE!"....we had faith. The horn blew and the race was off! About 3/4 of the way I thought I was gonna die, I was exhausted but we were keeping up with the other team...that only made us more motivated and transformed us into blood-thirsty dragon boat racers. When we reached the flag, so did our opponent. We weren't sure who won but well sat in our boats waiting anxiously for the results. It turns out that we beat them by 0.01 sec! Yes our time was 1:40:83 and we beat our opponents...it was unbelievable. I would've cheered more but the sight of Hyper mom jumping and yelling made me want to hurl. But that's only the beginning. Our team got out of boats, we were congratulated by everyone because no one thought we could beat them. 5 mins later we were back in and were facing the Tazmanian Devils. The Taz Devils were a rowdy bunch who had chants such as "ICE, COLD, BEER!" Anywho, when the horn sounded, we took like mad dogs with rabies. We captured this win with an even better time of 1:36! Truly amazing, by this time, our entire team felt even more invincible. When we docked, we didn't have time to get out and rest, our race was in 2 mins. Hyper mom and some other supporters helped us by pouring us some water to drink. The Final Race... This was it....Scott wanted us to give it all....we didn't want nothing left over after this race. Everyone was excited, but we know that we were at a disadvantage with less energy and being on the outer track made us vulnerable to winds. Anyways, we gripped out paddles and dug in when the horn sounded. Our opponents got off to a better start than we did. But we soon caught up and took about a 3 feet lead. But 3/4th of the way there, I felt a loss in the thrust of our boat. Our rowers were getting tired and I kept hitting the paddle of the person infront of me because he was too tired to keep up with the pace. In the last 15 feet, the other team caught up to us. And in the end, we timed in at 1:38, losing by just 1 second to the other team. This was no loss to the U of M Chinese Students because we had not had such a good record for at least 5 years! After the event, our team went to Treasure Island Casino to get some food. Jimmy, John, Jaime, Mike and I went for the buffet...I was delicious. So now I'm back here with bruises to the side of my knees and a sore right ass for rotating on it too much. This event as a whole was awesome! But 2 things I'd like to see for next year: 1) Hyper mom with a flat tire so she can't get to Red Wing and embarass the shit out of us. 2) Some more of you strong Asian rowers! I think next year our team will have a great chance of capturing the title for the DragonButt races or even qualifying for the DragonFly races!