The Fire Department of Oakland, California sent a team to Hong Kong in 1980. Some of the people involved in that team later helped start up a race in Oakland in the late 1990s. My wife and I got involved in dragon boat racing as organizers of that race.
Check out the solutions they came up with in order to overcome the high water in Hong Kong Harbor for the final. The drummer is bailing furiously in the middle of the boat and the steersman is wearing a life buoy around his waist like a belt.
The Fire Department of Oakland, California sent a team to Hong Kong in 1980. Some of the people involved in that team later helped start up a race in Oakland in the late 1990s. My wife and I got involved in dragon boat racing as organizers of that race.
RodgerRafter 2 years ago
0:59 hands-free megaphone = awesome
suenfengloong 2 years ago
Amazing video. The sport has come such a long way since '83.
Here's to Prague '09. Lets go PDBA.
topherthegopher1 3 years ago
WOW! That was really, really cool. Thanks for posting this for all to see...
catdailey 3 years ago
Check out the solutions they came up with in order to overcome the high water in Hong Kong Harbor for the final. The drummer is bailing furiously in the middle of the boat and the steersman is wearing a life buoy around his waist like a belt.
JroniM0 3 years ago