Residents of the Tampa Bay area are propably used to seeing motorboats, yachts and yetskies cruise about, but Saturday dragonboats ruled the waters in the Garrison Channel.The Great White South Dragonboat Race is the largest dragonboat event in South-Eastern USA, besides the nationals, that'll be held in August. 55 Teams participated in this well organized event, held in near-perfect conditions. Some of the teams came from as far as Canada and accross the US, and there was a fantastic buzzing atmosphere throughout.
Our Miami Puff team could only manage a dissapointing 8th spot, after winning the Miami Hong Hong season event. Three teams - one from Canda and two from New York totally outclassed the rest, but there were not much to choose from the next best 7 teams and no more than 2 seconds separated any of us during the heats.
There were even two teams compiled of breast-cancer survivors, which was awesome in itself. They received a standing ovation from the crowd upon finishing the race.
Friday night's drive to Tampa, Tampa itself, the awesome nightlife and the time spend with out teammates were well worth the sore limbs and tired eyes Monday at work.
Sunday we met up with friends and DID Busch Gardens, the famous Busch-Annheuser adventure park.
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