
Folks, we just hit our cruising altitude of spec-freaking-tacular thousand feet. I’ve turned off the seat belt light, which means you are now free to move about the boat. However, for your own safety, please listen continue listening to your steersperson, in case we encounter any unexpected turbulence.
Ladies and Gents, this season has been quite a ride, hasn’t it? Let’s think back to July 31, Big Long Beach. At our home tournament, the Mighty Space Dragons pulled together and came out in force. Not only to paddle, but to play host to the GG Dragons from Canada and our lovely sister team, Ripple Effect from San Francisco. GG Dragons were so appreciative that they asked us to come up to Canada to compete so that they can return the favor!
But I digress, our Space Dragons had a busy weekend. This was a weekend topped of with our Masters furiously and proudly paddling their way to a bronze medal, a clear 5 second ahead of the 4th place finisher!
But wait, there’s more! Not only did the Masters bring home hardware, but so did our newbie White boat! Proving their mettle, our White boat came away with a hard-fought silver medal in Division IIIAA!

Red did not disappoint in Division IIA. Though Red showed brother Blue (or any of our competitors, for that matter) no mercy in the head-to-head Finals, Red powered its way to a first place finish, bringing home the Gold.

So yes, plenty of medals were won in Long Beach. And yes, Space Dragons come to compete and come to win. At the end of the weekend, the entire team was in high spirits; lots of love was felt throughout our tent.


Is there such a thing as too much dunking?
Are you a coach? Gonna get dunked. Are you a captain*? Gonna get dunked. Were you a boat captain? Gonna get dunked. Did you help with tournament logistics? Gonna get dunked. Are you on the board? Gonna get dunked. Oh, or maybe you just paddled? Gonna get DUNKED!

Think you got fight in you? Think you can fend off determined dunkers? Who you foolin'? These are Space Dragons! These are Warriors!
War wounds are just something we brag about - ain't nothin' to fear!
So watch out, because I have a feeling there'll be more of them at the next tournament!