This year’s watermelon eating contest at Long Beach was an intense three-way between Lightwave, DPW, and Arizona Dragon Riders. Lightwave won, even with the rule about having to eat a hard-boiled egg, a thousand-year-old egg, and a balut egg after the last slice of watermelon.
We look forward to bringing more shame and punishment on DPW when they visit us at the San Francisco races!
Long Beach 2011: Return of the Watermelon Piñata
After a year’s absence, Lightwave traveled to Southern CA to meet its sister team, DPW, for the Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival. Despite disorganized race starts and tough heats against the likes of Suen Feng Loong, Space Dragons, and Dragon Warriors, Lightwave made it to the Division II-A finals.
Lightwave placed fourth against some really strong teams, and were awarded medals! In addition to bringing home hardware, the team took comfort in knowing that their time in Div. II-A final beat everyone in the Div. I-B final. Furthermore, Lightwave competed in the 200 m sprint races, and did not win a medal, but did beat (by time) competitors like Lincoln High School, Mountain View High School, and Dragon Warriors 2!
This year we went back to the Long Beach races to kick… and take names. Well, not quite, but it was a fun-filled racing weekend with our buddy team DPW hosting. As tradition, we did a watermelon eating contest with a twist: supermodel impersonation photo shoot. This time we topped it off with a fun trip to Universal Studios.
2007 Long Beach Race
After two local races, it’s time for the team to head South and compete in Long Beach race. The team was scheduled to race in two heats on the first day…
Lightwave Paddles to 3rd Place – Division 3B at Long Beach
Despite the hot, humid conditions and long drive down to Long Beach, Lightwave paddled their way to victory, bringing home hardware! The countless hours of practicing race pieces and focusing on timing definitely paid off this weekend.
