News from the Gunnel

Hi LARDies,

Please mark your calendars and save your old clothes and housewares, because we're having a yard sale! The date: Oct 2nd, the Saturday after San Francisco. These sales are very important to the team because they help raise the money that we use to pay for boats, registration fees, insurance, food, and all the other expenses we have throughout the year.

The location is going to be Susan's house in the south bay, which she is so graciously offering again after our successful sale there in the springtime. It's a chance to see your friends without any land training involved! And just to stir up even more excitement, there will be some prizes for people who volunteer to help put it on (ie making and posting signs, setting up/taking down, etc). An evite will follow shortly, but in the meantime... mark your calendars... check your garages... save your stuff....

Please email me if you have any questions, you're interested in volunteering or you know you have stuff to contribute. And remember, your donations are tax deductible.

thanks,
Meghan

Camelbak is now the official water bottle of The Los Angeles Racing Dragons.

This annual award was started 2009 in commemoration of Arthur Yeh, one of the original LARD members who tragically passed away late 2007 in a car accident. His two loves, art and dragonboating, come together in this annual contest.

This year's winner Kristina was presented with a carbon fiber paddle at the 2010 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival in Long Beach, CA, on Saturday, July 31st, 2010.

The beautiful artwork submitted by Kristina.

Kristina receiving her Melin Carbon Fiber paddle at the Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival.

Thank you all for your submissions.

July 22nd, 2010

My name is Meghan and one of my favorite fitness activities is dragonboating. A dragonboat is basically a 40 foot long canoe that holds up to 20 paddlers (in 10 rows), a steersperson, and a caller/drummer. It's a big, heavy boat and paddling is a great workout for your entire body but especially your back, core and arms.

Read more from our very own Megha at Adventures in Fitness LA

Sorry for the delays, but I've finally put together the photos and stories for Baby Long Beach 2010.

There might be one ore two more stories to add as they come in.

If you find an error or an omission, please feel free to blip me an email to correct it.

Kenny

Attention all paddlers who are at least 15 years old and under 24 years old

The Los Angeles Racing Dragons (LARD) invites the local community to enter the second annual paddle art contest with a chance to win a carbon fiber paddle.

The purpose of the contest is to promote the sport of dragon boat. All individuals at least 15-years-old and under 24-years-old are eligible to enter.

The winner will be presented with a carbon fiber paddle at the 2010 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival in Long Beach, CA, on Saturday, July 31st, 2010. The winning artwork will also be featured on a wooden paddle and the LARD website.

This contest is inspired by one of LARD's very own members, Arthur Yeh, who passed away in 2007. Arthur was passionate about both art and the sport of dragon boat. (For those who have seen it and don't know, the green hamster dragon was one of Arthur's creations.) In his memory, LARD established the Paddle Art contest in 2009 to promote the sport he loved and to nurture artistic creativity in the local community.

See the attached for more information, including the application forms.

Best of luck! Please don't hesitate to spread the word to other paddlers out there!

2010_Paddle_Art_Application.pdf

This was my first time organizing a Lardsale and it went GREAT!!

A huge thanks to EVERYBODY that came out to help, even if for a couple of hours. We were pretty busy throughout the day and having an "army" there really helped with all the customers!

A special thanks to:

• Susan for letting us take over her front yard for most of the day
• Lori, Susan, Jessee, K1, Jeannie and C Dub for being troopers and helping out ALL DAY
• Kenny for bringing a table and a clothes rack (especially since the wind/ heavy clothes killed the other one...)
• Vi for being "refreshing drinks" and goodies
• Leon for bringing goodies to share
• Ken and Tammy for bring refreshing drinks at the end of the day
• K1 who was our banker
• Jesse (again) & Greg for walking all over the neighborhood and putting up the signs
• Delwin for being "Phil" for the day

Thank you everybody again!!

K Dub

Well done at Tempe.  Read what your teammates had to say about the event with photos and video in the yearbook

-Kenny

Interested in paddling dragon boat? Come meet the LA Racing Dragons and learn how to effectively paddle a dragon boat.

Here are the details:

Session #1 - April 17th, 9:00-11:00 a.m. - Intro to paddling, on-water practice, meet the team

Session #2 - April 24th, 9:00-11:00 a.m. - More practice and instruction

Session #3 - May 1st, 9:00-11:00 a.m. -Last practice and instruction before the Long Beach Spring Race.

Race - May 2nd - Race with TeamLARD at the Long Beach Spring Race!

Where? Mother's Beach (Marine Park), Long Beach (Near PCH & 2nd Street on Appian Way)

UPDATE: Here's the Evite Link - Please RSVP if you're interested!

Check out the flyer: 2010_LARD_New_Paddler_Clinic_revd.pdf

Saturday we headed out to the Rosemead training facility to do erg testing and did a tiny bit of paddling in the pool - until it started pouring rain.

Sunday we were back on the water.  Yet another beautiful day in Long Beach

Only a few more practices before Tempe!