Puff Dragon Boat Racing Team - Miami

Beginner Dragon Boat Practice - Saturday at 10:30 - Hollywood

November 24, 2012 · 10:30 AM
Holland Park

IMPORTANT NOTE: These events are filling up on a regular basis. We may or may not be able to accommodate everyone on any given weekend, and there will often be a waiting list on the event. Please be courteous and update your responses if your plans change, so you're not taking up someone's seat.

The new member boat will meetup in the parking area promptly at 10:30. Our coaches will then go over the basics of dragon boating with you on land, do some basic stretches and then we will get on the dragon boat and learn by doing! No previous skill required. Puff provides life vests, seat cushions and paddles. We recommend bringing a bottle of water, sun screen and to wear clothing that you will be OK exercising in and getting splashed with water. Shades, gloves and hat are worn by most of our paddlers as well but are not required. Practice lasts roughly 2 hours.

If you do not see a large number of attendees, don't worry. Our member's only practice is right before the new member boat and veterans join the practice to teach and encourage you on your first dragon boat experience!

Puff Dragon Boat Racing Team
http://meetup.com/puffpower

Sometimes we grab lunch afterward at Chipotle or other spots, you are welcome to join us.

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Angie

Awesome, Loved it, and going back.

0 · November 24

17 attended

Sam Trotter

Puff Paddler & Meetup Organizer, Organizer

Event Host
Marc Applewhite

Team USA & Puff Paddler, Co-Organizer
Angie
yolanda flores
Doug Bedgood

Puff Paddler
enrica dewberry

Puff Paddler
Wendy
Doron +1

Puff Paddler
Sandra
Gabby

Puff Paddler
Donna Lyons

Puff Paddler
Cecilia +1
Jeanne Brodsky
Lesley
Jennifer Norton

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To join us and learn the sport of Dragon Boating.

Dragon boat is an exciting water sport that is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. The difference between winning and losing is a tenth of a second.

PUFF MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to cultivate a team environment that is conducive to each member’s discovery of his or her own personal best. Besides having fun, making friends, exercising our butts off, and working together to beat the living daylights out of the competition while promoting the international sport of dragon boating, we are here to develop and perform at our highest levels.

We come from all walks of life, all ages, and all backgrounds. We are made up of different shapes and sizes and we each have distinct (and for some, crazy) personalities. Some of us have been paddling for eons; for others, it is our first venture on the high seas. Even so, we treat each other as equals, and celebrate our unique strengths.

Puff is a community of individuals with a common goal: to better ourselves as athletes while contributing to team unity and excellence. We do so by adhering to the following values:

Sportsmanship: We compete to win, but in the process, we play fair, and display courtesy.

Team Spirit: We give 110%. We are only as strong as our weakest link. So we paddle together - in sync and as a team - and in return we learn that together, we are more than the sum of our individual strengths.

Respect : We appreciate and maintain high regard for one another. The pacers, the engine room, the terminators, the drummer, the steersman, the captain, the coach … everyone counts, everyone matters.

Outrageousness: We laugh, poke fun, socialize, and we do so together, reveling in our friendship.

Never Give Up: As buoyant as our boat, we recover quickly from ‘off’ practices and races and continue focusing on future wins.

Guts: We brave the rough currents, wind, rain and hail and we even brave the power boaters and jet skiers – because nothing will stop us from training our bodies and our minds (except for lightning, of course!)

What is a Dragon Boat Race?

The video below shows exactly what racing on a dragon boat is like. The different stages of the race include lining up of the boats at the beginning of the race, start sequences, following every call made by the steersperson, and a finish. Every member is in perfect synch with the other, moving the boat as one unit, one team. If one member does not pull their weight the race could be lost entirely as races are won or lost often by less than a second. The race starts at 1:45 below.

What is Puff all about?

Practice Winter 2012 (Held at Oleta State Park)

Learn more on our team by visiting our about page. Also, take a look at the recent article on Puff written by the Biscayne Times.

Read what everyone is saying about Puff dragon boat meetups and see photos and reviews from our past events!

First time paddler events are held almost every Saturday!

Take a look around, we hope you join Puff!

Puff Dragon Boat Racing Team - Miami

Beginner Dragon Boat Practice - Saturday at 10:30 - Hollywood

Angie

17 attended

Sam Trotter

Puff Paddler & Meetup Organizer, Organizer

Event Host

Marc Applewhite

Team USA & Puff Paddler, Co-Organizer

Angie

yolanda flores

Doug Bedgood

Puff Paddler

enrica dewberry

Puff Paddler

Wendy

Doron +1

Puff Paddler

Sandra

Gabby

Puff Paddler

Donna Lyons

Puff Paddler

Cecilia +1

Jeanne Brodsky

Lesley

Jennifer Norton

Your organizer's refund policy for Beginner Dragon Boat Practice - Saturday at 10:30 - Hollywood

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