…it just happened to be rainy during the late innings of the Giants’ win against the Nationals on Tuesday! Hope you all had a great time!
We still need your Paragon pictures
If you still want your photo set to be featured on the site, please email the webmaster to get instructions on how to upload!
Monday May 31st practice canceled
Have a great Memorial Day, everyone! Monday practices will officially start June 7.
More Vancouver paddlers needed
If you’ve been kicking yourself for not signing up for Vancouver earlier this season, do not distress, your chance has come! We’re looking for a handful more to join us for some of the greatest racing on the continent, not to mention all the amazing sites and food (MMMMM dim sum).
Check out the website for the Vancouver race to get an idea of what’s in store!
Experience is not an issue, but we’ll need to know by this Sunday if you’ll be able to make it before we start recruiting paddlers from team friendlies in Vancouver.
Please email Kristine by this Sunday if you’re interested!
Congratulations to everyone on a successful first race of the season, and our first ever with three crews! Thanks to everyone who helped make our race a success, from our crew captains and steerers to your friends & relatives who came by to show their support!
We’ll try to get everyone’s pictures uploaded by this week, but to start here’s the set from Charles:
see all 108 pictures in the photo section
Also thanks to Scott Kong for taking great professional pictures for us! His photo set can be found here
Baseball game Tuesday!
Brad will have your tickets at Willie Mays Plaza at Third & King Streets (pictured), underneath the statue, at 5:30pm. Get directions here – public transportation is highly encouraged because of heavy traffic.
Please get there as soon as you can so you can claim your bobbleheads! It also might rain a bit, so please be sure to dress warmly and bring an umbrella.
Our first race of the season is this Saturday, and with the boats cleaned and our bodies full of carbohydrates from Win’s, we’re as ready as we can be!
…or are we? Please use the checklist below!
Before the race
- Get directions to the race
- First Time Racing/Forgot How it Works?: Henry made a great info sheet available here
- Race Fees: We’re ALMOST there with 6 people left to pay! $25 to Sondra, cash or check, by Saturday
- Jersey Payment: if you ordered a jersey please pay Anna by Saturday- as with all Ripple gear it was paid up front with personal credit card, so be aware that your debt is her debt as well
- Furous Scheduled for Setup at 6:30am
- Arrival Time: Fast and Fearless arrive at 7am sharp
- Post Race Grubbin’: Thank you Sophia and Kelly for making arrangements for our post-race grub fest at Pasta Pomodoro in San Mateo. Details are in the evite. Lucky for us it’s also a fundraiser! (20% goes back to Ripple)
- If you’re not attending dinner, we need people to take some of our younger racers back to San Francisco, please talk to an officer if you’d like to offer
Schwag orders will be brought to the race
If you placed any orders by the 17th, we’ll have them for you this Saturday. Bring cash or a check payable to Charles.
Extra patches, a large orange crewneck sweater and a large black dri-fit longsleeve shirt will all be available at a discount as well.
Giants tickets will be available!
If you’re going to the Giants game this Tuesday and responded on the evite, please pay Brad and pick up your tickets this Saturday, only $20 apiece!
Lastly, good luck in your heats this weekend, everyone!
Remember, victory means you get to dump icewater on your coaches!
