Today we interviewed our G11 Trix “12.5ml” Ly. Voted as the most improved paddler of 2019! Find out more about Trix below! How did you find out about the Windy Pandas and who/what made you join the team? Recommended by Kit Kwan. I was looking for a hobby. What are your goals with joining the Read more about G11 Interview: Trix “12.5ml” Ly[…]
Hello team! This week we interviewed with our G11 charmer Steven “Yi Ban Waiter” Hoang. Find out more about Steven below. How did you find out about the Windy Pandas and who/what made you join the team? Recommended by a current panda What are your goals with joining the Windy Pandas? Get fit and socialise. Read more about G11 Interview: Steven “Yi Ban Waiter” Hoang[…]
Last year we saw an influx of newcomers, hungry for success and our G12 addition Kevin “Ankle Breaker” Kong was definitely one of a kind 🙂 Find out more about Kevin below! How did you find out about the Windy Pandas and who/what made you join the team? A current member of the Windy Pandas Read more about G12 Interview: Kevin “Ankle Breaker” Kong[…]
The interviews are back, today we interviewed our G11 Vincent “Potato” Lau. Here is what he had to say about his experience at Windy Pandas and a little bit more about him! “Dragon boating has always been a sport in the back of my mind to try out. All of my friends started Pandas training Read more about G11 Interview: Vincent “Potato” Lau[…]
It’s been a while, but the Interviews are back! We have asked a G10 recruit some questions and this week, its Nick “The Penetrator” Tran’s turn. How did he came to join the team, what are his likes and dislikes of DB and what is his most embarrassing moment? Read more to find out. Q1. Read more about G10 Interview: Nick “The Penetrator” Tran[…]
Happy New Year folks! Can you believe its 2018? To kickstart the year, we have asked a G10 recruit a few questions and this week, its Drew “Less Rice” Lachica’s turn! How did he come to join the team? And what is his embarrassing moment that he is willing to share? Read on and find Read more about G10 Interview: Drew “Less Rice” Lachica[…]
Hi Panda Fans, It’s our tenth year this year and what better way to celebrate our season than to attend the glamourous Panda Awards Ceremony 2017! The event was on Saturday 9th December and I was lucky enough to be invited. It took me a good few hours to prepare my tuxedo, style my immaculate hair Read more about WP Awards Ceremony 2017[…]
We continue with our interviews with the G10 and this week we have asked Vi “Linda” Vuong to spend 5-10 minutes answering some personal questions… Q1. How did you get to join the Windy Pandas? Sister Mivan. Q2. Whats your nickname and how did you come about? Linda – funny moments with siblings – reacting Read more about G10 Interview: Vi “Linda” Vuong[…]
Dear Panda fans, the long awaited G10 Interviews are finally here. Apologies it has taken so long, but it has been a hectic and busy year for us. Now that we have a little time, we have asked this year’s intake a few personal questions….first up, is one our Canadians, Queenie Leung! Enjoy Q1. Read more about G10 Interview: Queenie “Wanderlust” Leung[…]
DAY 1 After several days of binge eating, some possible drinking, and lots of touring around Annecy, we woke up to a warm, sunny day ready for a relaxing morning, before we embarked on our first set of races! At approximately 1:30pm, we headed off to the race venue all geared up with our brand Read more about Annecy International: 30th Sep-1st Oct 2017[…]
On the 18th March 2017 a traditional eye dotting ceremony was held at the Royal Docks to inaugurate our second dragon boat. The idea of dotting the eyes of the dragon is to awaken its spirit which will protect the paddlers on the water as the season starts. The guest of honour Cherie Yeung, Deputy Read more about Eye Dotting Ceremony[…]
Q1. First of all, what brought you along to Dragon Boating and the Windy Pandas? Teresa and Jez, to check out the best looking DB team…. Q2. Outside of DB, what do you do to relax in your spare time? Chinese martial arts and yoga Q3. If you had to choose between Mcdonalds, KFC or Burger Read more about G9 Interview: Tina ‘What’s Paddli’ Ng[…]
Q1. First of all, what brought you along to Dragon Boating and the Windy Pandas? I knew of a few friends that did it and after getting to know a good bunch of them on a recent snowboarding trip I finally decided to give it a shot! No regrets i must say! Q2. Outside of Read more about G9 Interview: Norman ‘Lap’ Cheung[…]
Q1. First of all, what brought you along to Dragon Boating and the Windy Pandas? I wanted to increase the amount of sports I was doing. Sitting on the sofa, reaching for the crisps and putting it in my mouth is not classified as a sport though I’m pretty good at it! One crisp, multiple Read more about G9 Interview: Joseph ‘Cucumber’ Chan[…]
Q1. First of all, what brought you along to Dragon Boating and the Windy Pandas? I’ve always been interested in paddling sports ever since I paddled at Disneyland in Japan. WP was then the first paddling sport I joined and I chose WP because pandas seemed like a super friendly and social group of people. Read more about G9 Interview: Josephine ‘Scala’ So[…]
Q1. First of all, what brought you along to Dragon Boating and the Windy Pandas? I’ve done a bit of paddling at Lions each year and enjoyed it. Also Leah said the Pandas would change my life and she promised me weekly DIM SUM! Q2. Outside of DB, what do you do to relax in your Read more about G9 Interview: Alastair aka Al ‘Key’ Yap[…]
Worcester BDA Sunday 29th August 2015 “Erica, you’re going to write up the race report for Worcester right?!” asked Captin Vo. “Errrrr ok…..” I replied. Soooo, lets take it back and re re-wind….. The Journey Up It was a sunny Saturday before our third BDA race of the year and, some of us decided to venture up Read more about Race Report: Worcester BDA 29th August 2015 – By Erica Lau[…]
Q: How did you find out about the Windy Pandas? I was wined and dined by Mr and Mrs Jokey who bigged up promises of weekly dim sum, socials and oh paddling Q: What have been your likes and dislikes about Dragonboating so far? Likes: the whole team! Taking up a new challenge, dim sum and Read more about G8 Interview: Erica ‘Freestyler’ Lau[…]