Crystal Lyn

“I would say most of my memorable moments are my first-time moments.

This year, I paddled in my first international race in the Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival in British Columbia, Canada. The venue was beautiful and everyone was so friendly! That’s definitely my favorite race that I’ve done so far.

I was also stoked about paddling my first 2k this year in the Nevada International Dragon boat Festival with the Philippine Alliance DB team. I know most people dread the 2k, or when they’re finished, I hear lots of moans and groans. I honestly think once we were finished, I was the only one with the biggest and cheesiest smile running across my face and I kept yelling, “again again agaaaaain!” Total laugh out loud moment!

Another memorable moment was paddling a straight 30-minute piece during the summer with one of the Team USA coaches. Mind you, the temps in the summer during the middle of the day, specifically 1pm, were in the triple digits. It was brutal, but I loved every minute of it. As I always say and remind myself, train insane or remain the same.”

[Crystal Lyn (Las Vegas, NV, USA), paddler on Paddle eNVy.]

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