Wasabi Paddling Club

10:39 am Tuesday July 2nd Wasabi's practice had a mix up so we will try again at 6pm. The women are looking forward to a day of touring the city and being tourists, not just athletes. A lot of teams here from all over the world. Some are really friendly, some not so much. The club as usual is given the "Oh there goes Wasabi" when we walk by at the race venue. I personally feel a bit of pride when that happens. Watching the German Coach interact with the race official in charge of the practices makes me wonder why the Americans are considered the rude and crass people. He was raging because the team change outs were shaving 6 minutes off his crews practice time. I felt like saing, "uh, dude, if you quit yelling at this nice man you can go load your boat thereby not shaving any more time off your teams time slot" I kept my mouth shut like a good girl. It only hurt a little bit to do so. Looking forward to the 2000m races tomorrow. I did get a chance to practice my turns with the San Diego crew- wild water and tight turns- every helms favorite! The SD team lost their helm at the last minute so if it is approved as extenuating circumstances I will be helming for them as well this week. Fingers crossed,eh? I'll check in again later. Hope the weather is nice in Portland it's really really hot and humid here in case you were wondering. SaTina