Out of Sight Dragons

Out of Sight Dragon, Gary Grassman, at OneLife doing back squats yesterday!

Sweat, strength, and serious determination 💪🔥 From sled pushes to battle ropes, we crushed it! Shoutout to Coach Carlo for keeping us moving and pushing our limits. Who’s ready for the next round? Let’s go! 🏋️‍♂️💥

The Out of Sight Dragons (OSD) is a proud participant of the 2024-2025 Combined Federal Campaign!

If you or someone you know is a federal employee or federal retiree, then GIVE HAPPY with a tax-deductible gift to OSD using the CFC number 31515.

As a local non-profit, we offer our disabled athletes the benefits of physical and emotional well being through fitness training, community building and healthy competition. Your support through CFC will defray the considerable cost of regional travel, boat/equipment maintenance and entry fees.

To learn more about the Office of Personnel Management CFC program, you may go to https://givecfc.org/.

Please stop into the "Cantina Bambina" to help Out of Sight Dragons at this fundraiser this Sunday, October 13 at Cantina Bambina! The address is 960 Wharf Street SW, Washington, DC 20024. The drinking establishment opens at 12 noon. Please join us to raise your glass on support of OSD. Show up thirsty, drink several tasty beverages and enjoy the festive atmosphere! Do not come hungry, but you may bring your own Wharf favorites to share. OSD thanks you for participating in this terrific opportunity on Land.

This festival was so fun to be a part of! Thank you to Solomons Dragon Boat Festival and everyone who helped make it happen. Great work team on, and off the water.

1, 2, 3, OSD!

So excited to race Solomons Dragon Boat Festival! See everyone soon!

Faster than the speed of light, it's the Out of Sight Dragons! Returning to the festival this year, the team is comprised of blind and visually impaired individuals, friends, families, volunteers and partner organizations in the Metropolitan Washington DC area. Their mission is to promote the benefits of dragon boat paddling among blind and visually impaired people and they welcome everyone to our team – blind or sighted.

Image Description: The Out of Sight Dragons new logo, a yellow circle with a silhouette of dragon boat on the water in front of a sun, is surrounded by yellow dots on a black background. The top of the image says "Thank you for your support" and the bottom of the image says "A returning team to the Solomons Dragon Boat Festival"

❄️ Our winter training and baseline fitness metrics are well on their way! Today we did pushups, sit ups, russian twists, and 1 min time trials on the erg! 1-2-3 OSD!! 💪

❄️ OSD’s winter training and baseline fitness metrics are well on their way! Today we did pushups, sit ups, russian twists, and 1 min time trials on the erg! 1-2-3 OSD!! 💪 Proudly Affiliated with: @dcdragonboatclub #dragonboat #dragonboatlife #flightforsight #paraathletics #paradragon #dcdragonboatclub #blind #lowvision #audiodescription #outofsight #outofsightoutofmind #visionimpaired #idbf #para #usdbf

We have a new Instagram account, check out our first video there! Be sure to follow too. 🙂

1-2-3 OSD! Follow us as we gear up to start the 2024 season! 🛶 @usdragonboat pls notice us! Affiliated and supported by: @dcdragonboatclub #dragonboat #dragonboatlife #flightforsight #paraathletics #paradragon #dcdragonboatclub #blind #lowvision #audiodescription #outofsight #outofsightoutofmind #visionimpaired #idbf #para #usdbf

SARASOTA CAMP & RACES
CAMP: WED, APR 17 - FRI, APR 19 2024
RACES: SUN, APR 21 2024
R E G I S T R A T I O N N O W O P E N !
This 3-day camp, from Wed, April 17 to Fri, April 19 will be run by coaches Lonnie Homenuk and Anne Becker at Nathan Benderson Park, concurrently with a dragon boat camp headed by Ellen Law and Marc Applewhite. We will also be competing in the Paradragons Division at the Sarasota International Dragon Boat Festival on April 21.

The Paradragon USA camp is limited to 20 participants with at least 10 seats reserved for Paras. Prompt payment is required - only the first 20 who register and pay get a seat!
https://www.paradragonsusa.org/event-details-registration/sarasota-training-camp-and-race

The Out of Sight Dragons would like to extend our sincere thanks to Richard Hemmer and the staff of Cantina Bambina for an incredible fundraiser this past Sunday. More successful than any of the many years previously. the money raised will help us get paddlers to competition, pay for equipment and maintenance, and continue to create opportunities for new people who haven't yet tasted the dragon fire.