Teams

The 2009 Teams

For 2009, 66 teams were registered for the race! That is more than 1320 participants!

Here is the list of teams that participated in the 2009 Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival:

Team Name	Organization	Cup
All Stars	J.W. Smith School
Anytime Fitness	Anytime Fitness
Beaver Brigade	BSU
Beltrami County Health & Human Services ~ Dragon Flyz	Beltrami County Health & Human Services
Bemidji Aviation Dragon Flyers	Bemidji Aviation
Big North Bottle Openers	Big North Distributing
Cedar River Gang	Cedar River Gang
Crazy Paddling Accountants	Miller McDonald
Custom Coyote	Coyote 102.5 FM KKWB
Deadliners	The Bemidji Pioneer
Drag-on into the Rec	Gillette Recreation Center
DRAGGIN FORWARD	BANK FORWARD
Dragon Assets	North Country Health Services
DragonTeals	Teal's Super Valu
Dynomite Disco Dragons	United Way of Bemidji Area
FAB-ROW-CATORS	Anderson Fabrics
First City Crew	City of Bemidji
First National Bank of Bemidji	First Nat'l Bank of Bemidji
Forks Dragon Slayers	TDL, Inc.
Foundation Alumni Rowing Team	Rotary Foundation Alumni / The Rotary Foundation
G-MAC Daddy Paddle Club	First Realty GMAC
Grim Jeepers	Chrysler Center / Honda of Bemidji
Grimes Realty Blazing Paddles	Grimes Realty fo Bemidji
Gut Renchers	NCHS 2nd Floor Medical Team
HydraHeads	Headwater Canoe & Kayak
Knot Impaired	Bemidji Marine Inc.
Kraus Anderson's Royal Rowers	Kraus-Anderson Construction Co
Lincoln's Honor Rowl	Lincoln School
Maximum ROWtation	TEAM Industries - Bagley
MeritCare Lifesavers	MeritCare
Moto Dragons	Dondelinger
MPR Radio Waves	Minnesota Public Radio
No Crew Left Behind (NCLB)	Northern School
Paddle Till U Puke	Random Friends
Paddlin' Paws	Bemidji Veterinary Hospital
Park Rapids Rotary Club	Park Rapids Rotary Wavemakers
PBS Paddlers	Lakeland Public TV
PBT Smooth Operators	Paul Bunyan Telephone
PBTV Digital Dragons	Paul Bunyan Television
Pepsi Chuggers	Pepsi
PFDz	Willow Wood Market
Pine Tree Paddlers	Dick's Plumbing & Heating
Pinnacle Paddlers	Pinnacle Publishing
Prairie to Pine Paddlers	Fosston Rotary
Radio Flyers	Paul Bunyan Broadcasting
Real Country Racers	RP Broadcasting
Red Lake Nation	RED LAKE HEALTH SYSTEM
Retail Dragons	Walmart 2
River City Dragons	Manitoba Paddling Club
River Rats	RiverWood Bank
Rockin Rowers	Knife River Materials
Row Backs	Wal-Mart
Rowtarians	Bemidji Rotary
Sen Lin Hu	Concordia Language Villages
Team Red, White and Blue	Bemidji Bituminous, Inc.
The Bancaneers	Security BankUSA
The Bookies	Friends of Bemidji Library
The Chicken Ship	Great River Dentistry
The Thirsty Thursday Throng	EAPC
TrekNorth Sundogs	TrekNorth
Water Soaked Nerds	Widseth Smith Nolting
WESLOH FIVE-0	Wesloh
Willie's Wired Hands	Beltrami Electric Cooperative
Wooly Irishmen	Keg n' Cork / Bemidji Woolen Mills / McKinnon Company
YOUNG ROW-FESSIONALS	YPN
Zetah Zea Dawgz	Zetah Construction, Inc.

In addition to several awards that are given for top finishers, traveling "challenge" cups were up for grabs for teams from organizations representing: