Teams

The 2008 Teams

For 2008, 65 teams were registered for the race! That is more than 1300 participants!

Here is the list of teams that participated in the 2008 Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival:

Team Name	Organization	Cup
Babes With Blades	Mask & Rose Theater
Beaver Tails	Bemidji State University
Bemidji Jaycees	Bemidji Jaycees
Bemidji ROWtarians	Bemidji Rotary Club / BSU Rotaract Club
Captain Running Man Powers	Anytime Fitness
Citizens State Bank - Midwest	Citizens State Bank - Midwest
Crazy Paddling Accountants	Miller McDonald Inc
Deadliners	Bemidji Pioneer
Digital Dragons	Paul Bunyan Television (PBTV)
Dondelinger Moto Dragons	Dondelinger GM
Draggin Forward	Bank Forward
DragInn Keepers	Bemidji InnKeepers Association
Dragon Assets	North Country Health Services
Dragon Breath	Bemidji Dental
Dragon Flyers	Bemidji Aviation Services
Dragon Power	Dragon Power
DragonTeals	Teal's Super Valu
First Nautical Bank	First National Bank
Foundation Alumni Rowing Team	Rotary Foundation Alumni
G Mac Daddy Paddlers	First Realty GMAC
Grim Jeepers	Bemidji Chrysler Center
Grimes Realty	Grimes Realty
Gwenabishkaawaad	Indigenous Environmental Network
Happy Hooligans	North Dakota Air National Guard
HydraHeads	Headwaters Canoe & Kayak
J W Smith All Star Paddlers	J.W. Smith School
KA Royal Rowers	Kraus-Anderson Construction Co
Knife River Rockin' Rowers	Knife River Materials
Knot Impaired	Bemidji Marine
Life Savers	MeritCare Clinic Bemidji
Marco	Marco
MasTec Mayhem	MasTec
McKinnon Company	McKinnon Company
Minnesota Golden Dragons	Pinnacle Publishing
MPR Radio Waves	Minnesota Public Radio
NCBP Dragon Meisters	North Country Business Products
O2 Pushers	Bemidji Medical Equipment
PBS Paddlers	Lakeland Public Television
Peak Freaks	Peak Performance
Pepsi Chuggers	Nei Bottling Company
Pine Tree Paddlers	Dick's Plumbing & Heating of Bemidji
Prairie to Pine Paddlers	Fosston Rotary Club
Radio Flyers	Paul Bunyan Broadcasting
River Rats	RiverWood Bank (formerly First Federal Bank)
Sam's Sailors	Wal-Mart
Scubbin Bubbles	AmeriPride Linen & Apparel Service
Sen Lin Hu	Concordia Language Villages
Sew, Who's Draggin?	Anderson Fabrics
Smooth Operators	Paul Bunyan Telephone
SOLLYC Dragon Sailors	Shores of Leech Lake Yacht Club
Sundogs	TrekNorth
Team Red, White, and Blue	Bemidji Bituminous
The "Eh" Team	Winnipeg Canoe & Kayak
The Bancaneers	Security Bank USA
The Bookies	Friends of the Library
The Chicken Ship	Great River Dentistry
The Mama's & The Papa's	North Country Health Services
The Swimming Coyotes	Acme Tools / Acme Rents
The Wave Makers	Rotary Club of Park Rapids
Unicel	Unicel - Rural Cellular
United Way Superheroes (sponsored by McKinnon Company, Inc.)	United Way
Willie's Wired-Hands	Beltrami Electric Cooperative
WMIS 92.1 The River Radio Rats	RP Broadcasting
Wooly Irishmen	Keg N' Cork
Zetah Zea Dawgz	Zetah Construction

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