Our Stories
AIAB in the Tri-Cities
Diane Wahl, Linda Hopwo and Leslie Lewis talk about AIAB... read more
Part 2 - Three Abreast In A Boat
In their own words.... By John Endo Greenaway, Printed in the Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association - March 2011 Bulletin... read more
Part 1 - Three Abreast In A Boat
Wendy Matsubuchi-Bremner calls her mother a quiet hero.... By John Endo Greenaway, Printed in the Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association – March 2011 Bulletin... read more
Susan Anthony
Dragon Boating - A Survivor's Story (as it appeared on Ezine @rticles)... read more
Joan Stokes, Scrapbooker!
Joan Stokes, is a scrapbooker and she has had one of her scrapbook pages featured in the Fall 2010 issue of the Canadian Scrapbooker magazine!... read more
Abreast In The West - Switzerland
Journeys of Women With Cancers. The International Pink Sisters Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Team of Parksville has just returned from an incredible paddling experience in Switzerland... >read more
Rosa van der Zwan
I see the flower, It is so nice, I look out over the water, And I think I am in paradise... read more
Paul Smith
Thank you so much, and thank you Michelle Hanton and your marvellous group of organizers of Abreast in Australia for renewing this wonderful tribute to Sandy. I know Sandy is very proud to have been a part of this event, but also more than a little embarrassed by the whole concept of a race named in her honour... read more
TREK
LAST JUNE AT THE ALCAN DRAGON BOAT Festival in Vancouver, dozens of teams and bystanders lined up to watch one inspiring race. It wasn't the finals, or the infamous "Guts and Glory" a-k dredge... read more
Remarkable Journey
Most people involved in dragon boat racing are aware of the ‘Pink Ladies’ – the breast cancer dragon boaters that paddle their message of awareness around the globe... read more
Lorraine Krakow
I don't think there are enough adjectives in the English language to describe the gamut of emotions that I experienced at Deas Slough on Sunday... read more
Rome 2002
Have you heard the saying "All roads lead to Rome"? Well we never imagined that the rocky road of breast cancer would lead us there!... read more
Sandy Smith Speech, Quebec City, 2001
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 1996, my first reaction was one of terror and panic... read more
