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Believe "It is what gets me through the day. If I didn't have belief I would not have the hope and without hope one may as well give up and that is something I just cannot do." — Anita Bassett Cochrane

In the boat we...Paddle together...Support each other...Learn from one another...Enjoy competition...Overcome fear...encourage others...make true friends...Take pride in our accomplishments...Break the silence of cancer...

“When you push off from the dock… we’re all in the same boat. This isn’t about cancer anymore. It’s about exercise and health and the rest of your life. When we push off we’re paddling away from breast cancer.” — Dr. Don McKenzie, Founder, Abreast In A Boat

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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

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