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UW Rowboats fire up for 2023 Season

TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,550
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edited February 2023 in Yellow Snow's Record Shoppe
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  • CFetters_Nacho_LoverCFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 28,707
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    https://pac-12.com/article/2023/01/26/schedules-set-uw-rowings-2023-season

    A real team of real boys and real girls playing a real sport.

    Yella??!!??!! True???!???
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,235
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    https://pac-12.com/article/2023/01/26/schedules-set-uw-rowings-2023-season

    A real team of real boys and real girls playing a real sport.

    Yella??!!??!! True???!???
    Probably will drive over Santiam pass this spring to go watch Pac 12's (LOL) down at Dexter Lake, OR.

    @Doogles home course on Lake Natoma lost the regatta because the dam operators are shit as fuck and created unfair currents.

    @haie you can put on your Boyz in da' Boat tee and drive down to shit talk Ducktards if you want.




    RIP Fawn Leibovitz…
  • DooglesDoogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,460
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    https://pac-12.com/article/2023/01/26/schedules-set-uw-rowings-2023-season

    A real team of real boys and real girls playing a real sport.

    Yella??!!??!! True???!???
    Probably will drive over Santiam pass this spring to go watch Pac 12's (LOL) down at Dexter Lake, OR.

    Doogles home course on Lake Natoma lost the regatta because the dam operators are shit as fuck and created unfair currents.

    @haie you can put on your Boyz in da' Boat tee and drive down to shit talk Ducktards if you want.




    Smells like Malarkey
  • TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,550
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    Apparently Australia is invited and will attend the Windermere cup in 2023, pretty cool.

  • TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,550
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    Best UW rowboat story i heard [could be urban legend but i bet its true] is that for one of the WCup events the Egyptian team showed up and when the Blue Angels flew overhead in the great tradition, the Egyptian team panicked and dove into the water to avoid getting rubbed out much to the roaring delight of the crowd on hand. Wasn’t there so can’t confirm but i do love the story even if its bullshit.
  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 100,693
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    People forget how big UW crew was

    Second only to football

    And yes that means bigger than basketball
  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 100,693
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    Husky Stadium didn't hold more than 40k until the first deck in the 50s

  • PurpleBazePurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 29,483
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    Husky Stadium didn't hold more than 40k until the first deck in the 50s

    You were there.
  • CFetters_Nacho_LoverCFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 28,707
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    People forget how big UW crew was

    Second only to football

    And yes that means bigger than basketball

    I won't say UW Crew was bigger than football pre WWII, but it was a closer 2nd than many people realize. 80,000 people used to line the shores of Lake WA back in the 20s and 30s to watch the Dour Dane battle Uncle Ky.

    Alas, times change and the rowboat lost its pull as a major spectator sport. It remains, however, UW's most important non revenue sports, and it's not really that close.
    Race was there as well.
  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 100,693
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    We did view the regatta a few times before the Varsity Alumni game at the Montlake Cut by the 7-11 in Montlake


  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,793
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    We did view the regatta a few times before the Varsity Alumni game at the Montlake Cut by the 7-11 in Montlake


    So the @YellowSnow clan is heading the London for Spring Break. March 26th it the "Boat Race" between Oxford and Cambrdge which is the oldest college sporting event in the world dating back to 1837. Thinking I will fight through the jet lag and go check it out.


  • whlinderwhlinder Member Posts: 4,240
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    We did view the regatta a few times before the Varsity Alumni game at the Montlake Cut by the 7-11 in Montlake


    So the @YellowSnow clan is heading the London for Spring Break. March 26th it the "Boat Race" between Oxford and Cambrdge which is the oldest college sporting event in the world dating back to 1837. Thinking I will fight through the jet lag and go check it out.


    Now THATS a trip. Nice!

    Someday I will plan a combo Wimbledon & Henley spectator trip.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,793
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    whlinder said:

    We did view the regatta a few times before the Varsity Alumni game at the Montlake Cut by the 7-11 in Montlake


    So the @YellowSnow clan is heading the London for Spring Break. March 26th it the "Boat Race" between Oxford and Cambrdge which is the oldest college sporting event in the world dating back to 1837. Thinking I will fight through the jet lag and go check it out.


    Now THATS a trip. Nice!

    Someday I will plan a combo Wimbledon & Henley spectator trip.
    Henley is tits. I’ve been once.
  • huskyhooliganhuskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,041
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    People forget how big UW crew was

    Second only to football

    And yes that means bigger than basketball

    I won't say UW Crew was bigger than football pre WWII, but it was a closer 2nd than many people realize. 80,000 people used to line the shores of Lake WA back in the 20s and 30s to watch the Dour Dane battle Uncle Ky.

    Alas, times change and the rowboat lost its pull as a major spectator sport. It remains, however, UW's most important non revenue sports, and it's not really that close.
    I'm still baffled they rowed on the north end of the lake.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,793
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    People forget how big UW crew was

    Second only to football

    And yes that means bigger than basketball

    I won't say UW Crew was bigger than football pre WWII, but it was a closer 2nd than many people realize. 80,000 people used to line the shores of Lake WA back in the 20s and 30s to watch the Dour Dane battle Uncle Ky.

    Alas, times change and the rowboat lost its pull as a major spectator sport. It remains, however, UW's most important non revenue sports, and it's not really that close.
    I'm still baffled they rowed on the north end of the lake.
    They were a sturdy bunch back then. The Varsity race used to be 4 miles long, hence needing to be on Lake WA. Prone to rough conditions.

    I don't recall exactly when they switched to 2000 meters (the current distance). Some point in the 60's I think. I'll look it up.
  • whlinderwhlinder Member Posts: 4,240
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    People forget how big UW crew was

    Second only to football

    And yes that means bigger than basketball

    I won't say UW Crew was bigger than football pre WWII, but it was a closer 2nd than many people realize. 80,000 people used to line the shores of Lake WA back in the 20s and 30s to watch the Dour Dane battle Uncle Ky.

    Alas, times change and the rowboat lost its pull as a major spectator sport. It remains, however, UW's most important non revenue sports, and it's not really that close.
    Tims change again; once the Pac-12 kills football and then CTE buries it forever rowboat will regain its prominence.

    Or it won't. EWIWBI
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