Montana Dragon Boat Festival
Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 10 years, 4 months AGO
<p>Racers speed past a boat sitting ashore during the Montana Dragon Boat Festival at the Flathead Lake Lodge on Saturday. The third annual event featured 75 teams and is one of the 10 largest festivals in the nation. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>The Riveting Rosies, a team of mothers from Kalispell and Columbia Falls, dig in as they paddle toward the finish line during their heat race Saturday morning at the Dragon Boat Festival on Flathead Lake.</p>
<p>Terry Johnson, a steersman for the Montana Vikings, watches as his team from Bozeman pulls ahead during a heat Saturday morning. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Jessi Way, the drummer for the Riveting Rosies, shouts out orders during a race at the Montana Dragon Boat Festival.</p>
<p>Spectators watch from the shore.</p>
<p>Brittanie Bagley, the drummer for the Pearly Whites, urges her team on during a heat Saturday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
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Images from the first day of the Montana Dragon Boat Festival at the Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. (Aaric Bryan/ Daily Inter Lake)
