{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Paddles Ready","title":"EP15: The World Is Heading to Taipei: Are You Ready?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5fade8ce\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1917,"description":"The countdown is on.\nThe IDBF Club Crew World Championships in Taipei are getting closer, and the global dragon boat community is gearing up for one of the biggest events on the international paddling calendar.\nIn this episode of Paddles Ready, Dougie and Hando turn their attention to what's happening across the paddling world—from recent European competition and racing in Hong Kong to endurance events in Singapore, the Gorge in the USA, and the huge few months of international competition still to come. \nBut all roads are beginning to lead to Taipei.\nThe boys discuss how teams prepare for a major multi-day Club Crew World Championships, the differences between national and club competition, tapering and training, and what paddlers can expect when thousands of competitors descend on Taiwan.\nAnd Paddles Ready will be right there amongst it.\nDougie and Hando reveal more about their plans to head to Taipei, provide coverage from the Championships and launch something new for the growing Paddles Ready community, with the first 1,000 members set to be part of what's coming next. \nIn this episode:\nThe international dragon boat events heating up around the world \nThe road to the IDBF Club Crew World Championships in Taipei \nHow teams prepare for seven days of world-class racing \nNations racing versus Club Crew competition \nWhat Dougie and Hando have planned for Taipei \nThe first hints about the new Paddles Ready membership \nWhy the next eight weeks could deliver some incredible international paddling \nPlus, 60 Seconds with Dougie features Chris from the German Dragons, before Hando fires up another Hot Take:\n🔥 Why are dragon boat clubs so bad at marketing themselves?\n\nHando believes clubs are sitting on an enormous untapped resource, the talented people already inside their own paddling communities.\nTaipei is coming. The world's best clubs are preparing.\nAnd Paddles Ready is coming with them.\n🌏 Visit https://paddlesready.com/\n🎧 Subscribe and follow Paddles Ready for...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/g9vPE77aj-FfxIVa0T7RvQUDWd2_aSDp2JJUloZw76A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNjll/ODMzZTVjY2RiYWMx/ZTk1ODIxOWUzMTQw/Y2NlNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}