It's my first season, it was pretty laid back, welcoming and everyone is real chill. Everyone's…read morereally active on and off the water. They seriously paddle hard on the water and party hard off the water. It's like a ritual on away trips. If you need some cardio or a strength workout get get toned. Join this group! You might even feel a bit younger too. =]

Although DW has consistently ranked among the top two teams in the Bay Area for the last decade and…read moreeven making it to the World Club Crew Championships in Toronto, things change as teams evolve. With the recent departure of its captain, who set the tone of the team since its founding, as well as other long-time paddler departures, the team is facing a significant transition. Tough challenges, such as the always difficult decisions of selecting crews, motivating and unifying large numbers of members with different backgrounds, and maintaining the difficult balance of fun and competition are formidable. Yet with change and challenge lies opportunities that will hopefully empower the DW spirit, which has been the hallmark of this team, to prevail. With more new and younger staff, you get a newfound source of energy that is refreshing and up-to-date on all the latest and greatest regimens to strengthen your conditioning and to avoid injuries on land and water. These include a variety of stretching exercises and tougher workout routines to improve your fitness as well as team-building games at picnics and bowling alleys. Having a younger club based in San Francisco enabled DW to fundraise over $2K from garage/yard sales. Finally, organization of trips, events, finances, and birthdays has improved with sweet treats from the team's talented new staff. Hopefully, all of this helps sustain the famous tradition of DW having the best food tent amongst all the teams given its cookbook, which was a signature fundraiser for the team. Regardless of these changes, DW is a great way to improve physical fitness and to socialize by working and having fun as a team. As a true team sport where your performance depends on everyone blending together in harmony, not on superstars, it's hard to paddle effectively as a team. Thus, DW offers a unique opportunity to develop these important skills on and off the water that you can leverage in other aspects of your life in the workplace and at home. Parking is ample in Harding Park except when the crew teams race and late in the season when corporate and novice teams need to practice for the annual San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival. (Coincidentally, a majority of DW volunteers to make this the most successful and largest dragon boat festival in the U.S. every year.) The ambiance can be sunny, but the weather is usually overcast, cold, damp and stinky due to bird poop. Rain or shine, there is practice given the DW mentality to paddle in anything except dense fog, lighting or hurricanes. This is what some would call having heart or paddling long and strong no matter what obstacles you face to make you a tougher warrior. As DW rebuilds, grows, adapts, and matures to a different beat of the drum, it will be interesting to see how this team develops, where it goes, and how it deals with the growing pains. The success of this team has come from a positive spirit and heart to sacrifice for the team from all walks of life and ages. So, come on out and seize the opportunity to join in on the fun and to help shape this team in order to achieve a new dream with a stream of victories on and off the water!

Coach should be "launched".. when your down by 5 with less then a minute to go....and the BALL is…read morein the hands of the team with the lead...FOUL ..! Gave your team no chance to win..! Translation of "launched"..... FIRED..!

Best entertainment money can buy now a days. I brought my kids to a game yesterday. Now my…read moredaughter is obsessed with Cal and wants to go to UC Berkeley. Oh yeah! GO BEARS!

This group is great. Other businesses charge lots of money ($90) to go skiing for the day. These…read moreguys charge only $45 as a way of covering gas, oil changes and other repairs for later on. Very nice and very social, Thanks Rudy Perez!

This is by far the best and most organized group of snowboarders i have ever had the privilege of…read moreriding with. they have all become my most beloved friends! If your not snowboarding with NorCal your snowboarding in Mexico!!!

I joined Bass Cartel because I wanted to play COED, but I was pretty annoyed with how it all went…read moredown. The play was great, but I had a really difficult time with the refs and how things were dealt with. Derrick is great and really tries to make everything work well, but my experience was pretty frustrating. The last game of the season before playoffs, two team members walked in 3 minutes before starting time, according to two several different cell phone clocks (our games were ALWAYS starting late). When I arrived, the ref had already forced our team to forfeit, the clock had been running for 7 minutes already, and he refused to ref our game. This made us ineligible for the playoffs and our season ended on a scrimmage that wasn't even reffed. When I confronted the ref before the game to ask him why he made us forfeit, he started screaming at me and called me a liar. Big he said she said mess that was just really frustrating. I contacted Derrick and didn't receive any response after several attempts at some kind of resolution, so I requested that my team be given the equivalent of that games' worth of our fee back, because the ref didn't officiate and we didn't get to participate as agreed, or that we receive an apology from the ref. I didn't receive any response for quite some time, and eventually was told that they have to stand by the refs, and they couldn't give us a refund because they had already paid the ref fees (for the ref that didn't officiate?). They offered a $14 credit toward the next season for the five players who were there, but all of us were so annoyed by the ordeal that we chose not to use this league again. None of the leagues are great by any means, but you think they'd at least try to make an effort to make it fair and to maintain current players. Oh well. My money goes elsewhere now.

After playing in other leagues such as Golden Gate, Bass Cartel is by far a much better organized…read moreand more fun league as I have played in both Basketball and Softball Leagues for 3 years now. The atomsphere is very relaxed with people going out there and just to have fun with the right amount of competitive spirt. Softball takes place in the Presidio and they have a great core group of players and a good mix of new teams. They have approximately 25-35 softball teams playing during the season. The coed basketball is great and a lot more social than the past men's leagues I have played. Everyone is about high school ability Overall I recommend the club of its professional service and fun attitude!

Originally purchased a Groupon deal for my daughter to attend here. We signed up for the 8 classes…read moreand once they ended decided to continue on. It's a great program for kids wanting to step up their basketball skills. The group size ranges, some weeks are larger than others, but the coaches always split them up depending on skill/experience and age. When you attend their 1.5 hour weekly class on Sundays, there will be plenty of: hand eye coordination, dribbling, shooting, passing and cardio drills. At the end of every class, my daughter is so beat! But, she has a good time and looks forward to attending knowing that she's getting better each time. All of the coaches are great in pushing your child to their ability and they always acknowledge it with praise. Great job coaches!

Lady working in the office by the bottom court is very rude and yelled at my nephews for no reason…read moreas they were just walking along the court no where near the court

Cal had a great football team in the early 1920s. From 1920 through 1924, the team never lost a…read moregame. They won four straight national championships under head coach Andy Smith. They won the national title again in 1937 under Stub Allison. For both Smith and Allison, Cal would be their last coaching gigs. Smith passed away of pneumonia in 1926, not long after leading those "Wonder Teams" to multiple championships. His ashes were spread on the field at California Memorial Stadium where the Golden Bears still play today. Cal's five titles tie Cornell, Illinois, Iowa, Miami (FL), and Nebraska for 15th all-time in total number of national championships won in college football history. In the "modern" era, Cal football hasn't been relevant in terms of national championship contention. Beginning with the Pac-8 days in 1968 (the Pac-8 is what's now known as the Pac-12), Cal has won the conference only twice: 1975 and 2006. The Bears did, however, qualify for 16 bowl games over that span and went 10-6 in them. They have 24 bowl appearances all time (12-11-1). Jeff Tedford, who was head coach from 2002 to 2012, led the school to eight bowl appearances in nine seasons (2003-2011). His teams were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll each season from 2004 to 2009. Under Tedford, Cal's highest national ranking by the AP was No. 2 in Week 6 (10/7) of 2007. Unfortunately, that 2007 team lost six of its last eight games and finished the season a disappointing 7-6. Tedford last coached at Fresno State (2017-2019). Cal is currently coached by Justin Wilcox who took over for Sonny Dykes (at Cal, Dykes went 19-30 overall with a 10-26 conference record). Cal is Wilcox's first head coaching job. He was 40 years old at the time of his hiring in January 2017. In his first three seasons, Wilcox was able to get Cal into two bowl games, though mediocre: the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl (a 10-7 loss to 6-6 TCU; Cal finished 7-6) and the 2019 Redbox Bowl (a 35-20 victory over 6-6 Illinois; Cal finished 8-5). To date, in four seasons - with the 2020 season cut short due to COVID-19 - Wilcox is an even 21-21 overall (.500) and only 11-20 in conference (.355). With a capacity of 62,467, Cal's on-campus football stadium, California Memorial Stadium (a.k.a. "Strawberry Canyon") is the fourth-biggest in the Pac-12 Conference. It originally opened in 1923.

Hubby and I were invited by our amazing friends to attend a Cal Bear football game and view it…read morefrom the Club. What a great time we had! Spectacular views of the San Francisco skyline and the bay itself on one side of the Club and a great football game on the other side. I laughed when I was given the back story of Tightwad Hill. A true bears fan would understand. Staff was very accommodating and friendly, food was tasty. It happened to be Mediterranean night at the Club and they offered lamb,, chicken skewers, salads, sausages, to name a few. Oh and did I mention the all-you-drink bar! Yah, we were feeling spoiled.

Ultimate frisbee camp is the best! It is one of my son's favorite camps. The counselors are…read moreamazing, and it's a very welcoming environment. His frisbee skills improved considerably, and he had a great time. He'll be back for sure!

This camp was super fun for my daughter, and she even learned how to throw a forehand. The camp…read morebreaks into groups depending on experience level, but the kids also all get to play together. So the all-inclusive nature of it really worked well for us. It was not only affordable, the camp offered some great enrichment programming for girls (GURLS) which really resonated with my kid. Besides playing Ultimate, the kids get to play other fun games, such as dodgeball, etc. Bring a sweatshirt, it can be cold and windy on the Gilman fields in the Summer :)

Love the queer sports programs in the city! We need more things like this. And I love the woman…read moreMary Ann who works there!

TBH it's obvious Marvin here didn't simply "come across" my review. I honestly wonder if Bay Blades…read moreis still a thing... I still remember my negative experience with this group and stand by my experience, though I feel a little bad trashing an older gentleman coach whose identity was probably fairly linked to doing this work. For what it's worth, I remember it being a nice day on the water, and I always love Lake Merritt.