Tug of War.... Using Dragonboats?!??!?

This must be the most innovative sporting event I have seen man.

Basically, imagine 2 12men dragon boats, connected with a thick cable. When it starts, both will paddle like crazy for approximately 7 meters. Then, both boats will be around 1 meter from the end flag. And thats where they have to paddle like crazy to win.

Come say it with me. 'XIONG!'

I'm actually very tempted to try this out.. It actually looks rather fun.

Though thinking about it, there could be some problems.

1) What if the cable snaps? If you've seen dragonboat competition, that's really a possibility.

2) The gap is only 1 meter.. So its actually possible that a very fast team touches the flag before the cable becomes taunt.

In any case.. It looks seriously interesting.. I'll definitely go and take a look at the competition itself.

Oh, and of course, heres the link to the site itself, The UOB Ultimate DragonTug Showdown