Velocita

Velocita

Year/Builder: 2002 Vespoli

Series: Challenger

Type/Size (lbs): DS 125-155

Meaning of the name: "Speed" in Italian

Grizzly

Grizzly

Year/Builder: 2005 Vespoli

Series: Ultralite

Type/Size (lbs): DS 125-155

Meaning of the name: The Grizzly Bear got its name from its silver-tipped brown fur, which creates a “grizzled” look, but grizzlies actually range in color from bland to black. (Urus Actus Horribillis)

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Black Bear

Year/Builder: 2006 Vespoli

Series: V-1

Type/Size (lbs): EM 155-185

Meaning of the name: The Black Bear is best known and widespread throughout North America. They are medium size among bears, averaging 135 to 350 pounds and stand at 4 to 7 feet tall. (Ursus Americanus)

Dancing bear

Dancing Bear

Year/Builder: 2011 Hudson

Series: Predator

Type/Size (lbs): 150-180

Meaning of the name: In honor of a member of the LB Crew family who reminded us to always take the chance to dance.

Kohana

Kohanna

Year/Builder: 2017 Hudson

Series: Predator

Type/Size (lbs): 150-180

Meaning of the name: Swift Bear” in Sioux

Nanuk

Nanuk

Year/Builder: 2018 Hudson

Series: Predator

Type/Size (lbs): 150-180

Meaning of the name: The Inuit name for the Polar Bear, meaning “an animal worthy of great respect”

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Bruin

Year/Builder: 2010 Hudson

Series: Predator

Type/Size (lbs): LW 115-150

Meaning of the name: Large ferocious brown bear; massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws. (Ursus Arctos)

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Kodiak

Year/Builder: 2005 Vespoli

Series: Ultralite

Type/Size (lbs): DS 155-185

Meaning of the name: The Kodiak Bear lives in Alaska and is the world’s largest land carnivore. The males weighs up to 1,500 pounds standing up 13 feet high. (Ursus Arctus Middendorffi)

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Kuma

Year/Builder: 2008 Hudson

Series: Predator

Type/Size (lbs): MW 145-190

Meaning of the name: Bear in Japanese

Beorn II

Beorn II, Makwa, Iorek

Names: Beorn II, Makwa, Iorek

Year/Builder: 2014 Hudson, 2014 Hudson, 2006 Hudson respectively

Series: Super Predator, Super Predator, Elite

Type/Size (lbs): MW 145-175, LTWT 115-145, MW150-190

Meaning of the names: Beorn II: Norse Mythology – the name of a man who could turn into a bear; Makwa: In Ojibway  (Indians native to the Occoquan) Native American Language makwa, means Bearl;  Iorek: Armored polar bear from the  Philip Pullman novel “The Golden Compass”. King of his clan, defeated by treachery, later returns to reclaim his throne. Sworn to protect Lyra.

Bruin Legend

Bruin Legend

Year/Builder: 2015 Hudson

Series: Super Predator

Type/Size (lbs): 145-175

Meaning of the name: In honor of Lake Braddock Crew Bruin Legends, rowers which committed their four years of high school to the club.

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