Team Bakunawa is a fledgling, motley crew of fun-loving, crazy, and eager-to-learn individuals from Iligan City. The term "do-it-yourself" has never been more apt for any other team, as Bakunawa started by building their own dragon boat named "Baku" (with "no experience of building anything in their lives," according to Actub) and learning their paddling technique from videos and tutorials on the Internet.