This is a 2-day race festival in Tempe, Arizona at Tempe Town Lake. 18-person teams. Open to CCDBA registered paddlers. Please see details on TeamSnap; early commitment needed.
One-day race festival with standard boats, 10-person teams. Open to CCDBA registered paddlers. Sign up on TeamSnap or contact Race Director Rose Marie Battaglia.
Open to CCDBA Registered Paddlers only. Sign up on TeamSnap and hold your place with a check for $50 to CCDBA (checks will not be cashed). To get the full benefit, plan on attending both days. Nathan Salazar is a Team USA coach, well-known and respected in the dragon boat community.
One day festival, teams of 10 paddlers, 250 meter races. This festival fills up fast; registered paddlers sign up on TeamSnap before August 15.
This is available only for members of the National Team. CCDBA has four paddlers who have been selected for the national team. If you are interested in taking part in qualifying for team USA, please visit USDBF.org for information. Or, contact Rose Marie Battaglia, Belin Tanner, Becky Adams, Dave DeGroot, or president@ccdba.org.
Festival dates are tentative - it will be a one day event on July 22 or July 29, 2023.
This is to qualify for Club Crew World Championships in Ravenna, Italy 2024. SurviveOars is assembling a team of ALL cancer survivors, including MEN. This is a tremendous opportunity to experience dragon boat racing at the national/international level. Open to registered paddlers; sign up on TeamSnap.
Castaic Lake's 4th Annual Dragon Boating festival! This festival has youth and adult racing categories. Open to registered paddlers; sign up on TeamSnap.
The IBCPC Dragon Boat Festival is held every 3 to 4 years under the auspices of the International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission. The festival is an international non-competitive participatory event for breast cancer paddler teams. For the first time since the establishment of IBCPC in 2010, the festival will take place in the southern hemisphere in New Zealand. SurviveOars has assembled a team of paddlers; for information, contact Patrice Sanchez or president@ccdba.org.
One of our favorite festivals, AZ Dragon Boat Festival is held at Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, AZ. Check out their website: https://azdba.org/festival/ for more information. Open to registered paddlers; sign up on TeamSnap.
Los Angeles County Dragon Boat Club - Team DPW will host the 2nd Annual Los Angeles County Dragon Boat Festival - Marina del Rey on Saturday, March 4, 2023.
This is a great one-day festival for beginning racers. Race course is 250 meters, 10-person teams.
Open to registered paddlers; sign up on TeamSnap.
Connie Flesuras and Kathy Skinner of Dragon Boat Training Inc. are back on the Central Coast for a 2-day paddling clinic, including a section on Sunday for Steersperson training. Connie has competed at the international level and trains coaches for the USDBF. The clinic will focus on stroke technique and injury prevention. FREE to registered paddlers; sign up on TeamSnap.
This is a free family fun day sponsored by the Morro Bay Maritime Museum (home of our retired dragon boat Joanna’s Joy). The day kicks off at 8:30 in the morning with a Rotary Duckie Derby; team SurviveOars will be on the dragon boat ‘wrangling’ the rubber ducks to keep them on the race course. We will have a fun display at the event throughout the day; stop by to say ‘hi’!
Pat and Liz Bradley will help paddlers get prepared for the Arizona (Tempe) Dragon Boat Festival scheduled the following week. Pat is the Sr C coach for the U.S. National Team.