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Related Links and Race Schedule
go to field trips for our background on races.
Canadian Site bursting at the seams to include as many teams/events as possible...w/interest in Breast Cancer Events
Canadian Community Dragon Boat Assoc - interesting reading.
International Dragon Boat Page - Formerly world's premier source for Info (formerly: alvin.org...site "died", no new 2001 info)
Dragon Boat Newsletter - requires signing up with Dragonboats
Dragon Boater's Open Discussion - requires signing up with Dragonboat 2000
Dragon Boat World - 1st ever Dragon boat Magazine!
Dragon_boat_rankings Forum, a Toronto-based discussion forum, lots of good info - but prepare for highly energized volatile postings...enter at your own risk!
Dragon Boat Tech Forum - open discussion - no signup required:
Edmonton, Canada site with lots of links
Jr Dragon Boat Links - Canadian based
Misc Dragon Boat Forums - Ontario based
Training/Paddling Tips:
False Creek @ $110 for full manual
Hong Kong Island Paddling Club
Paddler's Anonymous (consolidation of other sites)
Misc International/Local Dragon Boat Orgs:
United States Dragon Boat Federation - US governing arm of IDBF. - ADBA: Central | ERDBA: Eastern ( Old) | PDBA: Western
Canadian Dragon Boat Assoc - Dragon Boat Canada
Hong Kong Dragonboat Assoc - "Parent" group of NY Hong Kong races!
International Dragon Boat Federation - International Governing Body of Dragon Boating
Dragon Boat Racing Council of Canada - Canada's IDBF rep
European Dragon Boat Federation - European representative of IDBF
Polish Dragon Boat Federation - Polish representative of IDBF
American Canoe Association - Provides key affordable insurance coverage for paddlers and organizations. They sponsor the "Paddle America Club" program which encourages clubs to help spread paddling interests.
International Canoe Federation - Recognized by the International Olympics, just recently voted to include the Dragon Boat discipline...and challenging IDBF for influence on Dragon Boating.
Cultural sites:
ImaginAsian TV - 24/7 Asian American Network
On line Dragon Boat Games: "paddling" game, "drumming game",
On line Chinese Dictionaries: Mandarin tools (will also make a chinese name), Zhongwen
On line translators: Systran, World Lingo, Dictionary
Other Teams of Interest
Teams who raced with us since 2001!
DC Dragons
Dewey Decimators - Toronto
Dragon Warriors - Ca
Extreme Dragon Boat Club - NYC
HSBC Red Dragons - NYC
J.P.Morgan Chase Bank Dragon Boat Team - NYC
Ithaca AAA, Ithaca, NY
Killer Guppies - Ca
Lively Dragons - Toronto
Philadelphia Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team - Pa
Schuylkill Dragons - Pa
Shaolin Monks - Toronto
Sting Rays - NYC
Stratford Women - Toronto
TD Canada Trust - Toronto
Team Evolution - Ca
Titantics - Toronto
TRW/Lockheed Space Dragons - Ca
Tsunami Dragons - Pa
United East - NYC
NYC Wall Street Lions - NYC
Area US and Canadian Teams:
AT&T teams: AT&T Atlanta team | 1997 AT&T Hong Kong team
East Coast Paddlers Dragon Boat Team-2000 NYC/US Champions
Greater Toronto Dragon Boat Club - start for many DBrs
NYC Metro Athletic Dragons - Winners of: 1997 NYC, 1998 HK International, 1997-98 Montreal International, 1999 Toronto International, home to 1998-1999 Women's National Team...
Philadelphia Men's Dragon Boat Team - Winners of: 2001 World Silver+Bronze, 1997 World Gold, 1992-1996 US Championships, 1998-2002 US National Championship (program generated additional 2001 World Championship medals: 2 Golds for Open Mixed Masters and Gold/Silver/Bronze for Open Masters)
NYC Wall Street Lions Dragon Boat Assoc |old site - 1996 NYC Champions, no updates since 1998
Women In Canoe - 2000-2001 US National Women's Team
Other International Teams:
Our practice site:
Lake Parsippany, Parsippany, NJ (approx, 1hr west of NYC, 2hrs north of Philadelphia) - managed by: Lake Parsippany Property Owners Assoc.
Equipment suppliers:
Burnwater - Carbon Fiber Paddles (IDBF approved), contact: Arin Chang
BUK - German Boat Mfgr - made our boats! Built for speed
Dalian, Champion - Chinese Boat Mfgr - 20 and 10 seat fiberglass boats, under $5k + delivery/tax
Great White North - North American distributor of BuK boats
Grey Owl Paddles - Canadian Paddles - most preferred paddle for wood and composites
Pink Ribbon Shop - Retailer of cool Cancer Awareness stuff
RDY Lively Dragon boats - Toronto Boat Mfgr
Simon River - Quebec Boat Mfgr
6-16 - Vancouver boat mfgr of one of the hardiest vessels
Misc readings/postings/info: