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Related Links and Race Schedule

go to field trips for our background on races.

Misc readings/postings/info:

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

Paddler's Anonymous (consolidation of other sites)

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.

Teams who raced with us since 2001!

Area US and Canadian Teams:

AT&T teams: AT&T Atlanta team | 1997 AT&T Hong Kong team
DCH Dragon Boat Club
Dragon Boat Club of Boston
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:

Lake Parsippany, Parsippany, NJ (approx, 1hr west of NYC, 2hrs north of Philadelphia) - managed by: Lake Parsippany Property Owners Assoc.

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

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