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Related Links and Race Schedule

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• 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:

    • Canadian Community DB Assoc

    • False Creek @ $110 for full manual

  • Hong Kong Island Paddling Club

    • Paddler's Anonymous (consolidation of other sites)

    • Stratford, Canada DB Club

• 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:

  • • Chinese Festivals

    • Chinese Fables - China

    • China Festivals

    • Asian-focused family stuff

      • Families with Chinese Children and contacts

    • lunar/solar calendar converter

    • Fast Facts

      • ImaginAsian TV - 24/7 Asian American Network

      • On line Dragon Boat Games: "paddling" game, "drumming game",

    • Asian American Women's Coalition (Philadelphia, PA)

    • Chinatown Online

      • On line Chinese Dictionaries: Mandarin tools (will also make a chinese name), Zhongwen

      • On line translators: Systran, World Lingo, Dictionary

    • Stuff on Chinese New Year

    • Conversion to Animal/Numerical year

    • AT&T APA for Advancement

    • Asian American Federation of NY

    • Committee 100 - addresses Chi/Am issues

    • APA Institute for Congressional Studies

• Other Teams of Interest

  • Teams who raced with us since 2001!

    • • DC Dragons

    • DCH Dragon Boat Club

      • Dewey Decimators - Toronto

      • Dragon Boat Club of Boston - Ma

      • Dragon Warriors - Ca

      • Extreme Dragon Boat Club - NYC

      • HSBC Red Dragons - NYC

    • J.P.Morgan Chase Bank Dragon Boat Team - NYC

    • Hope Afloat

      • Ithaca AAA, Ithaca, NY

      • Killer Guppies - Ca

    • LA Racing Dragons

      • Lively Dragons - Toronto

      • NYC Metro Athletic Dragons - NYC

      • Philadelphia Women's Dragon Boat Team - Pa

      • Philadelphia Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team - Pa

      • Machestic Dragons BCS - NJ

      • National Capital Area Women's Paddling Assoc - DC

      • Rhode Island Dragon Boat Club - RI

      • 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

    • 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:

    • Dutch Dragons:

• 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: