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Cal Dragons (or Cal Dragon Boat) is a competitive student-run dragon boat team founded in 1998 at the University of California, Berkeley. Cal Dragons regularly compete in local, national, and international dragon boat events. They recruit prospective paddlers twice each year, typically only accepting 10% of the many students who try out for the ...
The USDBF is divided into four regions: Pacific, Midwest, Southeastern, and Eastern regions. Each region is governed by its own regional body; these governing bodies are the Pacific Dragon Boat Association of the West Coast (PDBA), the American Dragon Boat Association of the Mid-West (ADBA), the Southeastern Regional Dragon Boat Association (SRDBA), and the Eastern Regional Dragon Boat ...
Teams participating in all three mixed 10-seater races are eligible to qualify for the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China. There are 12 quota places, with ten places for contestation. The top teams with the highest overall points across will qualify. [28] [29] Thailand and Indonesia are already qualified via the ICF Dragon Boat World Cup in ...
Roughly 20 clubs and 60 teams use Flushing Bay — including many members who compete for Team USA. Dragon boating is not an official Olympic sport — at least yet — but it was demonstrated ...
The local Hong Kong Amateur Rowing Association became involved and helped draft the first ever set of international race rules for dragon boats. By 1991, several national dragon boat federations had been formed and it became clear that an international governing body ought to be established. So, on 24 June 1991, at a meeting in Hong Kong, the ...
The International Dragon Boat Federation defines a dragon boat, within competition regulations, to be: "a long displacement boat of an open design, that is based upon a rib-less carvel form of hull construction, with the following distinguishing characteristics; no stem, hard chine bilge; W in cross section, minimum freeboard, punt-like entry and exit; rocketed keel that is set back from the ...
Founded in 2004, the "Pinks" are the first cancer survivor dragon boat team in Florida. Together with "Save Our Sisters-Miami," they co-hosted the 2014 IBCPC International BCS Festival in Sarasota, FL. [102] Heart & Soul Dragon Boat Team - a breast cancer survivor and supporter mixed team located in Melbourne, Florida, formed in 2014. [103]
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