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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 ...
In tug-of-oars, two teams of six (or eight [1]) people sit facing each other in dragon boats like these, and attempt to paddle toward each other.. Polish Dragon Boat Racing, also referred to as "tug of oars" [2] or "dragon war", [3] is a sport consisting of two opposing teams of six rowers attempting to row a dragon boat across a center line, [4] [5] and is similar to tug-of-war.
The 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships is an international canoeing competition in dragon boat hosted in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines from October 28 to November 3, 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The tournament was hosted under the auspices of the Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation .
The International Dragon Boat Federation (Chinese: 國際龍舟聯合會) is the international governing body for the sport of dragon boat racing. IDBF was founded in Hong Kong on June 24, 1991 by Australia, China, Taiwan, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States. [2]
BRCC also has many dragon boat paddles and personal flotation devices (PFDs) for use by members, guests, and community events participants. In addition to dragon boats, BRCC has a fleet of smaller watercraft, including one- and two-person outrigger canoes (outrigger boat), one- and two-person kayaks, and a standup paddle board (SUP).
Paddleboarding, where a person uses a large surfboard and paddle to surf on flat water or waves; Parasailing, where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a parachute; Picigin is a traditional Croatian ball game that is played on the beach. It is an amateur sport played in shallow water, consisting of players ...
Dragon Dance (released in Japan in 1998 as Pocket Color Block) is a 2000 action game for the Game Boy Color developed by Natsume Co., Ltd. and published in the United States by Crave Entertainment. The game is a paddle-and-ball game similar to the arcade video game Breakout .
Listed below are the canoe sprint world best times in Sprint canoe and Sprint kayak events. The ICF only acknowledge world best times set in finals of Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, Continental Championships and "other canoe sprint events with acceptable high technical level".