Last updated 6/28/2017 at 1:45pm
Women's Teams
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Amazon Dragons
Portland, OR The Amazon Dragons were founded in Portland, Oregon in 1992 as part of the Lesbian Community Project to give a face to lesbians living in the local community. During that time gay and lesbian awareness and acceptance was not what it is today. Celebrating our 25th anniversary, the Amazons have welcomed all women 16 years and older to join and compete in the international sport of dragon boat racing. |
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Bridge City Velocity Blue
Bridge City Velocity Gold Portland, OR Bridge City Paddling Club is excited to be paddling in the 2017 festival with our local friends and family able to watch. We paddle on these boats year round and will be entering two women's teams and two mixed teams plus several specialty teams. Velocity is our women's team. Blitz is our mixed team, created from Velocity and Bridge City Men, our men's team. We also have a strong outrigger program. We paddled 72 miles in these boats in early August as a fund raiser for Children's Cancer Association on August 12 - paddling from 8AM to 8PM to raise money for kids with cancer. |
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Castaladies
Portland, OR The Castaladies is the better two-thirds of the Castaways. Like Maryanne, Ginger, and Mrs. Howell, they are the driving force behind the continued success of the Castaways to stay afloat, sober, and functioning as a cohesive team. The Castaladies, unlike their male counterparts, are all smart and attractive. They escape each September to paddle as one in Portland's hallmark dragon boat race, with many also helping the men make it to the finish line. The rest of the year, they can be found paddling alongside the men, having fun, working hard, and enjoying our beautiful river. |
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Desert Dragons
Las Vegas, NV Desert Dragons is a lively, competitive group of women from Las Vegas. We treat each other as family and collectively empower each other as athletes. While we complete to win, we play fair and display good sportsmanship always. We have gained many friends throughout our quest for gold and enjoy the camaraderie of team activities on and off the water. DD is ready to paddle hard, have fun and leave it all on the the water! |
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DragonMax Women 1
DragomMax Women 2 Berkeley, CA DragonMax is a year-round paddling club, based in Berkeley, California. We welcome paddlers of all ages and ability levels. Community service is our top priority and we give dragon boat rides to over 2000 people every year at local festivals and group excursions. Our competitive paddlers train and race each year at world or regional championships and any of our members are welcome to race at the many local and out-of-town events in our region. |
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DragonSprites
Portland, OR We are a women's dragon boat team committed to paddling together with a common goal - performing at our best individually and collectively on and off the water. Commitment is the structure and heart is the motive. |
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Golden Dragons Women
Portland, OR The Golden Dragons PDX Dragon Boat Paddling Club is men and women, at least 50 years old, who paddle dragon boats for fun, fitness and friendship year-round on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The club was founded in 1996 and currently has more than 150 members. Golden Dragons only pick up speed when they get over the hill. |
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Kent Ladies of the Lake
Kent, WA Ladies of the Lake: We are a fiery group of women who have a heart for paddling and each other. Always striving to improve, we paddle on beautiful Lake Meridian with eagles watching from above and Mt. Rainier in our view. The Ladies use their diversity to bring out the best in each other. Once seated in the boat, we become one, reaching for the same goal with strength, dedication and perseverance. With laughter, cheer and encouragement, we ARE the Ladies Of the Lake! |
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Los Angeles Pink Dragons
Long Beach, CA Founded in 2003 under the auspices of Los Angeles Racing Dragons, the Los Angeles Pink Dragons is California's first breast cancer survivor dragon boat racing team dedicated to improving the fitness and quality of life for breast cancer survivors. We paddle to demonstrate that women with breast cancer can lead full, active and productive lives. Through dragon boat racing, we come together as a community of sisters who have shared a life-changing experience. By taking part in this challenging, yet gratifying sport, we strive to achieve our personal best in hopes of empowering and inspiring others who have been through this journey. We dedicate our passion and commitment to dragon boat racing to our pink sisters who will always paddle with us in spirit. GO PINKS! |
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Mighty Women Paddling Club
Portland, OR Mighty Women Paddling Club, Inc. is a non-profit, competitive, year-round Dragon Boat and Outrigger Canoe Club in Portland, Oregon. We are an adventurous group of women with a competitive spirit and a strong sense of community on and off the boat. We welcome anyone that has the desire to be part of a team, who likes to have fun and shares our competitive spirit! |
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OWLS Dragonflies
Portland, OR The OWLS (Oregon Women Lawyers) Dragonflies is a team of women lawyers and other legal professionals. We practice year-round and compete in several regional races, balancing our passion for paddling with busy professional and personal lives. The Dragonflies extend our thanks to our sponsors, employers, families and colleagues for their generous support. DISCLAIMER: This team bio does not create or imply an attorney-client relationship between any team member, member of any other dragon boat team or the general audience. THIS MESSAGE MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL, PRIVILEGED AND/OR ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT. If you are not the intended recipient, you must cease and desist reading immediately and turn your attention to the forthcoming races. You are hereby put on notice that lawyers may, on occasion, exhibit a sense of humor. |
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Pink Phoenix 1
Pink Phoenix 2 Portland, OR Pink Phoenix is a nonprofit organization that empowers breast cancer survivors through the sport of dragon boating. Teammates find strength and quality of life by paddling together while having the common thread of a breast cancer diagnosis – the only requirement to join the team. Pink Phoenix is named for the mythical bird that rises from the ashes symbolizing rebirth and and the beginning of a new life. We were the first breast cancer dragon boat team in the U.S. and are now part of a community of more than 100 breast cancer dragon boat teams worldwide. Pink Phoenix welcomes from the surrounding Portland/Vancouver areas all breast cancer survivors, newly diagnosed to long-time survivor, all ages, and all abilities. |
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Rip City Paddlers
Portland, OR Rip City Paddlers, RCP for short, is an all-women's team based in Portland, Oregon. Our team originated from a core group that branched out from paddling only for Portland's Rose Festival race. The goal was to be more competitive and put all that practice to work in multiple races throughout the racing season. Our team is made up of a number of veteran paddlers and newcomers to the sport. Regardless of how experienced any team member is, all share the common love of the water and the challenge of dragon boat racing. Paddling brings a spirit of camaraderie and support that has lead to positive, life-changing experiences for women on our team as well as higher fitness levels for all. |
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Sirens
Portland, OR We are a dedicated group of women of all ages and all walks of life united by our commitment to each other and our shared goal of working hard and finishing to win. We're unique in that we're not just a group of women that happen to paddle together, but really a tight knit team, proud to call ourselves Sirens. |
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The Unsinkables
Salem, OR The Unsinkables are Salem's first Cancer Survivor's Dragon Boat team, now paddling in their 3rd season with the World Beat Dragon Boat Club. Our team began as an idea and commitment at the 2014 Portland Dragon Boat Festival by a club member who had gained the love of dragon boating as a member of the Angry Unicorns and Highland Dragons. As a general member of the club, she decided to go for it and plant the seed in Salem, in September, not knowing her own diagnosis would come in early November! Once done with all surgeries and treatment, the networking began in earnest with the small group of seven paddlers joining another team's practice until there were enough paddlers to be safe. The team gathered paddlers from Salem to Canada, which included our sister team, Angry Unicorns, and many wonderful Pink Phoenix women, and raced in World Beat after just 2 months of practice. Last year, we had three races and gradually filled our boat. We now have 24 members and have four races on our race schedule. Several of our paddlers now "help out" by paddling with other clubs in races throughout the summer. Paddles Up! |
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Wasabi Force
Wasabi Impact Wasabi Power Wasabi SOAR Portland, OR Wasabi SOAR (Survivors On A River) is dedicated to promoting the fun, camaraderie, and health benefits of dragon boat racing to women cancer survivors and their supporters. Our paddlers range in age from mid-30's to mid-80's. SOAR is open to survivors of all cancers, not just breast cancer. We welcome women of all ages and levels of fitness; our motto is 'paddle to a healthier you.' We encourage survivors to discover a new passion for paddling and racing while developing lifelong friendships with the other women on the team. |
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WOW Women on Water
Portland, OR We are WOW from the mighty Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, established in 2007. Our vision of FUN - FRIENDSHIP - FITNESS on the water grew to an incredible bond that cements our team. Our paddlers share the joy of dragon boat racing, enthusiasm, energy, and ever-lasting friendships. We are a socially dynamic group of paddlers from diverse backgrounds, professions, age groups, and athletic abilities. We promote good sportsmanship on the water and pull together off the water to proudly give back to build a stronger community |
Mixed Teams
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Arizona Dragon Riders
Phoenix, AZ One of the most competitive, enthusiastic and diversified Dragon Boat paddling teams in Arizona is the ARIZONA DRAGON RIDERS team. Starting in 2008, we have gone from a few interested paddlers to one of the largest dragon boat teams in Arizona. We are very proud of our achievements and the hard work of many people connected with the club has led to race success. Riders' practices are generally open to paddlers of all teams & guests. Seats in the boat maybe more limited as we gear up for races. |
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Austin Coolers
Austin, TX Austin Coolers is the premiere dragon boat team in Austin, Texas. The Coolers began as a mix of interested members from various corporate teams in May 2008. We raced and placed second in our first competition as a team in October 2008 at the Gulf Coast International Dragon Boat Regatta and haven't looked back! In June 2014, Austin Coolers was the first Texas team to race in Taiwan and Hong Kong. |
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Bridge City Blitz Blue
Bridge City Blitz Gold Portland, OR Bridge City Paddling Club is excited to be paddling in the 2017 festival with our local friends and family able to watch. We paddle on these boats year round and will be entering two women's teams and two mixed teams plus several specialty teams. Velocity is our women's team. Blitz is our mixed team, created from Velocity and Bridge City Men, our men's team. We also have a strong outrigger program. We paddled 72 miles in these boats in early August as a fund raiser for Children's Cancer Association on August 12 - paddling from 8AM to 8PM to raise money for kids with cancer. |
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Castaways
Portland, OR The Castaways is a motley crew of beer, wine and cider-loving paddlers from Portland, Oregon. We take pride in paddling our way off the desert isle after a fateful 3-hour cruise. Our boisterous cheer can be heard to the furthest reaches of the Karaoke bar after an evening of revelry. We are a hard-working, highly social, competitively recreational team that paddles year-round through rain, snow, and those glorious days of summer warmth. A brave subset of us paddle 'round Ross Island in the outrigger canoe, stopping for the occasional bald eagle spotting. We are open to all newcomers and experienced paddlers alike. |
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Catch 22
Vancouver, WA Catch 22 is a mixed team of paddlers located at Vancouver Lake Aquatic Center. We paddle recreationally and competitively for fun, fitness and friendship on beautiful Vancouver Lake. As we strive to be the best we can be we challenge one another, support each other, but paddle as one. |
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Dragon Fuel
Portland, OR Play hard, Train hard, WIN BIG. We have a champion mindset whether we win or lose. We like to show others how to maintain a healthy lifestyle by living it out ourselves. |
Dragon Hearts Breaker
Vancouver, BC
Dragon Hearts Breaker is the longest running team within the Dragon Hearts Dragon Boating Club of several Teams. Formed in 2010, Breakers is an advanced recreational team based in Vancouver, Canada. and has competed locally and internationally including, most recently, San Francisco and Hawaii. With a mixed roster of members from all walks of life, and ages ranging from 25 to 60, Breakers is united because of our commonalities and our differences. Our mosaic of close knit veteran paddlers is what has propelled us to continue to succeed and proceed onto the international stage. This is Breakers first time, as a team, to participate in the Portland Dragon Boat Festival.
Vancouver, BC
Dragon Hearts Breaker is the longest running team within the Dragon Hearts Dragon Boating Club of several Teams. Formed in 2010, Breakers is an advanced recreational team based in Vancouver, Canada. and has competed locally and internationally including, most recently, San Francisco and Hawaii. With a mixed roster of members from all walks of life, and ages ranging from 25 to 60, Breakers is united because of our commonalities and our differences. Our mosaic of close knit veteran paddlers is what has propelled us to continue to succeed and proceed onto the international stage. This is Breakers first time, as a team, to participate in the Portland Dragon Boat Festival.
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DragonMax Mixed 1
DragonMax Mixed 2 Berkeley, CA DragonMax is a year round paddling club, based in Berkeley, California. We welcome paddlers of all ages and ability levels. Community service is our top priority and we give dragon boat rides to over 2000 people every year at local festivals and group excursions. Our competitive paddlers train and race each year at world or regional championships and any of our members are welcome to race at the many local and out-of-town events in our region. |
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EDBRC River Rats
Edmonton, AB Team is made up of diverse group of paddlers that find passion in practicing on the mighty North Saskatchewan River in Canada. They are a serious group to be noticed when they race and rip up the water. |
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The Fire Breathing Blowfish
Portland, OR A decidedly expressive team, the Fire Breathing Blowfish are united by a love for competition, the harmonious sound of thrashing the water in unison, and a tendency toward inappropriate behavior at inopportune moments. Noisy, joyful, and proud of having become Portland's "THAT team" in our past 8 years of competition, we hope you'll all catch the Blowfish spirit and hoist a beverage, grind your neighbor, and join us in the battle cry, "We Breathe Fire!" over this wicked weekend of racy racing. WARNING: Do not submerge Fire Breathing Blowfish in water. We will probably have too much fun tipping the boat to care. Fire Breathing Blowfish may be hazardous to your social life. Fire Breathing Blowfish should not be used as a flotation device. Actually, scratch that. We basically are a fast-moving flotation device. Children under the age of 14 should have parental permission and due warning before engaging in conversation with a Blowfish. Unless, of course, that Blowfish is a parent of a child under the age of 14, in which case, carry on. |
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FLCC FORTified
Langley, BC FORTified is a mixed Senior Team ranging in ages from 55-83 giving us a pretty impressive average age. We are coached out of Fort Langley by Sandy Ferguson. We have won medals in the BC Senior Games the past 8 years. This year we voted to pass on the BC Senior games and attend the Portland Regatta instead. Our inaugural visit! We are making the trip by train. You will be able to find us by our cheer: FORT FORT FORTified. |
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Kent Dragin' Tails
Kent, WA The Dragin' Tails are from beautiful Lake Meridian in Kent, WA. Breathtaking Mount Rainier is perched on our shore and the majestic eagles, who nest here, keep us company as we paddle. We are competitive and like to work hard, but we also love to have fun and try not to take ourselves too seriously. We show up on race day with our game faces on and our paddles at the ready! We are teammates and friends who also enjoy sharing life together while challenging one another in our athletic pursuits, supporting each other and above all, paddling as one! |
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Seattle Flying Fire Dragons
Seattle, WA The Seattle Flying Fire Dragons is the mixed competitive team within the Seattle Flying Dragon Boat Club. We love to fly across the water throughout the year, appreciating the cold winter nights as much as the summer sun. Thanks Coach Greg for pushing the team at every practice, while having some fun too. And great thanks to Kenmore Air who grants us year-round moorage at South Lake Union. |
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Seattle SAKE Paddling Club
Seattle, WA Seattle SAKE Paddling Club is Seattle's oldest and largest dragon boat club. Our home is on Lake Washington in the heart of our thriving Emerald City. We are pleased to be here among the region's teams to test our training and teamwork on the water. SAKE SAKE SAKE! |
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Sync or Swim
Portland, OR Sync or Swim is a coed dragon boat team rockin' the boat and dominating beer gardens from San Francisco to Vancouver, BC, since 1998. With the boom box in tow, our coach DJ Short Change drops the old school hip hop beats and keeps us Rocking the Boat in time. One boat, one paddle, one love! Cheers! |
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Wasabi Fury
Portland, OR Wasabi Fury is the designated mixed premier team for Wasabi Paddling Club and was the founding team of the club when established in 1993. Wasabi Fury is a team of men and women of many ages, many backgrounds, and all with a fierce desire to compete. The team has competed in races from Vancouver, Canada, to San Francisco, USA, to Penang, Malaysia. Team members have also raced for Team USA in world competition in Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. The spirit is embodied in the new Wasabi Fury battle cry of makaukau! makaukau! It means competent, capable, efficient, prepared and an expert and is used to imply a state of readiness. In the last few moments of every race when the win is insight, Coach Ken yells "makaukau." Then in unison we roar the reply, "hai" meaning Yes! We're ready! We can do this! Wasabi VIP (Visually Impaired Paddlers) Portland, OR Team VIP was formed in 2013. Our ages range from the 20's to the 70's. We are from all walks of life. We have a variety of vision challenges ranging from low vision (legally blind) to completely blind. A handful of fully sighted team members help us safely navigate the Willamette River. That which we all have in common is the love of paddling and the spirit of competition that dragon boat racing provides. |
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X-Generals Dragon Boat Team
Long Beach, CA X-Generals Dragon Boat Team is a competitive-recreational dragon boat racing team based in Long Beach, CA. Formed in October 2003 as a continuation of the former General Bank Corporate Dragon Boat Team (thus the name "X-Generals"), our team is a diverse crew made up of people from all walks of life, who are looking to stay active, push their limits, and be a part of an incredible community. Since our inception, X-Generals has always been about challenging ourselves to be better, being competitive without losing sight of how to have fun, as well as introducing others to the sport of Dragon Boat Racing. |
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