United States Dragon Boat Federation

Second to last day of racing here at ! Good luck to all teams!

DAY 5 - 2000m at the .
👉Mixed - Premier, Senior B, 18U
👉Open/Women - BCP, ACP, PD1, PD2,Senior A, Senior C, 24U
🔗https://www.youtube.com/-dragonboat-sport/live
08:00 Taiwan time (UTC+8)

The USDBF is excited to announce the Team USA Coaches for the 2027 IDBF Worlds cycle. Congratulations to those selected! 🇺🇸

16U & 18U: Matthew Au & Preston Chu
24U: Juntai Zheng & Ondrian Yeung

Premier Division & Open: Bob McNamara & Josh Hwung
Premier Women: Megan Roberts & Jonathan Rivera

Senior A Division & Open: Kitt Noythanongsay & Jackson Lau
Senior A Women: Lily Ting & Danielle Raines

Senior B Division & Women: Beth Gitlin
Senior B Open: Tommy Leonardi

Senior C Division & Women: Pat Bradley
Senior C Open: Bob McNamara

Paradragons: Lynda Razo & Judy Lee

Breast Cancer Paddlers: Angela Long

While Divisional Coach(es) are responsible for their Divisional Mixed crew, it is the USDBF’s expectation that they work collaboratively with their coach colleagues to formulate the best roster. Creating a gold medal-winning Team USA is the USDBF’s top priority and coaches have the responsibility to ensure Team USA comes first.

More details on tryouts will be shared in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out!

🚨New Series Alert! The Youth Committee is bringing you the Inside the Boat Podcast! Listen in as top high-performance coaches share tips, stories, and advice to help young athletes reach their full potential. The first episode is coming soon, stay tuned!

The USDBF Youth Committee has launched the first volume and issue of "In Sync," the YC's official quarterly newsletter.

"In Sync" covers all current and future things related to USDBF youth, and this issue includes (but is not limited to):

- Youth Committee logo design contest 🧑‍🎨
- "Inside the Boat" podcast produced by the YC 🎙️
- Upcoming regional youth camps 🏝️
- CCWC youth crews 🇹🇼

Go to www.USDBF.org to download and read the full newsletter (first 3 pages preview below). We hope you enjoy reading this first issue of "In Sync"!

Thanks to Mission Dragon Boat, Dragon Boat Canada, and many more for making the 2026 Can-American Club Crew Championships a resounding success—bravo! 🎉

The USDBF is launching its inaugural strategic planning process to determine the direction and priorities of the organization for the next two to five years.

All are invited to participate in a short Community Survey that will provide data to guide our discussions and decisions.
Please take a few minutes to respond and help with this important effort; deadline to complete is August 1st!

QR code below.
Direct link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=0w8sY4bh-UGLr8Xw0THG3D7CnUWYpW1EvgASAB6vimdUN0VVOVBHQ1c4RThJWTZWS0c1UlZYVFlXOS4u&route=shorturl

Many thanks from the USDBF Strategic Planning Committee.

The future of Dragon Boat starts here! Join a FREE regional youth camp to sharpen your skills, meet new paddlers, and experience the excitement of dragon boat racing.

If you have any questions contact: [email protected]

The Youth Committee Logo Contest deadline has been extended to July 22nd!! Submit your designs now!!!

This is a contest for youth dragon boat paddlers ages 12-24. All submission information can be found below

GUIDELINES:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MdlOv7JjMlhjwe288q1RZsofrTOsARjg/view?usp=drivesdk

SUBMISSION FORM:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1x0Kh2WJJizFrQiHhWQk7fonKLePiR4VzB_ecOzlN5LQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions!

This is your chance!!! Anyone from ages 12-24 we want your designs! Submissions are open until July 8th.

If you have any questions please contact [email protected]

GUIDELINES:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MdlOv7JjMlhjwe288q1RZsofrTOsARjg/view?usp=drivesdk

SUBMISSION FORM:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1x0Kh2WJJizFrQiHhWQk7fonKLePiR4VzB_ecOzlN5LQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

Today is the 5th day of the 5th Lunar month. 🐉 We celebrate Qu Yuan today, the reason behind the culturally rich sport of Dragon Boat.
How are you celebrating? Let us know in the comments! 🐉🛶