Rogue Malaya Dragonboat Team

Some official snaps from the 14th Korea Open Busan Dragon Boat Festival 2026 🐉🚣‍♂️🇰🇷

Happy Birthday, Malaysia 🇲🇾❤️

🇰🇷 14th Korea Open Busan Dragonboat Festival 2026.

This time, Rogue Malaya 🇲🇾 was more than just one team. We joined forces with paddlers from 🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵 — and here's the crazy part: for many of us, it was our first time paddling together... with zero training sessions together beforehand. 😮‍💨

From chasing every stroke to fighting our way through the repechages, this crew came to race, learn and leave it all on the water. 🔥 We made it into 2 Grand Finals and had some seriously hard-fought races along the way.

🏁 Women-12 200m - Grand Finalist - 6th Place
🏁 Mixed-22 300m - Grand Finalist - 5th Place

Considering we started as strangers from different parts of Asia and had to find our rhythm while racing, we're pretty proud of what we achieved. 🤝

More than the results, we're taking home new friendships, unforgettable memories and a whole lot of motivation to come back stronger. 💙💛

Until the next start line — we go again.

What. A. Weekend. 🐉🔥

Putrajaya International Dragon Boat Race 2026... you were one for the books.

We lined up against some of the toughest dragon boat clubs in Malaysia and the region, gave it everything we've got, and even powered through back-to-back-to-back races. No excuses. Just pure grit. 💪

🏁 Weekend Recap
⚡ Semi Finalists – 12 Crew International Open (Mix)
⚡ 3rd in the Women's National Open Repechage – narrowly missing out on a place in the Final

No podium this time, but we're leaving with something just as valuable—experience, lessons, stronger teamwork, and even more hunger for the next one.

To every paddler, drummer, steerer, coach, supporter, family member, and friend... thank you for having our backs every stroke of the way. ❤️

This isn't the end of the story. It's just another chapter.

We'll reset.
We'll train harder.
We'll paddle faster.

See you at the next race. 👊

DragonBoatMalaysia

The 41st Melaka Dragon Boat Festival has come to an end and while the results weren't exactly what we hoped for, we're leaving with plenty to be proud of.

💪 Our Women's Team fought hard and earned a well-deserved spot in the semi-finals! Meanwhile, our Mixed Boat A narrowly missed qualification by just 0.3 seconds—a heartbreaking margin that shows just how close we are. Our Open Boat and Mixed Boat B also gave everything they had, putting up strong performances against tough competition.

Of course, we all wanted to make it to the semi-finals—and even the finals. But this race also reminded us that there's still work to be done if we want to compete at the next level.

Now it's time to recover, recharge, and get back to work. Every race is a lesson, every training is an opportunity and every stroke brings us closer to where we want to be.

See you all at the next training. Let's keep pushing, keep improving and come back stronger for the next race! 🚣🔥

📷 Photo credits to their respective owners.