- Team USA Supporters gear available
Are you heading to Germany to support Team USA in their quest for Gold?
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- Registration is now open for the 2025 USDBF Club Crew National Championships
Dates for the 2025 USDBF Club Crew National Championships have been announced. The event will be held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida on October 17th through the 19th, 2025. Please click here to download the USDBF announcement.
Registration is now open! More information is available on the USDBF website by clicking here.
Review Bulletin One (found on this page) for additional information regarding the event.
- ADBA President to be inducted into IDBF Hall of Fame
The IDBF has just announced the names of its 2025 inductees to the International Dragon Boat Hall of Fame, celebrating the outstanding achievements of individuals who have made significant contributions to the sport of dragon boating. Whether through their mastery on the water or their efforts behind the scenes, these honorees have demonstrated unwavering commitment to the growth and success of the sport, inspiring paddlers across the globe.
It is with great pride that we announce that our ADBA President, Barb Michaels will be inducted into the International Dragon Boat Federation’s Hall of Fame this coming July.
The IDBF Hall of Fame Awards Night will take place in July during the 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Brandenburg, Germany. This exciting event will honor the inductees and their incredible accomplishments, shining a spotlight on their lasting legacy in the dragon boating community.
Congratulations to the 2025 Hall of Fame inductees!
For more information about the Hall of Fame and past inductees, please visit https://www.dragonboat.sport/about-us/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-inductees/.
- Link to 13th IDBF CCWC event videos, 2022
The IDBF Club Crew World Championships were held beginning on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022. This is the 13th year that the International Dragon Boat Federation has held the Club Crew World Championships and in 2022 they were held in Sarasota, Florida.
You can view a YouTube archive of each day’s racing by going to this link:
https://www.youtube.com/nathanbendersonparkconservancy - IBCPC Founding President passes
It is with sadness we must report that Jane Frost, International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission (IBCPC) Founding President died in hospital in Vancouver BC Canada on June 12, 2022.
Jane was a visionary and activist for the past twenty seven years as an original member of Abreast In A Boat the world’s first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team. She lead the way with love, courage and perseverance to grow breast cancer paddling worldwide.
She was an inspiration for so many with the important work she did in enhancing the quality of life of those diagnosed with breast cancer through the camaraderie , exercise and mutual support we all experienced paddling together in a dragon boat.
She will be missed . We offer our condolences to her family and to her many friends around the world. - IDBF moves to new website
The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) has announced that it has moved it’s website to a new domain name. See the Media Release below:
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