The Amazon Dragons Paddling Club was founded in 1992 by the Lesbian Community Project. For 30 years, the Amazons have welcomed all women 16 years and older to build camaraderie, fitness and physical strength in a supportive environment. The Amazons promote positive lesbian and queer visibility, personal integrity, community service and good sportsmanship through competitive dragon boat racing.

The Angry Unicorns are a magical and tenacious group of women who joined together to form the Salem Multicultural Institute's first dragon boat team. Established in 2010 in the state's capitol, the team began as "Salem Mixed Up", but changed their name to reflect the 'little bit of magic' that happens when you bring a dynamic and diverse group of women together to paddle with persistence, determination, and enthusiasm. Dedicated to each other and to our community, we paddle for fun and fitness. Unicorns are said to be uncatchable...watch out, because we paddle like we stole it! A-U, we're golden, baby!

BAD (Bay Area Dragons) is from the San Francisco Bay Area. BAD was the first dragonboat club formed in the Bay Area in 1995 and officially registered in 1996; with our founders introducing the dragonboat paddling sport to California. We are celebrating our 28th anniversary this year! Our club is made up of members of all ages from all over the San Francisco Bay Area, with diverse backgrounds. We share a common love of the dragonboating sport, we love to eat and travel and have fun! Our members range in age from the tender teens to prime premier to vintage masters LOL. BAD focuses on training paddlers, racing local and international races, promoting DB, and we host an annual bay area corporate novice charity race at our home base in Foster City every summer. This is our first time at this Portland Dragonboat Festival and we are excited to bring our newer crew of adults and youth paddlers to get more race experience at your beautiful race venue! Come by and say hello, we're the ones in the green/blue jerseys. Thank you for hosting a wonderful festival!

The Castaways, when not stranded on a desert isle, are an intrepid, hard-working, and fun-loving group that paddles year-round in Portland, Oregon. Our fully inclusive environment keeps the team engaged and active, even during the pandemic when a dozen or more could be found kayaking together on one of Portland’s many rivers. Our shared leadership approach and fun-loving attitude have enabled us to thrive for over 20 years, sometimes winning, sometimes not, but always enjoying a pint or two post-race.

DragonMax is a co-ed dragon boat team with members of all ages, backgrounds and from all walks of life. Some of us have been paddling for years, and some of us are relatively new to the sport. We treat each other as equals and celebrate our unique strengths.

DragonMax is located in the Berkeley Marina in Berkeley, California. In these waters, we train and hone our skills. We do this so we can compete at our best at the many local and international races throughout the year. From our humble beginnings in 2002, DragonMax has since become the largest paddling club in the Bay Area with over 180 adult members. Our goal is to make sure we’re having fun at practices, races and our community service events. We do that mainly by just plain being DragonMax, a warm, welcoming family that sticks together both on and off the water!

We are a competitive dragon boat team who puts family over everything. Powered by Dragon Zone, Terra

The Gig Harbor Dragons are folks who enjoy paddling on our gorgeous harbor in the town of Gig Harbor, Washington, just 45 miles south of Seattle. We paddle with the seals, eagles, herons, and hawks. We're dedicated to enjoying the sport, our community, and each other.

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. Golden Dragons is a well deserved name for this team with everyone being well over the age of 50 and above. Their fierce passion and love of dragon boat reigns well over youth and ambition. Age is but a number! (Open practices available)

The Highland Roosters are one wild and cocky bunch; a flock of fun-loving, kilt-wearing, cock-a-doodle doo-ing paddlers out of Salem, Oregon, though we all wish we were from the Scottish Highlands. Over the last 12 years you may have heard of us, perhaps it was the volume of our laughter, the bag-pipes marching ahead of us as we marshal for our races, or the infamous legend of the beer garden dance-offs. Or maybe you've heard the most recent rumor, that we like to take our competitor's callers captive mid-race. But truly when you get down to it, our legacy is fun; we exist to have fun and we've found, it's really fun to win.

We practice on Lake Meridian in Kent, WA. During race season we are on the water 3x/week, less during the rainiest months. Weirdly, we are rarely cold and uncomfortable. We supply all the equipment you will need to get started, just come in clothes you can get wet and bring a water bottle. Expect to start slow as you learn the abc's of dragon boat paddling while having a super fun time!

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!

Mountain Home Canoe Club is a competitive outrigger canoe club located on the mighty Columbia River in beautiful Portland, Oregon. We work hard year round and place a strong emphasis on technique in addition to distance and speed in our training. We believe that hard work pays off, but that none of it matters unless you have fun in the process. We put our hearts into this sport and we hope you'll find it as rewarding as we do!

The Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLS) Dragonflies Dragon Boat Team traces its origins back to 1995, when students and professors from Lewis & Clark Law School formed the Scales of Justice dragon boat team to compete in the PKSCA Rose Festival Dragon Boat Races. From there, in 1999, several female alums (now attorneys) organized under the sponsorship of Oregon Women Lawyers and recruited their friends and colleagues as benchmates to form the OWLS Dragonflies as it exists today.

Pink Phoenix is the United States' first dragon boat team comprised solely of survivors of breast cancer. Our mission is to empower survivors through the sport, and we find strength and power via the shared experience that remains the only requirement to join the team.

Rip City Paddlers is a competitive all-women’s team based in Portland, Oregon. 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.

We are a high energy, competitive women's team. Our paddling technique focuses on efficiency and speed. As a team, we build community, camaraderie, and cohesiveness amongst ourselves and with the teams we will be networking. We welcome all paddlers, new and seasoned alike. All skill levels are welcome! Our goal is to challenge ourselves physically and mentally as we go for the gold!

The Seattle Flying Dragons are folks who enjoy paddling together as a team. It's a team sport in its purest form that encompasses the elements of power, speed, synchronization, and endurance. It's lots of fun! We can make a paddler out of anyone - it's all about time on the water. We paddle year-round on Lake Union in Seattle and the Sammamish River in Kenmore. During the spring and summer months paddlers can choose to compete in a variety of dragon boat races and other events.
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Seattle SAKE is an organization of national and international competitors that promotes the physical, mental, and emotional benefits of the paddle sports to the community at-large. We have a long history as Seattle’s oldest and largest dragon boat club, but have expanded into stand up paddleboard (SUP) and outrigger canoe (OC).

Our core membership is very diverse, with paddlers aged 20 to 80+, with fitness and experience levels of all kinds. All are welcome in Club SAKE.

Since 1998, Portland's affordable luxury choice for dragon boat racin' and booty-shakin' - One Boat, One Paddle, One Love!

We are a fun loving family. Granted not a single person is related to anyone else on the boat. We act like one. We are one of the oldest dragon boat clubs in Portland. We know what to do to keep the energy alive. Now don’t think that we are old because of our age though. Our four point motto is. Fun, Fun, Fun, Win, and fun. Yeah that’s right. We call it Fusion Math.

Established in 2017, Team Taiwan was the 2023 Mixed Division 1 champion in the Rose Festival.

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 9 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.

Our team formed in the spring of 2015 with a handful of cancer survivors and has grown to over 25 members. Many of our dedicated teammates are Survivor Support persons. We honor that role & have a few paddling with the team.
The Unsinkables are an outgoing group of women who paddle for health, healing and hope. We enjoy being out in nature and using our bodies in a new, empowering way. In addition to dragon boating, our team enjoys getting together to enjoy other activities or going for a bite to eat, especially tacos.

We attend several races every year. We have participated in International competition three years running! Knowing individuals have had previous and continued health challenges, the team works to implement new paddling techniques that are designed to be competitive and safer for our joints, tendons, and muscles. ​Our team culture is inviting, inclusive, and supportive. We come in all ages, sizes, shapes, and physical fitness levels. Many of our members are considered masters (age 50+) and grand masters (age 60+) therefore we also race in those specialty divisions.

A women’s dragon boat team, committed to being a positive influence on each other and our community

The WAM (Washington Masters) Dragon Boat Club exists for competitive dragon boaters from Western Washington state.

Dragon boat athletes who train rigorously year-round, work together on the water and on land, compete together locally, nationally, and internationally, give back to their communities, strive to grow the sport of dragon boat racing, embody the highest standards of ethical fair play, teamwork, inspire, commit, and have the will to win:

They are WAM!

The Wasabi Paddling Club, founded in 1993, it now has over 300 active members.

Our paddlers come from all ages and stages of life. Our teams are comprised of all abilities and physical fitness levels. There is a team for everyone, from the novice paddler who is just learning the basics, to the most competitive athlete who races at international venues around the world.

Wasabi teams range from recreational to competitive. We are an inclusive Club welcoming all paddlers. Regardless of your age, experience, or gender identity, we all have one thing in common, we find great joy in being on the water with one another.

Burn
Burn is a premier mixed gender team consisting of a vast array of athletes who compete locally, nationally and internationally. Competitive paddlers of any age over 18 can paddle with Burn. Year round on-water practices are fairly intense, focusing on both technique and endurance conditioning.

Thunder
Thunder is a mixed gender team of athletes aged 50+, who compete locally, nationally and internationally. We train to challenge ourselves physically and mentally, and welcome both new and experienced 50+ paddlers to join in the camaraderie.

Kraken
Kraken is the Wasabi Paddling Club's high school team, and is open to teens from all area high schools. Paddlers are under the age of 19, and support their team mates in learning important life skills on and off the boat while having fun. Team Kraken has proudly competed locally, nationally and internationally.

SOAR
Wasabi SOAR is a team of cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to promoting the fun, camaraderie, passion and health benefits of dragon boat racing. SOAR welcomes paddlers of all ages and fitness levels, and races in Women's division. We love to participate in specialty cancer survivor races. SOAR members are active in the community, supporting various causes and outreach toward cancer research and prevention.

VIP
VIP is an acronym for Visually Impaired Paddlers. The team was formed within Wasabi Paddling Club in 2013. VIP is a mixed gender team including adults of any age. Vision challenges with the VIP team range from low vision (legally blind) to completely blind. A handful of fully sighted team members round out the crew to help safely navigate practices on the Willamette River and race venues. VIP team members primarily train and race in dragon boats, but also train and race in six person outrigger canoes. The team competes throughout our region, and has qualified to paddle internationally.

Wasabi Women’s Program (Force and Impact)
The Wasabi Women's Program (WWP) consists of 3 teams - Force, Impact, and Power. We are an inclusive program providing a competitive paddling experience for all ages. Team members train and race in dragon boats as well as outrigger canoes. We regularly compete locally, nationally, and internationally, and represent Wasabi Paddling Club at Club Crew World Championships and on Team USA for Nations Cup world competitions. People who love to race, train, have a passion for paddling together, and want to raise their level of fitness, are encouraged to join WWP.

A team of paddlers that practice on the Willamette River and our friends from around the world. We like to travel far and wide to compete.