08/20/2025
Kicking off our mid-season recap with a look back at our first race of the season: IDBR!
As many of our fellow NYC paddlers know, this season has been rough for the local dragon boat community with the closure of our Marina, severely limiting our access to water practices. On top of that, Mother Nature didnโt cooperate through most of April and May so we were only able to squeeze in six water practices before race day. โ๏ธ๐ฌ๏ธ๐
Despite strong competition, including multiple Team USA crews prepping for Germany and many of our athletes pulling double duty racing in both gendered and mixed divisions, we pushed through to secure our 6th overall and 5th consecutive Mixed A Major Division Championship! Our men also brought home the Open A Major Division Championship for the second consecutive year, and our women made the A Major finals for the second year in a row!
For those keeping score, hereโs our championship tally so far:
๐ฅSix-time A Major Division Mixed Champions: 2025๐, 2024๐, 2023๐, 2022๐, 2021๐, 2018๐
๐ฅTwo-time A Major Division Open Champions: 2025๐, 2024๐
Huge thanks to for hosting such a great race; itโs always a highlight of our season! And shoutout to all the strong teams we faced in the finals including ! ๐ฒ๐
Weโre so proud to see all of our athletesโ hard work during the off-season pay off. Onward and upward on our ! ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ธ