What we’re about
Welcome to the Jacksonville Dragon Boat Club. We are a "Fun-loving" group of folks who love Dragon Boating, a rapidly growing team sport in which crews compete in races of various lengths to win medals, bragging rights, have lots of fun, and reap the benefits of an instructor led vigorous group workout!
This meetup is used for new paddlers only. We provide 2 practices where we demonstrate what dragon boat paddling is all about, provide new paddlers the experience required to determine if the sport is something you'd like to participate in and to prepare you join our club. When you are ready we ask you to Join the club which means you are invited electronically to join our private system (TEAMSNAP) app which is used to coordidnate all activities once new paddler preps are completed.
Background on Dragon Boating: Jacksonville Dragon Boat Club has teams for everyone. We have continually improved in performance because we work hard and have invested in a true Dragon Boat Training Center! We have a premiere co-ed competitive team led by a 2015-Current, Team USA paddler! We race mixed crews made up of half men and half women, womens crews which are all women and potentially open crews which is mostly men but anyone can be in the boat. We have a lot of fun competing at festivals and enjoy the camaraderie and team spirit of the competition.
We also have the only all breast cancer survivor team in Jacksonville, the Mammoglams. This is a great group of women who are the best of friends and live by the motto, "We won the battle...now let's paddle!"
Our mission is to expose the sport of dragon boating to the community and support the award-winning local non-profit 501c3, In the Pink, a boutique for people living with all types of cancer. Join us and get involved in something new and fun!