Racine Dragon Boat Club

10/14/2026

A tale of two boats -
Tonight our dragon boats were put away for a long winter's nap.
They've been given great TLC by our club members, and Jerry Springer who knows all the parts of caring for them.
He tried to step away from boat maintenance duty, but they wanted him back! 😄

A shout out of thanks to all the club members who helped out and a special appreciation to Jerry for giving his driveway up and a lot of his time tending to our boats so they are ready for the 2027 season!

THANK YOU!

10/05/2026

That's a wrap for the 2026 Racine Dragon Boat Season!
It's usually a bittersweet day when we pull the boats, but we had great energy and capitalized on a gorgeous fall day to get the boats cleaned up before they get put away for the winter.
Thank you to the RDBC members who were able to come out and make today possible! 😊

09/29/2026

Pink Paddling Power memorial paddle!

RDBC LOVES OUR PINKS! 🩷🩷🩷

08/30/2026

RDBC STRONG 💙

The NEW Dragon Boat Festival delivered on every level.

What started as a Plan B became a celebration of racing, community, teamwork, youth, cancer survivors and the incredible spirit of dragon boating.

16 teams took the water.

We had exciting racing.
We had three youth boats.
We had cancer survivors competing.
We had first-time paddlers discovering a sport they may never have otherwise experienced.

And we had an incredible community of people who simply decided:

“We’re going to make this happen.”

❤️🐉 Racine Crew — we cannot thank you enough.

The fabulous Racine Crew brought their boats to Oshkosh — and there was something pretty special about seeing those boats return to the Fox River, where they had raced many years ago.

But Racine didn’t just bring boats.

Their team showed up in more ways than we could possibly mention.

They helped with race preparation, getting all of their equipment ready to go. They provided steerspeople. They transported the boats and got them on the water before many of us had even arrived at the festival. They helped set the course and jumped in wherever they were needed.

They didn’t just help us race.

They helped make the race possible.

This festival would not have happened without you.

We are incredibly grateful. ❤️

The American Dragon Boat Association also stepped up in a BIG way, providing Level 3 international officials to judge the races, along with a dedicated team to manage the starts and finishes. Their expertise helped us run safe, fair and professionally organized racing throughout the day.

And multiple paddlers from other teams generously volunteered their time to serve as steerspeople, helping get teams safely down the course.

Think about that for a moment.

People who came to race also gave their time to help other teams race.

And then there was our own Fox Valley Dragon Boat Club.

Our members showed up early, worked all day and stayed until the very last dock and tent was taken down — helping run races, supporting teams, moving equipment and doing whatever needed to be done.

And to our club members’ families — thank you.

You may not have been wearing a team jersey or sitting in a boat, but you were there. You helped carry things, move things, solve problems, fill gaps and simply stepped in whenever something needed to be done.

Dragon boating doesn’t just involve the paddler. It takes a whole community.

A very special thank you to Steve, a club member’s husband who volunteered his time — and the use of his boat — to help set the race course and later help remove the docks.

Those are the behind-the-scenes acts of generosity that most people never see.

But we see you. And we appreciate you. ❤️

And of course, thank you to the festival organizers, who have a grand vision of making this festival one of the best dragon boat festivals in the country — bringing together cultural performances, incredible food and exciting dragon boat racing.

That vision is what brought all of us together.

And yesterday, we got to see what is possible when that vision meets a community willing to roll up its sleeves and make it happen.

That is what dragon boating is about.

Different people.
Different teams.
Different backgrounds.
Different stories.

One boat. One team. One heartbeat.

And somewhere along the way, our little Plan B festival became something much bigger.

It became OUR festival.

And Oshkosh?

We think you just awakened the dragons. 🐉❤️

08/29/2026

Have they been converted?!?!!!

PPP 🩷 + Motley 💚 = RDBC STRONG

08/28/2026

The dragon boats made it to Oshkosh and now they sleep.

Race day tomorrow! 🐲

08/16/2026

Racine Dragon Boat Club showed UP at the 10th annual Minocqua Dragon Boat Festival this weekend.
2nd place & Silver medals for Pink Paddling Power in the Cancer Survivor Division
&
3rd place & Bronze medals for Motley Crew in the Club Mixed Division.

CONGRATS PPP & Motley Crew!

RDBC STRONG 🩷🩷🩷+💚💚=💙

*Photo credits to Minocqua Dragon Boat Festival photographers; edits by MS

08/13/2026

The power of the paddling community - RDBC STRONG!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CbfF9FymQ/

🐉 WE’RE DOING IT — THE DRAGONS ARE COMING BACK!

We’ll admit it: bringing the N.E.W. Dragon Boat Festival back this year has not been easy.

Northeast Wisconsin Chinese Association and Fox Valley Community Learning Center have been working hard behind the scenes to figure out the logistics, and there were moments when we honestly weren’t sure if we could make it happen this year.

Then the dragon boat community stepped up. ❤️

Fox Valley Dragon Boat Club, Racine Dragon Boat Club , and American Dragon Boat Association came together to help. People shared their experience, offered resources, worked through problems with us, and helped us find a way forward.

And really, that’s exactly what dragon boating is about.

One person can’t move a dragon boat. Everyone has to paddle together, find the same rhythm, and work toward the same finish line.

That’s what happened here — on and off the water.

We also want to give a huge THANK YOU to our sponsors Fox Communities Credit Union, Oshkosh Corporation, and 4imprint for believing in our mission and supporting this event. We truly could not do this without our community behind us.

So now we can officially say:

🐉 THE 2026 N.E.W. DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING!

📅 Saturday, August 29, 2026
📍 Leach Amphitheater, Oshkosh

Whether you’re a paddler, club member, vendor, performer, nonprofit, volunteer, or you just want to come enjoy the food, cultures, and excitement of dragon boat racing — come join us!
https://www.newdragonboat.com/

We can’t wait to hear the drums and see the dragons back on the Fox River. 🥁🐉Discover Oshkosh

See you August 29!

08/05/2026

Racine Dragon Boat Club had two boats on the river tonight, cleaning up trash and making our water ways even more beautiful.

Consider donating to our clean up fundraiser. 😀

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/river-cleanup-fundraiser

08/01/2026

Clean up at Reefpoint Marina today.
Tuesday and Thursday we'll do it again!
Hopefully we'll have better weather than today, but we still had fun and removed a lot of trash and plastic from the water and the shore.