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Dragon boat is a competitive racing sport where teams paddle in a long canoe for 500 meters. A dragon boat consists of 10 rows of paddlers, 1 caller, and 1 steer for a total of 22 people. Because there are so many people, there is a heavy emphasis on teamwork: paddlers must work together to move the boat in the most efficient way possible. Dragon boat is also a technique-oriented sport which means that raw power is not the primary factor in a fast boat. Additionally, it is a growing sport worldwide - in UCIDB we have races in places such as Long Beach, San Francisco, San Diego, Vancouver, and Tempe, Arizona.
UCI Elements is a collegiate Dragon Boat team, going on its seventeenth year of establishment. Our team represents the three elements; thunder, for the drive we have; wind, for the freedom we feel on the boat; and fire, for the passion that moves us. Over the years, UCIDB has become more and more competitive and has been showing it through our achievements. Throughout every individual's time on this team, we strive to develop their mental and physical capacity, all while maintaining an enjoyable family atmosphere with a close-knit community.
The Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival is an international competition hosted yearly in Vancouver, Canada. As a competition outside of the US, it provides our crew with a taste of the dragon boat community abroad. Our team generally only races in Vancouver once every two years due to how expensive the trip is. The total cost for each paddler is 3x the amount collected for races during the year, not including travel expenses. A big portion of expenses comes from lodging expenses and travel expenses, which act as a great financial burden on our crew members. With your help, we can make this racing experience fun and affordable!
Donate: By directly donating to us, you are helping us get closer to our goals and helping give each individual an opportunity to compete against some of the best teams in the world.
Share: Spread the news! Even if you donated or cannot donate, please help us reach more people by sharing on any and all social media!
As a whole, we’d like to thank you for supporting us, our UCIDB community and the dragon boat community. As college students, we all have varying expenses to take care of. And for our organization, funding is extremely limited. We know that you yourself may have your own expenses, so we thank you so much for your kindness and generosity!
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Help provide the team with much needed energy such as food and water to help us get through the tough weekend and be competitive!
In order to stay actively training, help provide compensation for gas money for one car to bring paddlers to practice!
Help partially contribute for one team member’s race registration fee!
With your help of $50, we can alleviate some stress off of this international trip for one paddler!
To keep our heads under a roof, help contribute to one team member’s lodging expenses!
In order to consistently be a competitive crew, we need to keep our equipment in the best condition. With your generosity and donation of $100, we can have our equipment in good shape year-round!
With your generosity and donation of $200, we will be able to provide one paddler with a team jersey, wooden paddle, as well as a personal flotation device!
With no dragonboats, there would be no team. With your generosity and donation of $300, our team will be able to consistently rent a dragonboat for the training season to practice for this race!
