50 teams of Portlanders race dragon boats as part of Rose Festival
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Energized
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Students of Shu-Te Home Economics and Commercial High School pose with Republic of China flags by the Willamette River after winning the top prize at the Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race in Portland, Ohio, on Sunday.
Dragon boat teams race in time trials on Willamette
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Rose Festival’s dragon boat races kick off Saturday
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On the Go with Ayo for Rose Festival Dragon Boat Races
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Portland Rose Festival’s dragon boat races return to the Willamette River
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Portland’s Pink Phoenix is the country’s oldest all-breast cancer survivor dragon boat team (VIDEO)
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By Samantha Swindler | The Oregonian/OregonLive
The first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team in the country calls Portland home. Perhaps you’re wondering, “breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams are a thing?”
Indeed. The repetitive upper body workout of paddling is great physical therapy for breast cancer survivors, and dragon boating as a post-cancer activity has become an international phenomenon. Many dragon boat competitions have designated cancer survivor divisions.
Think you have what it takes to race dragon boats?
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By Dillon Pilorget | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Archive: Google Photos Album – 2015 Race Weekend
Most every Portlander has seen them, the dragon-shaped boats that take to the Willamette River each spring in practice for the Rose Festival Dragon Boat Races.
From waterfront walkways or atop bridges, the traditional Taiwanese boats can be seen ripping through the water like a dragon’s teeth rip through the flesh of its prey.
Any sport that involves piloting a dragon is bound to be intense from the get-go. And with a team of paddle-wielding warriors in charge of making the beast move, things are bound to get hot.
Have you got what it takes to race a dragon boat? The answer: probably.
Annual dragon boat race bonds cultures, survivors
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By Tara Kulash | The Oregonian/OregonLive
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Portland dragon boat racers may be in competition, but they’re also a community.
More than 60 teams competed Saturday and Sunday in the dragon boat races on the Willamette River near downtown. The event, in its 26th year, is part of Portland’s annual Rose Festival and stems from the city’s sisterhood with Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Tom Crowder, race director, said the mission of the Portland-Kaohsiung Sister City Association is to spread cultural awareness, and he believes dragon boat racing helps to provide that sense of community.