DragonSaddle

super saddle

Race Day Sprint Saddles, practice Saddles

for Dragon Boats

some of the inventory

Puff sweeps all the gold at Disney Oct.2013. We know what they were sitting on......in the races...
and during the long practices where the most competitive races are really won, sitting in comfort
where there are no uncomfortable distractions to conditioning core power and the anaerobic threshold,
all contributing to one synchronized movement with efficient body mechanics and technique needed to prevail.

OK, not everyone in the boat at practice today needed a butt pad.
Ironically, Kristin was the first paddler in the world to ever use a Dragon Saddle.

Bespoke Stitchery

Dragon boat racing is the ultimate team sport.

The Chinese dragon boat traditional festivals are thousands of years old.

This order is ready to go out the door.

Dragon Saddles waiting between races, just hanging out. 
They slide over the paddle shafts or over your arm, hands-free when marshalling.

BELOW Making Dragon Saddles today at the shop in Orlando, 2015

Do you want to be a drummer like Grace?

Beginners are always welcome.

What do you do between races. Here you see Christianne and Becky "resting" for the final championship Division A race. Youth!!!

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There are other creative uses for the Dragon Saddle too, the perfect gift.

Dragon boat teams have a strong social component. Here we are at Salinas, Puerto Rico, Doug with green cap.
Natalia Duke on top. This was back in 2010. Today, 10 of these 12 are on Team USA 2015.

 In 1948 Doug was looking for a paddle, an ocean, an island. Little did he know that OC6 in Hawaii was to be his beginning. Paddles Up! 

​If you can paddle, no matter where you are in the water, after a race in the photo above or in the enjoyable back country in the photo on the left, you are a winner.

Many top competitive racing teams worldwide use the Dragon Saddles.

Take a deep breath. Calm your mind. Prepare your posture. Feel at one with the water, with the boat, with the paddle, 
with the crew. Look forward with absolute mental focus. Know how deep you must go and the power within. 
Ready! Attention! Explode with control. 200 meters, 500 meters, 1000 meters, 2000 meters. Perfect timing. 

Hundredths of a second... Why does it happen so often?

The incredible power of 20 in perfect synch, Puff Dragon Boat Racing Team, Miami, Florida. What is the steersman doing back there?

Our '35 delivery truck, shipping your orders at FedEx.

Sit on it once, yours forever!

ABOVE Making Dragon Saddles at the shop in Key West, 2011

Photo gallery

Something soft to sit on while you watch the races; hey, who's in my chair?