Welcome to the 2025 Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival - Novice Division!

This event will include dragon boat racing, Dragon Land for kids and Market Area with different vendors, including Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office of San Francisco.  The festival will be will be held at Leo J Ryan, Foster City CA.  We'll start our activities on Saturday 9/20/2025 at 8am and end by 5pm, with an award ceremony after the race.  This year, we have invited visiting teams to participate and custom medals specialty designed for this festival will be awarded to our winners!

Please reach out if you're interested in becoming a sponsor - where we'll not only provide you a vendor tent to promote your organization, but also name one of the division champions after your organization!

Registration Schedule:

• TBD

Registration Fees:

Registration fees are based on the number of crews you register. The minimum number of paddlers per crew is 16.

• Sponsoring team: $5,000 (this includes race fee PLUS tax-deductible donation)
• Corporate/novice team: $3,000
• Community 501c3 non-profit team: $1,500

Refund Policy: All registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Registration Instructions:

• Your Team Captain should register first and select "Race Registration Only: non-CDBA Adult" member type in order to submit the team registration and pay the registration fees. If you need assistance, please contact Ken Wu at membership@cdba.org.
• NOTE: Registration is NOT complete until payment is received.  We recommend paying through RevSport directly (credit/debit card) for immediate payment confirmation. If you send a physical check, your registration is not considered complete until the check is received and cashed (which will take some time). If you need special accomodations (e.g., specific invoice wording), please reach out to treasurer@cdba.org.

Our goal is to create a fun, competitive event for our paddlers. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out.