Calling all sponsors! Tilikum Dragons is currently seeking business sponsors for the upcoming 2025 race season. Our minimum "ask" is $300, which gets your business a social media shoutout, a logo on this website's homepage, as well as your logo on our seasonal sponsorship banner (displayed across our team tent on games days). For more information, see flyer below and email us at: tilikumdragonsinfo@gmail.com
Dragon boating competitions are open to the general public, so come out and cheer us on!
Our 2025 race schedule is as follows:
May 17, Tacoma Dragon Boat Festival (Tacoma, WA)
June 14, Seattle Dragon Boat Festival (Lake Union/Seattle, WA)
June 28, Salem World Beat Dragon Boat Festival (Salem, OR)
July 12, Olympia Dragon Boat Festival (Olympia, WA)
August 2, Paddle for Life Dragon Boat Festival (Ridgefield, WA)
August 23, Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Festival (BC, Canada)
September 6, Portland Dragon Boat Festival (Portland, OR)
September 27, San Diego Boat Festival (San Diego, CA)
Our 2024 race times were as follows:
May 18, Rainer Dragon Boat Festival (Tacoma, WA)
5th Place, Division A, 1:39.85
Jun 8, Seattle Dragon Boat Festival (Lake Union/Seattle, WA)
3rd Place, Division A, 2:26.72
June 29, World Beat Festival (Salem, OR)
3rd Place, Division A, 1:44.25
July 13, Olympia Dragon Boat Festival (Olympia, WA)
4th Place, Division A, 1:06:46
Aug 3, Paddle for Life (Ridgefield, WA)
2nd Place (TK Fire), Division A , 1:24:09
Sept 7-8, Portland Dragon Boat Festival (Portland, OR)
3rd Place, Division A
Show your Tilikum Dragons spirit by shopping at our team store! Items/styles available for purchase may vary throughout the year; however, select from the following at this time: t-shirts, long-sleeve shirts, tanks, and pull-over hooded sweatshirts.
Love Super Bowl Sunday? Help us reach our annual fundraising goal by purchasing FootballMania SuperMatch! tickets ($10 each). Tickets purchased below will be delivered electronically via email; paper tickets can be purchased from a member of the Tilikum Dragons. All ticket holders have a chance to win up to $10,000!
Click on the button below to nab your electronic game cards before kick-off on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb 9th, 2025).
Congrats to our 2023 Paddle Raffle Winner!
Two chances to win! For just $5, you can enter our raffle fundraiser to win one of two beautiful dragon boat paddles. All proceeds benefit the Tilikum Dragons - your contribution helps support the team, its mission, and our passion for dragon boat racing.
When: Raffle ticket sales are on sale now ($5 each)! Tickets are now available for purchase (link coming soon).
Where: Two raffle winners will be announced at The Portland Dragon Boat Festival in September. Drawing winners do NOT have to be present at the race to receive their prize.
We occasionally organize a team garage sale during the summer, so stay tuned! If planned, we will post the details below:
When: TBD
Where: TBD