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Your paddle. Your canvas. Our 2026 design contest is open! Submit your artwork by October 31 for a chance to win a free Hornet dragon boat paddle featuring your design, with shipping included.

Hornet Sting+ paddles are available with either an Aluminum Clamp or Leverlock adjustment system. Compare their weight, length range, convenience and ideal uses before choosing your paddle.

Hornet is proud to be the Official Paddle Partner of the 2026 IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Festival. Find preorder pickup hours, festival product information, and a look back at our journey through Florence, New Zealand, and France.

IDBF licensed racing paddles share a standardized blade shape, but that does not make every paddle the same. Materials, weight, balance, stiffness, core construction, adjustment systems and durability can still create very different paddling experiences.

Coach’s Corner by Pat Bradley (World Champion National Team and Club Crew Coach) Some dragon boat coaches refer to the working part of the paddling stroke as the ‘pull phase’. Most athletes (especially newer paddlers) when...