Courageous Youth Dragon Boat Team (CYD) is a youth dragon boat team created in San Diego. It started during the pandemic in the summer of 2021 as a kayaking club and grew into a dragon boating team with students from local middle schools and high schools around San Diego. We are a group of friends who share the same love of nature and passion for water sports. Rowing in the tranquil bay in the morning and looking down through the transparent water are phenomenal experiences. We hold practices every Saturday morning at Fiesta Island Mission Bay.
Dragon Boating emphasizes not only paddling skills, but more importantly, enhances team collaboration. This is our way to inspire people back in the low moments of COVID-19.
Our mission is to empower and train youth to become outstanding student athletes, to develop young leaders, and to cultivate a deeper appreciation for Asian/Pacific and other cultural heritages through team building.