AeroDragons club is a club devoted to the sport of dragon boat racing. We are a competitive recreational team and we are a member team of the Southern California Dragon Boat Club (SCDBC). Our members are a diverse mix of The Aerospace Corporation and Los Angeles Air Force Base/Space and Missile System Center employees, military personnel, families and friends. Purpose of AeroDragons’ is to cultivate a deeper appreciation for Asian/Pacific and other cultural heritage through team building, recreation, friendship and fun.

 President: 
Josh Hwung
 Treasurer: 
Carmen Garcia

The AeroDragons club was founded in 2004 by The Aerospace Corporation employees Mary Melton, Judy Shimamura and Frances Kawakami-Vien.

  • A dragon boating team consists of 20 paddlers sitting two abreast, a drummer who sits at the front and a steers who steers the dragon boat from the rear of the boat.
  • The team of paddlers work in unison to propel the boat forwards from a standing start, the aim being to cross the finish line in the fastest time than their competition.
  • It’s a team sport that encompasses the elements of power, speed, synchronization and endurance. Is a high cardio/low impact workout.
  • The basic concept of paddling is the timing (most important) and to paddle “as one”.


 Meetings: 
The AeroDragons club has water practice and land practice. The team practice out of Mother’s Beach on Naples Island in Long Beach.

The water practice is on Wednesdays at 6:00 PM (daylight savings time), on Saturdays at 9:00 AM and Sundays at 9:00 AM.
The AeroDragons team will be competing in Club Crew World Championships in September 1-8 2017, thus an extra practice was added in addition to the 9:00 AM practice on Sundays at 7:30 and two days of land practice.

The land practice consist of two additional workout. The paddler pick a high cardio/low impact workouts for one day and a low cardio/high impact workouts for the second day.

 Dues: 
The paddlers are required to pay a pro-rated portion of the race fees if they participate on a race, in addition to the race fee the paddler pays a yearly dues.

Yearly dues are as follow:
• Aerospace Employees (M1) $40.00 per year
• Retired Aerospace Employees (M2) $40.00 per year
• Aerospace Summer Hires and Students (ST) $40.00
• Spouses and children of M1 and M2 (A1) $100.00 per year
• Military and Civil Service personnel (A2) $40.00 per year
• All others (A3) $100.00 per year

Upcoming Events: 
The following are the upcoming event for the AeroDragons:
• May 20-21, Nevada Dragon Beat Race. Racing at Lake Las Vegas featuring a 2000m challenge.
• June 24-25 Vancouver, Canada we will be paddling False Creek.
• July 29-30, Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival the largest dragon boat festival in California.
• September 1-8, Club Crew World Championship in Venice Italy. This is the highest level of club competition for dragon boat in the world.
• September 30-October 1, San Diego Dragon Boat Race/PDBA Qualifiers.