Moidern recreation of the ancient Chinese art of dragon boat races. Held yearly at Belmont Shore's Marine Stadium (Long Beach, CA).

All about the Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival here:

http://www.lbdragonboat.com/

About Dragon Boats and Dragon Boat racing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_boat

Over 400 shots pretty much as I shot them. Later, selected shots will appear which are processed from RAW.

All photos drastically downsized and optimized for online viewing only. Printing of these images strictly prohibited. Feel free to use these images on your web site or share online viewing via link with your friends. Make sure however that you give me full credit.

Copyright 2007 Ken Leonard

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