Dragon Zone
Paddling Club

2025-2026 Outrigger Program Information

2025-2026 OC-1 Passes – Registration is now open at register.dragonboatbc.ca!

Whether you’re on the water year-round, or primarily to soak up the sun, we have a pass to line up with your season. OC-1 passes include a 2 hour slot/day, and access to paddles and PFD. All OC passholders must have completed and passed an orientation and huli drill at the Club prior to taking out boats. Passholders also enjoy exclusive passholder discounts on lessons and services. Inquire with our staff for additional information.

Reservations are required by midnight for slots up to 1 week out on our online reservation system; same day drop ins are generally not possible. Please carefully read all club policies and rules before heading out on the water.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR A PASS

2025-2026 OC-1 Fees	Annual Pass (Oct 1-Sep 30)	Winter Pass (Oct 1-Feb 28)	Half Year Pass (Mar 1-Sep 30)	Summer Pass (July 1-Sep 30)
Adult	$425	$275	$340	$290
All Access (24U or 60+ years old)	$325	$225	$290	$240
Junior (12-18 years old)	$275	$200	$240	$200

All passholders are required to present proof of successful huli drill and equipment orientation on request prior to being allowed to use the Club’s fleet of OC-1 boats. Failure to do so will lead to suspension of paddling privileges, or pass non-activation until proof is provided.

All Access users also include those on accessibility teams.

Age pricing eligibility is determined on your registration date. Passholders must prove their eligibility for age-based rates on request; passes may be suspended/cancelled if eligibility cannot be provided. Junior and novice users must be supervised on the water as per our operating protocols unless otherwise advised in writing.

Note: One time drop in requests for paddlers from other clubs must be emailed to info@dragonboatbc.ca ahead of time, and are reviewed regularly by staff. Please include details of your prior OC-1 experience, and details of your previous huli drill completion for verification. Note that requests are not guaranteed to be granted.

Pass Approvals for Novice and Nelo Boat Usage

New Passholders (Hody Pass)

All non-current or novice OC-1 passholders are required to first successfully complete an OC-1 Huli and Orientation Drill.
Following successful completion of the drill and purchase of a pass, they must complete at least 5 supervised sessions with an adult, fully approved, and qualified OC-1 passholder in good standing (passholders must be using Club equipment during time of supervision) or a Club approved familiarization and training program. During this process, their pass will not allow them to book online, and they must email info@dragonboatbc.ca to request slots, indicating as well who their accompanying supervisor is no earlier than 1 week before each requested slot.
After completing 5 supervised sessions, they must then schedule via email at info@dragonboatbc.ca a date to complete a multiple choice water safety test covering proper boat usage, as well as providing their supervisor reference for staff to verify paddling ability.
Staff will review the request, supervisor reference, paddling history, experience, and test results to advise whether the pass will be fully approved for access to the Hody fleet.
After completing this process successfully, passholder passes will be fully activated, and approved passholders will be able to book boats on their own without supervision through the online registration portal.
Approval to be a supervisor, or approval to paddle without a supervisor may be rescinded at the discretion of staff due to safety, rule breach, or other conditions. All Club rules apply.

Nelo Pass

Existing passholders wishing to have access to the Nelo fleet of boats are required to complete a separate Nelo orientation and huli drill that will be logged in the system to access the boats.
The orientation and huli drill is only offered to paddlers with at least 15 unsupervised OC-1 sessions in the past 3 months, and a fully approved pass.
Nelo access may be rescinded at the discretion of staff due to safety, rule breach, or other conditions. All Club rules apply.

OC-1 Huli Drills and Orientations

When: Email info@dragonboatbc.ca with your preferred dates and times to book a orientation/huli drill. Drills conducted on request.
Where: Creekside Community Centre, 1 Athletes Way
Cost: $25 plus GST

This orientation covers general OC-1 best practices, equipment care, instruction on completing a huli (boat capsize recovery), and going through at least two huli and recovery drills. Participants must pass the huli drill and orientation to use an OC-1. The orientation and drill is required for new paddlers to the Club, and anyone who has not held a pass at the Club for 3 or more months.

Participants will paddle for a short period during this program, and will be flipping the boat on False Creek multiple times during the huli drill. Program includes access to equipment during your drill including: PFD, paddle, and boat. Email info@dragonboatbc.ca with your preferred times and dates to book an orientation/huli drill.

Huli drill and re-orientations are available at no charge for those who have completed an invoiced OC-1 Huli Drill and Orientation at the Club. Please email info@dragonboatbc.ca with your preferred times and dates, and your original huli/orientation date and invoice information to book a huli re-orientation.

Intro to OC-1 – 2026 info coming soon!

When: 2 hour session/week for 5 weeks, Saturday 2:00PM – 4:00PM
Where: Creekside Community Centre, 1 Athletes Way
Cost: TBA(includes OC-1 orientation/huli drill)

The Intro To OC-1 program teaches new and novice paddlers basic skills and techniques for paddling OC-1. The program includes safety knowledge, paddling drills to build up paddling capacity, technique tips, mini-workouts, and guided paddling sessions. Paddlers do not need to know how to swim, but must wear an approved PFD. No experience is necessary. Minimum age 12. Youth aged 12-18 must be accompanied by an adult.

The program includes 5 sessions led by our OC instructor, access to equipment including a PFD and paddle, and access to the boats. The program includes an OC-1 boat orientation and huli drill, as part of your first session.

Sessions run once a week from 2:00PM-4:00PM. Please note that this does not give you access to the boats outside of your program slot times. General terms and conditions at the bottom of this page.

Visit our Intro Paddling Programs page for more details.

2025-2026 OC-6 Team Fees – 2026 registration now open! Email info@dragonboatbc.ca to register for slots.

All OC-6 teams are subject to approval by the Club prior to beginning practices, and are required to complete an OC-6 team agreement form, OC-6 orientation, and have proof of a completed huli drill (within the last 2 years) prior to starting practices.

Note that due to OC-6 race timings, the OC-6 Extended Winter season runs from October until approximately the end of March (subject to change annually depending on local OC-6 race calendar). All other Winter season passes end at the end of February.

Returning teams: Please email info@dragonboatbc.ca to request a holdover of your current slots. Slots will be released for general booking after October 1 annually.

2025-2026 OC-6 Team Fees	Extended Winter - Non-OC-1 Passholder (Oct 1-March 30)	Extended Winter - All OC-1 Passholder (Oct 1- March 30)
ADULT TEAMS
1 practice/week	$800	$125
2 practices/week	$900	$150
3 practices/week	$1,000	$175

ALL ACCESS TEAMS
1 practice/week	$700	$125
2 practices/week	$800	$150
3 practices/week	$900	$175

JUNIOR TEAMS
1 practice/week	$700	$125
2 practices/week	$800	$150
3 practices/week	$900	$175

OC-1 Passholders forming an OC-6 Team: Discounted Rate Terms and Conditions

A group of OC-1 passholders may apply to form an OC-6 team, and pay a discounted fee for the OC-6 team.
OC-1 passholders taking advantage of this benefit may only be on one OC-6 roster. If they wish to be on multiple OC-6 rosters, the second team does not qualify for the discounted rate.
OC-6 teams with a specialty rate retain their slots as long as all OC-1 passholders are in good standing. If a team member’s OC-1 pass expires within the OC-6 team’s season, the OC-1 pass must be renewed and fully paid prior to booking OC-6 slots. Alternatively, the OC-6 team’s season will end at the same time the OC-1 pass expires (i.e. if an OC-1 pass expires February 28, the OC-6 team’s slots will also end on February 28, or the OC-1 pass must be extended if the OC-6 team wishes to paddle for a longer period of time).
If an OC-6 team’s season ends, and the OC-6 team wishes to extend their season, the fee will have to be paid again (i.e. a team’s registration end March 30, and the team wishes to restart on April 15).
OC-6 teams formed with a specialty rate must regularly use their slot, as solely determined by the club. Failure to do so may lead to termination of their reserved slot(s) for the remainder of the season/term, without refund.

5% GST will be added to all passes. Full terms and conditions on registration site.

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