South Dakota Races in 2016

Kayak, canoe or SUP, we want YOU to visit the Mount Rushmore State in 2016 and paddle!

We have three races and you'll love them all. In May, the Dam N Back Trek, a 10-mile against-current-for-half of the distance event returns for its second year in Yankton. The same city hosts the South Dakota Kayak Challenge during Memorial Day weekend.

On July 9, the waters below Fort Randall Dam (shown in the image) will teem with paddling life as the third-annual Fort to Field 50 Paddle Battle is slated. Registration opens on Jan. 1 for all of these events!

We hope you'll consider all three as you make your plans this winter for Midwest Kayak Races!

Welcome to Midwest Kayak Racing

Our goal is to give the paddlers in the Midwest information on upcoming races that they could join, reviews on previous races, equipment to help make racing easier, skills that are important for racing, maps of annual kayak races, links to paddling races, and anything else about racing as a paddler.

If you would have any questions or information about upcoming races please comment and we will get a hold of you for more information to spread to the general public.

We hope to reach paddlers in South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Illinois.

Happy racing everyone.