More Races

 Start of the 2011 Deception Pass Dash — what a sight!

 The paddlesports racing scene is going off! Just right here in the Northwest, look around and you’ll find human-powered racing on the water somewhere near you almost every weekend, plus informal weekday evening race series as soon as the days get longer! Check it out…

ALL = all human powered craft
Surf = paddle surfing competition, may include racing along with judged surfing skills — contact event director.
SUP = Standup Paddleboards only
OC = primarily outrigger canoe racing, but may be open to other craft. Contact the race director.
Ski = Surfskis
WW = whitewater slalom, downriver, creeking, or rodeo.
MS = Multisport with a paddling component, either team or iron.
Fish = Kayak fishing tourney!

If you’re not familiar with the organization or the venue, contact the race director first for details. Check it out:

• Don Kiesling’s NW race “IF IT AIN’T HERE, IT’S PROBABLY NOT HAPPENING” calendar

WEEKLY STUFF — practice races and season series… 

• SUP – Every Tuesday evening — 7pm — Alki Kayak Tours / Mountain to Sound Outfitters Tuesday Night SUP series – Elliott Bay, Seattle WA
  

• ALL – Every Tuesday evening — 6pm check-in, 7pm start — Deep Cove’s Tuesday Night Races / “North America’s Largest Weekly Paddlesports Race!” — distance varies, swim/run added sometimes — Indian Arm, Vancouver BC

• ALL – Every Wednesday evening – staggered start — SWIFT Paddlers — Weekly practice races on Lake Washington — 3 or 6 miles –  Magnuson Park, Seattle WA

• ALL – Every Wednesday evening – 6pm start — Whatcom Paddlers (join the yahoo group for more info)  Weekly race series on Lake Whatcom – 3 or 6 miles –  Bloedel Donovan Park, Bellingham WA

UPCOMING EVENTS –

• ALL – May 12th — 9:30am start — Northwest Paddling Festival — Northwest Paddling Challenge — 2 or 6 miles (spectator-friendly laps on a 2-mile loop course) Lake Sammamish, Issaquah WA

• WW – May 14th — all day – NW League of Whitewater Racers — Stillaguamish Downrinver Race Classic — Stillaguamish River WA

• OC – May 19th — all day — PNWORCA — Manu K Baker Sprints — 250 & 500 meters — Spanaway WA

• SUP – May 19th — 5pm start — Poulsbo Viking Fest — Viking Paddle — 5 miles — Liberty Bay, Poulsbo WA

• ALL – May 19th — 10am start — Sound Rowers — Commencement Bay — 6 miles — Tacoma WA

• ALL – May 20th — 1pm start — Think Kayak International Challenge race #2 — Tour de Indian Arm — 19 & 11km courses — Deep Cove, North Vancouver BC Canada

• OC – May 26th — 8am start / all day — PNWORCA & Hui Wa’a O Wakinikona — Na Po’e e Ke Kai Regatta — multiple sprint distances — Seattle WA

• ALL – May 27th –all day — SKI TO SEA — 500 teams, 93.5 mile relay Race of seven venues from Mount Baker to Bellingham Bay — Bellingham WA

• Surf – June 2 & 3 — all day (8am competitor meetings both days) — Alder Creek Canoe & Kayak – Pacific City Surf-Off — 6 divisions, Pacific City OR
  

• WW – June 2 & 3 — all day – NW League of Whitewater Racers — Northwest Whitewater Championships / WKC Salmon la Sac Slalom and Downriver — Cle Elum River, Roslyn WA

• ALL – June 9th – 10:30am start — Olympic Outdoor Center — Paddle the Dragon — 8 miles — Port Gamble WA (Part of the Northwest Adventure Sports Festival) Race #4 of 5 in the Race For Your Life 2011-12 series!

• MS – June 9th — 10:30am start – Olympic Outdoor Center — The Beast Triathlon — 8 miles paddling, 14 miles mountain biking, 6.2 miles trail run — Port Gamble WA (Part of the Northwest Adventure Sports Festival)

• OC – June 9th — start tbd — PNWORCA & Puget Sound OCC — Hui Wa’a Puget Sound Regatta — Sprints — Everett WA

• WW — June 9th & 10th — all weekend — Professorpaddle.com’s 2012 Professor Paddle Ball — coincides with Wenatchee River Festival — Wenatchee River WA
  

• OC – June 16th –8am start — PNWORCA – Hui Heihei Wa’a Sprints — Silverdale WA

• All – June 17th –10am start — Bowen Island Sea Kayaking — Round Bowen Challenge — 32km main course, 5km SUP course — Bowen Island, BC Canada

• OC – June 23rd — info to come — PNWORCA Sprint Championships — Silver Lake, Everett WA

• OC – June 30th –start tbd — PNWORCA & Mountain Home Canoe Club — Rooster Rock Race — Corbett OR

• ALL – Race Weekend on the Olympic Peninsula, Day One –  June 30th — 10am start — Sound Rowers — Rat Island Regatta — 7.8 miles — Port Townsend WA

• ALL – Race Weekend on the Olympic Peninsula, Day Two –  July 1st — 2pm start — Ruby Creek Boathouse — De Fuca Downwind — 9 miles — Port Angeles WA  Race #5 of 5 in the Race For Your Life 2011-12 series!

•  WW – June 30 & July 1 — all day – NW League of Whitewater Racers — Chilliwack River Slalom — Chilliwack BC

• ALL – July 14th — 10am start — Sound Rowers — Manchester — 1o miles — Manchester State Park WA

• ALL – July 28th & 29th — meet 9am, start time tbd — Waterwalker – Wildside Relay — 4 stages, 22 miles downwind/upriver on the Columbia River Gorge — Stevenson WA to Hood River OR

• ALL – July 28th — 10:30am start — Sound Rowers — Elk River Challenge — 2 & 7 mile courses –Bay City / Westport WA

• ALL – August 4th — 11am start — Sound Rowers — Round Shaw Row — 14 miles — Shaw Island WA

• ALL – August 25th — 9am start — Sound Rowers — Great Cross Sound Race — 7 miles — Puget Sound, Seattle WA

• WW – August 25-26 — all day — NW League of Whitewater Racers — Roaring River Slalom — Clackamas River, Estacada OR

• ALL – September 8th — 9:30am start — Sound Rowers — Bainbridge Island Marathon — 12 & 26.2 mile courses –Bainbridge Island WA

• SUP – September 9th — 8am start — Northwest Paddle Surf  — 4th Annual Round the Rock — 13, 3.5, and kids’ half-mile courses
  

• ALL – September 15th — 10am start — Sound Rowers — Budd Inlet –8 miles — Olympia WA

• ALL – September 22nd — 10am start — Sound Rowers — Lake Samish Salmon Roe — 5.5 miles — Bellingham WA

• WW – September 22nd — all day – NW League of Whitewater Racers — Skagit River Downriver SPRINT AND CLASSIC — Newhalem WA

• ALL – September 29th — 10am start — Sound Rowers — Mercer Island Sausage Pull –6.5 & 14.3 mile courses — Seattle WA

• ALL (surf) – October 6 & 7 — all day — Ruby Creek Boathouse — Hobuck Hoedown Surf Paddling Festival — surf competition & racing — Hobuck Beach, Neah Bay WA

• WW – October 6 & 7 — all day – NW League of Whitewater Racers — WKC Nooksack Slalom and Downriver – North Fork Nooksack River, Glacier WA

• ALL – October 20th — 10am start — Sound Rowers & Kayak Academy — Lake Sammamish –6 & 13 mile courses — part of the 3rd Annual Greenland Week Kayak Festival — Issaquah WA

• ALL – December 9th — start tbd — Ruby Creek Boathouse — Deception Pass Dash — 7 miles — Deception Pass State Park, Oak Harbor WA  Part of a 2-day Paddlin’ fest, and Race #1 in the Race For Your Life 2012-13 series!

Ruby Creek is proud to partner with Paddling Dynamics to create the Race for Your Life points series in 2011 – 12.  Some sweeeeet prizes await the winners following the DeFuca Downwind, the final event of this year’s series!