Get more paddlers on the water at Another Dam Race!
ADR presents our OC-6 Relay
Looking for a way to get more paddlers on the water? Find 11 of your friends and take on the ADR relay course! 6 paddlers start at Bluewater Casino and race up the Colorado River to the Buckskin Mountain State park and change out with 6 more paddlers who race back down to the finish line. Open to outrigger paddlers in both traditional and unlimited canoes, a minimum of 4 women make up your co-ed crew but YOU strategize who starts and who finishes race.
Come join us again!
What will year 16 bring?
It started with a plan penciled on a Carl's Jr. napkin to bring back a paddling event to Arizona. In 2009, launching from the Riverside Lodge Resort, 75 paddlers raced along the scenic route of Parker, Arizona down to a waiting imu, and ADR was born. With that same pioneering spirit, this year promises so much more!
The SUP & distance RACES
Short Course
The short course race starts and finishes in front of the Bluewater Resort Amphitheatre along Casino Beach. The short course is approximately 5 miles. Race half way upriver along the Arizona side of the Colorado River to River Shore Resort and Motel where a left hand turn returns you along the California side to the finish line.
Small craft and SUP
V1, OC-1, OC-2, SUP and all other small paddle crafts race approximately 12 miles that starts and finishes in front of the Bluewater Resort Amphitheatre along Casino Beach. Race upriver to Pirate's Den where a left hand turn returns you along the California side to the finish line.
Relay Course
Relay Course
Relay Course
Our newest race is open to unlimited and traditional outrigger 6 man canoes. The 20+ mile course starts and finishes in front of the Bluewater Resort Amphitheatre along Casino Beach. 6 paddlers race up to Buckskin Mountain State park, switch out with paddlers who race back along the California side to the finish line. This year, it is open to OC-6 and V-6 canoes in a single open co-ed division who are made up with a minimum of 4 women.
Long Course
Relay Course
Relay Course
The final race of the day is open to unlimited and traditional outrigger canoes. The approximately 12 mile course starts and finishes in front of the Bluewater Resort Amphitheatre along Casino Beach. Roughly 6 miles up upriver takes you to Pirate's Den where a left hand turn returns you along the California side to the finish line.
About ADR
From the ground up to today
ADR started with a conversation to bring a paddle race back to Arizona. On the way to a SCORA directors meeting in Southern California, Steve Benson and John Burns penciled together a plan on a napkin from Carls Jr. After laying out the plan and a 75 entry field, a pig cooked in an underground imu by Uncle Dino and friends from River Lodge Resort, the event was official. The following year it was going to be bigger but needed the experience from a paddler, biker and event coordinator Larry Smith. Larry had held the biggest bicycle race in Arizona and had a successful run called Another Dam Race. It was decided to keep the name.