Portsmouth Paddle Battle

High Street Landing

Grab your friends and grab your paddles 🛶. The 4th Annual Paddle Battle is back in Portsmouth for another extraordinary day of paddle racing fun on the Elizabeth River!
Participants ages 15+ can compete in stand up paddle boarding and kayak categories, depending upon age/experience level – PLUS by popular demand, a tandem race for kayaks and for canoes has been added.
Enjoy music + food, drinks, prizes, and special events for children!
Proceeds will help The Friends support the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the Lightship Portsmouth Museum.
Learn more: https://www.friendsofportsmouthnsm.org/paddle-battle

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲:
The race course will be from High Street Basin in Olde Towne to the Hammerhead Crane on the Shipyard, and back. A limited number of kayaks will be made available, on a first-come-first-serve basis, to people wishing to participate but who do not own their own kayak.
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Racing will also feature a series of Challenge Races involving racers from the Navy Medical Center Portsmouth, the Coast Guard and others.
Additional Race Day information is available here: https://www.friendsofportsmouthnsm.org/race-day-information
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𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
Visit us online to complete the Registration Form & Liability Waiver Form! You 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 complete and submit both forms.
Learn more and get started: https://www.friendsofportsmouthnsm.org/paddle-battle