24th Annual Lazy Beaver Race
Sept 28th, 2024
The registration form is below with all the info you need! Lots of racing options, or just paddle at your leisure with the best of company! Register today!
The Reedsburg Kiwanis is sponsoring the 24th annual Lazy Beaver Canoe and Kayak Race on the Baraboo River on Saturday, Sept. 28,2024. The race’s starting point is in LaValle on the south side of the river, east of the Highway 58 bridge. The finish line is the Granite Avenue boat landing in Reedsburg, where the awards ceremony and post race picnic are also held. The race begins at 10 a.m. with paddlers released in timed intervals in order to space out paddlers on the river, which is narrow in many spots.
Racing classes: Men’s canoe ____Women’s canoe____Mixed Couples canoe ____Adult/child (Child under 14) ___Solo canoe____Junior
Canoe/kayak (Paddlers under 18) ___Tandem kayak ___Men’s kayak____ Women’s kayak ____ Older than dirt canoe (Combined ages of two paddlers is over 100 years) ___Older than dirt kayak (60 years or older). There is also an award for best decorated boat.
Two Ways to Register
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Online Registration
Register by Check
1) Download, print, and complete the form.
2) Send the form and check to:
Jeff Seering
P.O. Box 542
Reedsburg, Wisconsin 53959
River Condition Update, by Jeff Seering
On Saturday, August 24, my son and I went downriver from LaValle to Douglas Landing, the Lake Redstone outlet with the intention of clearing jams. That’s only about a third of the way to Reedsburg. I decided to just work on that section because it has six jams, some of them nasty. We’ll take on from Douglas Landing to Reedsburg Labor Day weekend. There are two jams to clear in that stretch that I know of.
Looking Back
2023 Lazy Beaver Race
July 29, 2023
A little pre-race rain and pleasant summer weather contributed to another successful Lazy Beaver Canoe and Kayak Race on the Baraboo River from LaValle to Reedsburg last Saturday. Twenty-two boats were entered in this year’s Lazy Beaver, which was held for the 23rd straight year.
The fastest entry was a canoe paddled by Bill Poole and Rory Rossman, who completed the 11.2 mile race in two hours, 10 minutes and 35 seconds. They also won the Older than Dirt (Combined ages of over 100 yers) canoe division. Brian Drapes was the fastest kayaker for the second year in a row with a time of 2:18:40.
The race had several returning paddlers from 2022 and all of them posted faster times than a year ago. Other division winners were Steve Statz and Mary Langer for Mixed Couples Canoe, Dennis and Jack Lichte for Adult/Child Canoe, and Sharon Page for Women’s Kayak.
The Reedsburg Kiwanis extends a special thanks to the Friends of the Baraboo River for their assistance in the race, to Tom Demmin and WRDB for inviting us on News & Views prior to the race, and to the Reedsburg Parks Department, Village of La Valle and Reedsburg Chamber of Commerce for their continuing support of our race.
Photos by Lazy Beaver Race organizer, Jeff Seering.
Ready - Set - Go!!!!
