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ADR race jerseys
The big hit from last year is BACK with an all new design but the same great quality and feel. Pre-order and reserve your race jersey before 10/14/2025 from our partners at Pārekareka.
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 Pirate's Den, race up to River Lodge and return to swap out with 6 more paddlers who complete their own 11 miles and complete the race. 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
Short Course
Short Course
The short course race starts and finishes in front of the Pirate's Den. The short course is approximately 5 miles. Race half way upriver to the Sundance Saloon along the Arizona side of the Colorado River where a left hand turn returns you along the California side to the finish line back at Pirate's Den.
Relay Course
Short Course
Short Course
This 6 man relay is open to unlimited and traditional outrigger canoes. The 22 mile course starts and finishes in front of the Pirate's Den. 6 paddlers start with the short course racers, paddle upstream toward's the River Lodge and return to complete their 11 mile course. When they return to Pirate's Den, they will switch out with paddlers who will complete the same course and complete the relay race. With a single open co-ed division, teams are are made up with a minimum of 4 women.
Long Course
Short Course
Long Course
The final outrigger race of the day is an 11 mile course that starts at Pirate's Den. Paddle for roughly 5.5 miles up upriver to River Lodge and 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.