NISH Outrigger Challenge 2025
Close the Season in Style AT THE EAST COAST'S LARGEST ANNUAL RACE
At Historic Virginia Key Beach Park.
Details
Presented by
Kana Lui Miami Outrigger
Canoe Club
Dates
Saturday, November 1st &
Sunday, November 2nd, 2025
Location
Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, Miami, FL
Link to Parking
General information
There is seating and shade around the park, but if you are local, we suggest to please bring your 10 x 10 tents and beach chairs.
Racecourse is subject to change due to conditions up until the morning of the race.
Please note that there are no refunds in the event of cancellation due to weather.
We will have a silent auction and a V1 Raffle benefiting a charity to be announced. Last year, donations were made to members of our paddling community who were directly impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
This is a Plastic Free and glass bottle free event, please bring your reusable water bottles and coffee cup. Park does not permit Styrofoam.
Parking fee $10 paid to the park at the entrance, CASH ONLY.
OC-6 Trailer Information
Access to drop off the trailer sunrise to Sundown at 6:30pm, at the park parking lot. We strongly encourage everyone to drop offcanoes and trailers on Friday.
There will be someone from Kana Lui guiding on Friday from 2pm to 5pm.
Canoes can be rigged in the grass area in front of the race site.
Please note that there is a charge to store the trailer overnight of $50 that needs to be paid in advance.
Kana Lui covers the trailer parking for Friday and Saturday.
Friday, November 1
Open to any paddlers / clubs that want to get a taste of Miami waters before the race (total distance approx. 4 miles).
(4020 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami-Dade, Florida, 33149)
(receive shirts and wrist bands)
60 Merrick Way, Coral Gables, FL 33134
Saturday, November 2
(receive shirts and wrist bands)
(we will make sure a break between races to allow paddlers to recover if they are doing double duty)
Sunday, November 3
(receive shirts and wrist bands)
Any craft with a woman, will start on the first wave, followed by the men 5 minutes later.
(Approx. 4 miles) after the small boat race starts.
Safety
Paddlers requirements
If there is a competitor who does not know how to swim or has any doubts on their swimming capability, they are required to always wear a PFD while in a canoe
Leashes and PFD’s required for small craft race
Respect common courtesy rules while competing on the water and always avoid any potential collision with another canoe.
If it is evident that your steersman did nothing to avoid a collision, then the race committee will have the right to disqualify the team who took no action to avoid the collision.
Race Updates
We will streamline communication for the race with updates through the NISH Facebook event page. Please encourage all team members to like the Nish Outrigger Challenge Facebook and Instagram pages so that they can be kept up to date as we progress through race weekend.
facebook.com/nishoutriggerchallenge
@nishoutriggerchallenge
Tag us
#nishoutriggerchallengemiami2025
Bring your smiles and paddles to the beach!
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to coordinate your crew. From all of us at the NISH race committee, we wish you the best of luck at this year’s Nish Outrigger Challenge!
