2026 Paddle Events - Local

May

• 5/31–5/31 – Coastal Student Outing
  Host: NEWP
  Location: Manitowoc, WI
  Audience: NEWP Members & Students
  🔗 https://newp.club/classes/student-outings/

June

• 6/1–6/5 – Whitewater Week
  Host: Bay Lakes Council
  Location: Gardner Dam Adventure Base
  Audience: Whitewater instructor training

• 6/6–6/7 – Recreational Release
  Host: Wausau Whitewater
  Location: Wausau Whitewater Park
  Audience: No lessons available
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 6/7–6/10 – Rock Island Campout
  Host: NEWP
  Location: Rock Island State Park
  Audience: Club gathering
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/rock-island-kayak-campout/

• 6/13–6/13 – Whitewater Student Outing
  Host: NEWP
  Location: Gresham, WI (Red River)
  Audience: NEWP Members & Students
  🔗 https://newp.club/classes/student-outings/

• 6/20–6/22 – Peshtigo Paddle Weekend
  Host: NEWP
  Location: Crivitz, WI
  Audience: Public paddle event
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/public-paddles/peshtigo-flowage-weekend/

• 6/20–6/21 – Recreational Release
  Host: Wausau Whitewater
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 6/24–6/29 – ACA North American Whitewater Open Canoe Slalom
  Host: Wausau Whitewater
  Audience: Competition
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 6/25–6/28 – Freshwater Paddlers Sea Kayak Symposium
  Location: Cornucopia, WI
  🔗 https://www.freshwaterpaddler.com/

• 6/27–6/27 – Wolf River Paddle
  Host: NEWP
  Location: Stephensville, WI
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/public-paddles/wolf-river/

July

• 7/9–7/12 – Door County Kayak Gathering
  Location: Potawatomi State Park
  🔗 https://doorcountykayakgathering.com/

• 7/11–7/12 – Recreational Release
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 7/15–7/16 – Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium
  🔗 https://www.greatlakesseakayaksymposium.net/

• 7/17–7/20 – Pictured Rocks Trip
  Host: NEWP
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/pictured-rocks/

• 7/18–7/19 – Team River Runner Veterans Recreation & Training
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 7/22–7/26 – Bayfield Gathering 2026
  Host: NEWP
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/bayfield-gathering/

August

• 8/1–8/1 – Appleton Locks Paddle
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/public-paddles/appleton-locks-paddle/

• 8/1–8/2 – Recreational Release
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 8/8–8/9 – Youth Development Weekend & Swiftwater Rescue
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 8/13–8/16 – Tour de Kayak (Green Bay Shoreline)
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/west-green-bay-trip/

• 8/13–8/14 – Jackson Freestyle & Downriver Clinic
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 8/14–8/16 – Ladies of the Lake Paddle Sports Festival
  🔗 https://ladiesofthelake2026

• 8/15–8/16 – Midwest Freestyle Championships
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

• 8/20–8/23 – Apostle Islands Trip
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/apostle-islands-trip/

• 8/28–8/30 – Camp Rutabaga
  🔗 https://www.rutabaga.com/camprutabaga

• 8/29–8/30 – Recreational Release
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

September

• 9/9–9/13 – Door County Gathering
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/door-county-gathering-at-potawatomi-state-park/

• 9/12–9/13 – Twin Rivers Paddle Palooza
  🔗 https://newp.club/club-activities/public-paddles/two-rivers-paddle/

• 9/19–9/20 – Recreational Release
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

October

• 10/3–10/4 – Recreational Release
  🔗 https://www.wausauwhitewater.org/schedule

Recurring Events

• Wednesdays – Lake Michigan Weekly Paddles

• Thursdays – Red River Weekly Paddles

• Tuesdays – FLOW Paddle Group (Fox Valley)
  🔗 https://www.facebook.com/groups/FLOWTuesdayPaddleGroup