Team River Runner’s mission is to provide all veterans and their families an opportunity to find health, healing, community purpose, and new challenges through adventure and adaptive paddle sports!

We welcome Veterans and their families to join us for a day of learning to paddle at our Wausau Whitewater Park. Instructors and safety volunteers are here to help you learn and advance your skills. If this is your first time in a kayak we will teach you the basics, or if you have whitewater experience we will help you advance to paddle your first class 3 rapid.

Not a Veteran? That’s OK! We need plenty of volunteers to help with both on-water and off-water activities.

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Jackson Freestyle Clinic

Join us for 2 days on the river to advance your freestyle skills. Each day you will have 3 hours of on-river instruction. Whether you’re looking to learn to spin, cartwheel, loop, godzilla, or tickywoo, this clinic is for all freestyle levels.

Cost for the clinic is $175/person and includes a free entry into the Midwest Freestyle Championships for you to test what you’ve learned. The beginner competition has dozens of participants surfing and spinning to challenge themselves and their skills, so don’t be shy, there’s a competition class for every level!

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Midwest Freestyle Championships
About 100 kayakers and canoeists from across the Midwest travel to Wausau for their chance to be the Midwest Freestyle Champion in their respective class! Beginners, Intermediates, Experts, Masters, Canoe and Womens. Participants will complete as many tricks as they can in 1 minute and the individual with the most points moves on to the next round.

In addition to freestyle competitions, we have a number of other fun events on Sunday including a downriver race, team event, and big wave trick.

Competition Entry is $50 for the weekend and includes 3 days of practice water. Add an event T-shirt for $15.

Recreational paddling is also available for $50 for all 5 days however you must avoid features where clinics or competitions are in progress.

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Aug 14-16th Practice Water | Saturday - Preliminaries | Sunday - Semis & Finals

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The best Freestyle Kayakers and Canoeists from across the Country will travel to Wausau, WI for their chance to make Team USA! The top scoring competitors will be selected to travel to Germany in 2025 to compete for Team USA at the World Freestyle Championships. Participants will complete as many tricks as they can in 1 minute and the individual with the most points moves on to the next round.

Competition Entry is $50 and includes practice water August 14th & 21-23rd.
Free Rustic Camping is Available On-Site August 3rd-25th for Competitors

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Thursday Banquet | Saturday - Preliminaries | Sunday - Semifinals & Finals

Additional Practice Water Available
August 3rd & 4th - Public Recreational Release - $30 for the weekend
August 10th, 11th to National & Team Trial Competitors Only - $30 for the weekend
Join us as a competitor in our Midwest Freestyle Championships August 15th-18th

Not ready to compete at Nationals?
Come and watch this National Competition and paddle for fun Little Drop and Above or Below #4 - Daily Rec Paddling Fees apply or Join us Aug 21-25th for $50!