2026 Green Race “Like It’s 1996”

  • Race must occur between 12:00am on Wednesday, October 8th, 2026 and 5:00pm on Wednesday, November 4th,2026
  • Video submission must be an unedited raw POV video file.
  • Submitted POV footage must not have been posted anywhere online prior to November 8th, 2026.
  • Video must show racer’s face, boat, and say racer’s name at the beginning or end of the united video file. Footage must show you were paddling with at least one other person.
  • 10-foot boat maximum limit for all courses.
  • You must start your race from a complete stop unassisted. 
  • We expect all whitewater safety protocol to be practiced (carrying a throw rope at all times, never paddling alone, etc)
  • Link to downloadable video file must be submitted to the Green Race prior to 6:00pm on November 4th, 2026. File name must include your full name and race course(Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTranfer are all great options.) Email greenrace.us@gmail.com.

 

DRIES RACE
 Start: The lip of the First Slide (the first big slide).
Finish: When your boat touches the pylon under the Pot Shoals Bridge.

 

GREEN RACE
 Start: When your bow reaches the narrowest point of Bride of Frankenstein.
Finish: The classic finish rock for Green Race in the pool on river left below Rapid Transit when your bow hits the rock. 

 

SHORT COURSE
Start: Seal launch below Gorilla and above Scream Machine. Time will start when the bow of your boat hits the lip of Scream Machine.
Finish: The classic finish rock for Green Race in the pool on river left below Rapid Transit when the bow hits the finish rock.

 

AWARDS

Green Race Awards Party and Race Runs Showing will be held after the Woodfin Rodeo on Saturday, November 7th. Join us at River Bend at 1424 Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC 28804. Live music, race runs, and awards from 5:00 PM-11:00 PM

SUBMIT RACE RUN

RULES FOR GREEN RACE RODEO

Mass Start Race:  This one is the every man’s challenge!  We will line everyone up under the bridge.  Racers will sprint through the wave, around a series of buoys and finish through a gate.  There will be two divisions.  Long Boat (12’ 6”) and Short Boat (9’ 6”)

Jam Session Freestyle Comp: We’ll put together a group of five paddlers and you’ll have 15 minutes to impress the judges.  While scoring will be loosely based on ICF scoring we are adding a steez factor that riders should take advantage of to impress the crowd and judges.

Colossal Loop Contest:  You may want to bust out the creek boat or half slice for this one.  Paddlers will have an hour to, as you may have guessed, land the biggest loop.

Long Boat Attainment Race:  Water level permitting we’ll release racers in one minute intervals at which time they’ll sprint downstream through the play wave and make their way upstream through the side channel.  You’ll want a long boat for this one.

REGISTER FOR RODEO