The Explore Kentucky Initiative's (EKI) Big South Fork River Dash is back for its third year!  Paddlers of all skill levels are invited to experience the unique beauty of the National Park Service’s Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. Big South Fork is one of our country’s great frontiers, with scenic gorges, sandstone bluffs, and lush forestland that are sure to impress. The River Dash allows you to experience all of that natural beauty through a flatwater trip down the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River.  This is bucket list adventure for canoers, kayakers and stand up paddle boarders! Don’t have a craft?, Don’t fret we have rentals available through Sheltowee Trace Adventure Resort. The Dash is one of last paddlesports event in the upper Southeast. This makes it a perfect event to kick off your wind down for the season.  This event will be last event of EKI's 2018 Kentucky Waterman Series presented by Breaks Interstate Park season and serve as the celebration for the overall series.

Registration Deadline: Oct 4th, 2018

Event cap: 100 Paddlers 

For more information/for race details: www.explorekentucky.us/bigsouthforkriverdash

Transfer/Refund Policy:

• In the instance that an event is canceled or postponed as a result of (and not limited to) an act of God, Natural Disaster, war, strike, revolution, lack or failure of transportation facilities, laws or interventions or actions of statutory bodies, major accidents during the race, or other such causes, EKI will make every effort to reschedule the race to a later date of their choosing. If the registrant can not make the rescheduled date, the registrant acknowledges that NO REFUND will be granted.

• However, participants who are unable to participate in the race for which they have registered may transfer their registration to another individual or transfer their registration to a different distance within the same event.

  • EKI may to its discretion provide discounts if an event is postponed or canceled

• To see EKI's  full event refund/transfer policy:  www.explorekentucky.us/policies