January trip down the river from Kořensko

Yesterday’s report from river trip down from Korensko made by Chobotnice. What will be the water level on the race day? If it is low like today, it will be interesting and different! The report is in Czech only. Please use Google Translate. https://www.padlovani.cz/tekouci-vltava-takhle-v-lednu/

Changes for 2020

Kajak Centrum and Michael Odvárko have stepped out of the Budějovice – Slapy – Vrané – Praha organization. Canoe club USK Prague, ie. Mojža (Petr Mojžíšek), Zuzka and co. will organize the race in the upcoming years. What you can expect: three day long race short race as the last…

Entries 2019

We will open entries no earlier than Mar 17th. Watch us then, the first entry gets the yellow jersey for the first stage! Mojža

Save the date for 2019

Save the date Aug 2-4 2019 for Budějovice – Slapy – Vrané – Praha! There are some reconstructions planned on Orlík dam wall for the year 2019. We hope the conditions will be still suitable for the race. Mojža

A few more pictures

I have added a few more pictures on our web site from Helga Viehboeck. Many thanks for that!

Photos finally published

Ahoy! I have finally managed to publish photos of the 35th legendary race Budějovice – Praha. Yeah, I know, it is quite late and you guys are barely remembering the event. It was caused by my offline status. At least you can now refresh your memories about the race. Enjoy…

35th legendary canoe race is over!

Special big thanks go to the organizational team, more precisely to:Kuzma and Ivča – for timekeeping, bringing paddlers back to life at the stage finishes, photos, diplomas, Sunday finish preparation, eternal good mood, …Terka – for the graphics, refreshment stations, diplomas, all time smile, …Radka – for the refreshment station,…

An interview with Matthias Schmidt

Matthias Schmidt, 22 year-old German athlete has registered for the Budejovice-Praha race. The Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science student from Munich has already a rich experience in long distance paddling. Since 2013 he participated in several river marathons in Germany, France and the Czech Republic. In 2017 he won a…

An interview with Joachim Moritz

Austrian paddler Joachim Moritz has added his name to the entry list of the legendary Budejovice-Praha 2018 race. He has become one of the two international athletes registered for the 35th edition. The 45 year-old Kepler University Hospital engineer has been a board member of the oldest Austrian canoe club…

The final countdown has begun

12 brave men has joined Budějovice-Praha at least 42 boats will start in the last stage from Slapy and at least 14 paddlers will go from Vrané Getting excited!