Join us Jan. 30 for the 2016 Annual Meeting!

Please join us Jan. 30 in Sioux Falls for our annual conference. It's set at the Outdoor Campus, 4500 S. Oxbow Ave., Sioux Falls.

The South Dakota Canoe & Kayak Association has grown to become the area’s premier paddling group. We’re proud to be a resource for all skill levels to promote safety, education, conservation and most of all: paddling adventures in the great outdoors!

The Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau has great news for our out-of-town guests: reduced rates on rooms! Learn more right here.

You can renew your membership and pick up your 2016 membership card at the meeting; it's $10 for individuals and $12 for families.

If you’re unable to attend, please mail your dues to: 

SDCKA                                                                                                
PO Box 90227    
Sioux Falls, SD. 57109
                                                                                         

Session Topics and Schedule: 

11 a.m.: Social / Booths, including ACA; SD Kayak Challenge; Fort to Field 50; Project Safe Passage; ACA Grant; 605 Fitness; Friends of the Big Sioux River; White Water Park; Boat Building; SDCKA events and successes

Noon  Welcome & President Comments

12:10  History of Big Sioux River – Brandon to Grandview (Kevin Gansz)

12:40 Nat. Park Service Centennial & Missouri River Cruise (Lisa Yager, David Mays)

1 p.m.  Namekagon River (Tony Kellar)

1:20  Business Meeting/Election of Officers/Door Prizes

1:30  Break

1:40 Break-out Sessions (Racing, Kayak 101, Boundary Waters)

2 p.m.  Game, Fish & Parks (Emmett Keyser)

2:20  605Fitness – (Chalee Dennis – SUP)

2:40  Adaptive Paddling – Eagle Scout Project (Cory Diedrich)

3 pm. Conservation (Roger Foote)

3:20  Closing/Door Prizes

  

Thanks for all you do!  Looking forward to more fun in 2016.


Sincerely, your 2015 leadership team:

Mary Finck, President       
David Mays, Vice President       
Pat Wellner, Secretary      
Joe Bassing, Treasure

GRANDVIEW TO KLONDIKE

We are planning a cruise from Grandview to Klondike on Sunday November 8, 2015 at 1:00 PM.  We will meet at Grandview boat launch at 1:00 and shuttle the vehicles first, anyone wishing to join us is welcome.  If you have any questions you can call Dave at 605-366-6844 or Mary at 605-366-3924.

CRUISE 57 to 26 & Wetland clean-up

We’re going to cruise the Big Sioux River, from 57th (Farm Field) to 26^th (Rotary-Norlin Park) on Sunday, Nov. 1.  Meet at Farm Field at 1:00 pm to shuttle before the cruise.

When we arrive at 26^th street access, we’ll take an hour or so to pick up trash in the area.  This is a SDCKA commitment to clean this “Adopted Wetland” twice a year.  Bags and latex gloves will be provided.

Hope to see you there!! 

Mary Finck

President

SD Canoe & Kayak Association

Cell: 605-366-3924 

Partnership with ACA, LL Bean Leads to Safer Streams

The South Dakota Canoe & Kayak Association sends its thanks to the American Canoe Association for its help in developing paddler-friendly gates on the Split Rock Creek and Big Sioux River.

The ACA helped us to apply for and receive a Club Fostered Stewardship Grant from L.L. Bean. The funds were used to build and install gates like the ones in these photos. The gates make sure paddlers avoid fences while not encumbering livestock-owning land owners with the issues of lost cattle or other problems.

Funding allowed for volunteers including Mitchell Joldersma, Norwood "Woody" Baybridge, Dave Schaefer and Dave Finck, along with others, to construct a gate. Plans for more projects will be announced here and on our Facebook page. If you would like to help out, please contact a SDCKA board member via this site's comments section or by Facebook instant message. Thanks again to all who put in the time and effort to make Project Safe Passage a success.

President's Cruise October 10

Please join me for the President’s Cruise from Lien Park (Sioux Falls) to Brandon on Saturday, October 10.  Shuttle from Lien Park at 1:00 Saturday afternoon.

Lien Park is off Cliff Avenue, north of Rice Street.  We will exit the river at the access near Big Sioux Rec.

There is camping available at Big Sioux Rec if you are interested.

Hope to see you there!

Mary Finck

President

SD Canoe & Kayak Association

Cell: 605-366-3924

The drawing for the winner of the kayak & other prizes offered in the SF Whitewater Park fund raising raffle will be drawn on Saturday, June 13 at Sun N Fun.  There is an open house from 11:00 to 3:00 at Sun N Fun.  Mitchell, the driving force behind this effort, will be available to answer questions regarding plans and the progress of the whitewater park.

Then on Sunday, June 14 – SF Whitewater Park is hosting a cruise on the Big Sioux from Farm Field access on 57^th near Western Avenue, to Kilian College.  This is a celebration cruise, to celebrate the successful raffle and the efforts to bring a whitewater park to our area.  

Want everyone on the water by 1.  We plan on transporting people as early as 1130.

If you have questions, please contact Mitchell at Mitchell.joldersma@hotmail.com

Hope to see you Sunday!

Mary Finck

President

SD Canoe & Kayak Association