Ganga Kayak Festival Rishikesh

Ganga Kayak Festival 2021

The GKF 2021 will start from 17 Feb 2021 till 19 Feb 2021.

International Kayak Competition in Rishikesh with following category

• Women Open Category
• Mass Boater Cross (All)
• Beginners Open Category
• Slalom, Sprint, Boater Cross (Pros)

Ganga Kayak Festival 2020

In 2020, the 8th edition of Ganga Kayaking Festival was successfully organised in Devprayag from 17th to 19th Feb 2020. GKF 2020 was presented by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board and organized by The Adventure Sports Society.

More than 60 kayakers from India and other parts of the world like Australia, Russia, and Nepal.

List of Winners in 2020

• Ayodhya Prasad from India bagged Gold in sprint category and in the female category Elizabeth Heath bagged Gold.
• Amit Thapa from India bagged gold in giant slalom man pro category and in female pro category Ekaterina won the gold.
• Manish Rawat bagged gold in the boater X category.

Events and Fee Details (Last Year)

Rafting

Rafting Championship - Entry fees: Rs 3000/Team
 Category - Open
 Down River Marathon - There will be a mass start from Shivpuri to Ramjhula (Kharasoot) and the top 15 teams will qualify for the super finals on the 19th. The super finals will be another mass start from Shivpuri to below Golf Course rapid.
 Team - Team should be of 6 people/raft
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Kayaking

1) Pro Category - Men and women (need a minimum of 5 women in order to run this category).
    Entry Fees - Rs 2000/- (all 4 events)

• Downriver race (sprint)
• Giant slalom
• Boater Cross
• Best Indian Paddler

2) Intermediate, Juniors and Women category

    Entry Fees - Rs 500/- 

• Downriver race (sprint)
• Boater cross (Only top 4 finalists)

Note: Mass boater cross is open to all 

Descriptions of Kayaking Event

Sprint: Starts from above the golf course rapid on the river left with a seal launch off the 6-meter high ramp. There will be a compulsory boof on the top center and touch me a banner with hand on the river right. To finish the race, the athlete must touch the banner with their hand on the rock in the left eddy below golf course. Each athlete completes 2 laps with the fastest lap time counting.

Giant Slalom: Starts from above the golf course rapid on the river left with a seal launch off the 6mtr high ramp. There will be several downstream & upstream gates on both sides of the river. To finish the race, the athlete must touch the banner on the rock in the left eddy below golf course. Each athlete gets only 1 lap each.

Boater cross: The top 32 athletes from the Sprint and Giant slalom events (combined time) will qualify for the Boater Cross. There will be heats of 4 kayakers. It starts from the seal launch off the 6mtr high ramp. There will be a compulsory boof on the top center and touch me banner on the river right. To finish the race, the athlete must touch the banner on the rock in the left eddy below golf course. The top 2 from each heat will move onto the next round and so on. The top 4 athletes will qualify for the Super Final round and the battle for the Boater Cross title.

Best Indian paddler of the year award: Top 4 overall Indian athletes will qualify for this category based on a combined ranking from the Sprint, Giant slalom and Boater cross and will battle for the honor. When the start signal fires the athletes will swim from river right above golf course to river left and get in their kayak on the ramp and sprint down to the finish line (same racecourse as a sprint).

Intermediate/Beginners (Open Category): Starts from above the golf course rapid on the river left with a seal launch off the 6mtr high ramp. To finish the race, the athlete must touch the banner on the rock in the left eddy below golf course. Each athlete completes 2 laps with the fastest lap time counting. The fastest 8 athletes will qualify for the boater cross super final. Boater cross super final will start with the seal launch from the 6mtr high ramp all the way to the finish line below Golf Course rapid. There will be no gates for this category.

Junior (Open category): Starts from above the golf course rapid on the river left with a seal launch off the 6mtr high ramp. To finish the race, the athlete must touch the banner on the rock in the left eddy below golf course. Each athlete completes 2 laps with the fastest lap time counting. The fastest 4 athletes will qualify for the boater cross super final. Boater cross super final will start with the seal launch from the 6mtr high ramp all the way to the finish line below Golf Course rapid. There will be no gates for this category.

Women (Open category): Starts from above the golf course rapid on the river left with a seal launch off the 6mtr high ramp. Sprint down to "touch me" banner on the river right. To finish the race, the athlete must touch the banner on the rock in the left eddy below golf course. Each athlete completes 2 laps with the fastest lap time counting. The fastest 8 athletes will qualify for the boater cross and top 4 for the super final. Boater cross super final will start with the seal launch from the 6mtr high ramp all the way to the finish line below Golf Course rapid. There will be no gates for this category.

Mass boater cross (for all): Athletes will start together from river right above golf course rapid. It will be a Le-mans style start. Once the start signal fires the athlete will need to run over, enter their kayak, put their spray deck on, and sprint down to the finish point below golf course on the left. There will be some surprises obstacles which will be disclosed on the day of the event.

For more details please contact:

Bheem Singh Chauhan (President) – +919411527295
Vishal Bhandari - +919410553548
Sandeep Rana - + 916398891215

Official website: www.gangakayakfestival.org.in