Organisation | World Paddle Awards | The Global Awards for Canoe, Kayak and other Paddlesports

Denmark’s Outdoor Capital Silkeborg is found in the most beautiful place of our charming little kingdom: The Lake District of Denmark.

The best male and female for canoe for sprint and slalom in an Olympic year.

Kayak polo with 2 goals, a rectangular water-pitch, 2 teams, 10 paddlers and a water polo ball!

Canoe and kayak whitewater racing meandering a maximum of 25 gates both up and downstream to a finish 300m away.

The fastest paddlers on water and the oldest discipline! Flatwater speed-racing over fixed distances in canoe and kayak classes.

Exhilarating, highly-physical river descent in a specially designed canoe or kayak over 3 to 4 miles of challenging whitewater.

Paddle with your 10/20-person crew to a drumbeat on a traditional Chinese longboat.

Go big, go hard or go home! High waterfalls, tricky grade 5 whitewater, creeking, dams and massive waves usually by kayak.

Recognising our communities' support staff, professionals, projects, volunteers, event-organisers and educators.

Tricksters perform acrobatics, aerials, spins, flips, blunts and turns in a canoe, kayak, squirt boat or modified open canoes.