Fastest Known Paddle, Atlantic, IA (2026)

09/06/2026

NEW FASTEST KNOWN PADDLE ALERT!!
Congratulations to Brett Young for rowing about 32 miles on the ocean while circumnavigating Amelia Island in Florida!

Brett paddled around the island in 8 hours, 10 minutes, starting at 9:51pm on August 27th and ending at 5:52am on the 28th.

For more information including his trip report and more pictures, check out the Fastest Known Paddle website.

Do you have a route you’d like to set a Fastest Known Paddle on?

Submit your proposed route via the website!

Check out 43 existing routes to see if there is a fastest known paddle time that you think you could beat. (Current routes in 34 U.S. states, 3 Canadian provinces, and 1 in Ireland)

Note to existing record holders: “Fastest Known Paddle: Official Record Holder” t-shirts are now available on the website.

08/27/2026

NEW FASTEST KNOWN PADDLE ALERT!!

Congratulations to Jonathan Thompson & Jhett Marchel for paddling 30 miles on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin (from Taylors Falls to Stillwater) in 7 hours and 14 minutes.

For more information including their trip report and more pictures, check out the Fastest Known Paddle website.

Do you have a route you’d like to set a Fastest Known Paddle on?

Submit your proposed route via the website!

Check out 43 existing routes to see if there is a fastest known paddle time that you think you could beat! (Current routes in 34 U.S. states, 3 Canadian provinces, and 1 in Ireland)

Note to existing record holders: Buy an official “Fastest Known Paddle: Official Record Holder” t-shirt, now available on the website.

08/22/2026

New Fastest Known Paddle alert!

Congratulations to Scott Allen & Kirk Dresen for paddling 13 miles on Spring Creek in Wisconsin in 7 hours, 31 minutes. This is a beautiful but challenging route with meanders and log jams alternating with easier sections. The creek goes through the Lodi Marsh and is surrounded by rolling hills.

Scott and Kirk now jointly hold the overall FKP as well as the fastest solo male time.
This is our 6th route with an official fastest time in Wisconsin.

See more pictures and learn more about the route on the Fastest Known Paddle website

08/19/2026

New Fastest Known Paddle alert!

Congratulations to Trevor Boyer for paddling 106 miles on the East Nishnibotna River in southwest Iowa in 1 day, 8 hours and 46 minutes.

This is our 2nd route with Fastest Known Paddle times in Iowa, with the other being the Cedar River.

Trevor took advantage of high water due to recent rain. Did he flip over? Did he have an unexpected portage? Did he demonstrate that a seemingly unremarkable river can, in fact, be extraordinary?

Read Trevor’s excellent trip report on the Fastest Known Paddle website to find out!

08/14/2026

NEW FKP ATTEMPT ALERT!

With rain in the forecast today, Trevor Boyer is planning a tomorrow morning launch on a 117 mile route on the East Nishnibotna River in southwest Iowa. He plans to launch at his hometown of Atlantic, Iowa and end on the Missouri River in Brownsville, Nebraska, 7 miles after the Nishnibotna confluence.

Links to his page and live tracker in the comments

08/02/2026

NEW FASTEST KNOWN PADDLE ALERT!

Congratulations to Scott Duffus, Curt Leitz, Lada Zednik and Scott Miller* for setting the record for breaking the overall fastest known paddle time for the 2,341 mile Missouri River from June 23- July 18, 2026.

The new record is 24 days, 16 hours and 51 minutes.

The team faced massive waves on Lake Oahe that necessitated camping on shore overnight. They also battled heat and sleep deprivation. They were frequently overwhelmed by the beauty of the river.

The paddlers received coveted "purple hats" in New Haven, Missouri; everyone who thru-paddles the Missouri is eligible to get one and join the select group of purple hat people. The Missouri River has an incredible community built up around it; more info at the Missouri River Paddlers Facebook group and website.

When this team set out they thought they were trying to break a 46 year old record set in 1980 by legendary paddlers Verlen Kruger and Steve Landick, however Peter Larson was in the midst of trying to set a solo Fastest Known Paddle time on the river and he was so fast he broke Verlen and Steve's overall record by just over 1.5 days. Peter retains the fastest known paddle time for a solo paddler, and he did it entirely self-supported.

To see more pictures and read the trip report filled with highlights and challenges, visit the Fastest Known Paddle website.

*Scott Miller and Scott Duffus are the founders of fastestknownpaddle dot org

08/02/2026

NEW FASTEST KNOWN PADDLE ALERT!

Congratulations to Scott Duffus, Curt Leitz, Lada Zednik and Scott Miller* for setting the record for breaking the overall fastest known paddle time for the 2,341 mile Missouri River from June 23- July 18, 2026.

The new record is 24 days, 16 hours and 51 minutes.

The team faced massive waves on Lake Oahe that necessitated camping on shore overnight. They also battled heat and sleep deprivation. They were frequently overwhelmed by the beauty of the river.

The paddlers received coveted "purple hats" in New Haven, Missouri; everyone who thru-paddles the Missouri is eligible to get one and join the select group of purple hat people. The Missouri River has an incredible community built up around it; more info at the Missouri River Paddlers Facebook group and website.

When this team set out they thought they were trying to break a 46 year old record set in 1980 by legendary paddlers Verlen Kruger and Steve Landick, however Peter Larson was in the midst of trying to set a solo Fastest Known Paddle time on the river and he was so fast he broke Verlen and Steve's overall record by just over 1.5 days. Peter retains the fastest known paddle time for a solo paddler, and he did it entirely self-supported.

To see more pictures and read the trip report filled with highlights and challenges, visit the Fastest Known Paddle website.

*Scott Miller and Scott Duffus are the founders of fastestknownpaddle.org

08/02/2026

Congratulations to Jacob Deleon and Tyler Esteban (both 34 years old and both from Kansas City, MO) for establishing a record time of 4 hours and 45 minutes on the 16-mile Little Platte River route in the Kansas City area (from Smithville Lake Dam to Sharps Station on the Platte River), on June 20, 2026

Jacob & Tyler paddled two Pelican kayaks (Fastestknownpaddle.org categorizes two solo boats working together as two separate supported solo attempts.)

Jacob & Tyler had 13 log jams in roughly 16 miles. They water was a little high so that helped with speed but made those log jams a little more intense.

To see more pictures and get more route details visit the Fastest Known Paddle website at fastestknownpaddle dot org

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