Overview
Billy the Kid Outlaw Kayak River Race! July 12th, 2025
Are you ready for some summer fun?!
Saturday, July 12th, on the Rio, we will be hosting our Billy the Kid Outlaw River Race!
This 4- mile, fun river race will have 3 boat classes: Single kayaks, Tandem Kayaks & Canoes, and Stand-up Paddle boards!
Rent one of ours or bring your own! Reservations/tickets for racers and tubers on-line only!
Race route is from La Llorona Park to take out at Calle Del Norte Bridge. Free Shuttle bus service available to transport you from Base Camp to La Llorona Park.
Medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. place will be awarded for each boat class.
When you "Outlaw" racers pass the finish line, the Sherriff's Posse will be in the water with water blasters shooting the Outlaws!
Food trucks, music, tents and camp chairs will be set up at the finish/take out base camp out so you can sit back and enjoy the activities!
(food trucks take credit cards and cash!) Porta-potties on site.
T-Volleyball net and corn-hole game will be set up as well for the participants at the takeout base camp.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid will be there to cheer you on and to get your picture taken with them during the medal awards!
We will have river tubes for rent (pay on-line only) that you can rent to either see the racers go past you down river, (push off time approx. 10:30am) or when race is done, rent to have a leisurely 2- hour float down river, (push off time approx. 1:30 pm). No infants, children (10 years and up), must fit in our life jackets, no pets downriver. You don't have to enter race to rent the river tubes, but you must pay online in advance to rent the tubes before the cutoff date of July 9th.
Really cool Billy the Kid Outlaw River Race shirts for sale! Absolute cutoff date to order your custom t-shirt is July 1st.
Cutoff date for race tickets to participate is July 9th.
(Go online to enter this race, after signup online, you will be sent a confirmation email with additional information about the race, where to park what to bring, rules of race, etc.) Please note: NO signups/walkups on day of race.
When: July 12th, 2025
Where: La Llorona Park
Startup/sign in time: 9:30 am promptly.
Be at park to drop off your own boats, sign in, or if you are renting one of our boats, just sign in. If you are renting our river tubes, same sign in time.
Race start: Whistles blow at 11:00am/La Llorona Park. SUP's first off, then Tandems Kayaks & Canoes, then single kayaks.
Ticket pricing:
SWEX Single Kayaks $ 79.00
SWEX Tandem Kayak/or Canoes $158.00 (includes two boaters)
SWEX Standup Paddle boards $79.00
SWEX River Tube $ 25.00
Bring your own boat; (you must provide a life jacket and paddles for each of your participants, no exception)
Single Kayaks $ 68.00
Tandem or canoe $ 136.00 (includes two boaters)
Standup Paddle board $68.00
(all ticket prices to event will have tax/fees added)
Please call 877-808-6877 if you have any questions at all, Thank you!
Highlights
- A very fun Kayak/Canoe/SUP river Race!
- Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett at race to cheer you on!
- Two food trucks at base Camp!
- T-Volleyball and Cornhole games at Base Camp!
- Rent our boats or bring your own!
- River tubes for rent!
- Free Bottled water for race participants!
- Custom "Billy the Kid, Outlaw River Race" T-shirts for sale!
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, place medals for each boat class!
- Tents and camp chairs at Base Camp.
- Free Shuttle bus service for race/tube participants!
Location
La Llorona Park, Las Cruces