Fish River Canoe Marathon

It covers a total distance of 81.8 kilometres (50.8 mi), from Grassridge Dam southward to Cradock.

It was the brainchild of Cape paddler Dave Alexander and a local Department of Water Affairs engineer, Knut Olav "KO" Bang.

[2] By 2000 competitor numbers had grown to a record 1564, placing the race among the world's five biggest canoe marathons.

[3] The K-3, developed in South Africa, is a recent addition to the sprint kayak class which previously consisted of the K1, K2 and K4.

Demonstrating this in 2009, Matt Bouman, Herman Chalupsky and Andrew Birkett paddled their K3 to a 5h 9m finish, coming in just outside the top 10 overall.