Fairway Gorge Paddling Club

Thanks to our paddlers, fitness members, junior athletes and parents for their confidence in the Fairway Gorge Paddling Club, Waterfront Fitness and our year-round programs. 2025 has been a good year on the performance, fun and fitness fronts. Enjoy the coming holiday break and get ready for 2026!

Stocking stuffers? Look for red-tagged items from croakies to toques and even paddles for 50% off (while quantities last) from 1-20 December. Paddles up, prices down!

A murder of aspiring paddlers is waiting for their coach…

Teams are gearing up with their final practice for tomorrow's WETDASHE match 🔥

Not only the paddlers but also the FGPC staff are putting in every effort to make the event perfect :)

Tomorrow, all the passion, sweat, and teamwork come together on stage !!

Congratulations to everyone who completed FGPC’s 3rd annual MURPH CHALLENGE today (11 November) in tribute to Remembrance Day. In honour of Canada’s Armed Forces past and present, MURPH participants completed 2 miles of running, 100 pull ups, 200 pushups and 300 squats at FGPC’s Waterfront Fitness.

Support the BC Cancer Foundation's 2025 Wetdashe Fund for men's health through prostate screening and treatment advances. Each donation shaves seconds of competing outrigger racing teams from around BC who are participating in this year's Wetdashe races in Victoria (15-16 November). Visit wetdashe.com for more information. To donate to your favourite team before 15 November, click here: https://fgpcshop.com/bccancer-donation

FGPC's OCTOBER ORANGE SALE continues. 7 days left to pick up HYPR Hawaii "Disciple" or "Liberator" full-carbon outrigger paddles for solo and crew boat paddling. 50% OFF (while stock lasts; no raincheques or exchanges). Drop by 2940 Jutland Road and visit Waterfront Outfitters to browse orange goods and orange-discounted paddling gear until 31 October.

WETDASHE isn’t just a race against the clock ⏰, it’s a dry-change outrigger race that pushes limits through teamwork and the power of community.🔥 Teams choose 12 km (3 km × 4 laps), 24 km (3 km × 8 laps), or 48 km (3 km × 16 laps) and line up on the same course, with dockside hot-swaps of all six paddlers at the end of every lap counting toward the result—so synchrony, trust, and efficient transitions become the performance itself. Alongside Classic Women and Mixed categories, male-led Exhibition crews share the same water, reminding us that even as different teams, we’re fellow paddlers moving toward the same goal. 💪

Above all, the true meaning of WETDASHE is solidarity at speed. Through the BC Cancer Foundation’s “Make Every Second Count” campaign, donations support research and clinical development of PSMA prostate scanning for prostate cancer, and every $10 pledged pulls one second off a chosen team’s time, turning the moments our blades cut through the water into time that brightens someone’s tomorrow. We’re all striving for tomorrow and that tomorrow begins now, with the very first second your $10 brings closer.

To register or learn more, visit our website 👉

https://www.fgpaddle.com/store/ #!/2025-FGPC-Wetdashe-Challenge/p/406075078

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Looking to warm up this winter? FGPC is bringing the heat with some competition! The FGPC Small Boat Race Series is open to all paddlers, any level, who want to come out and challenge themselves.

When:
Saturday, October 25 @ 1:30pm – 3km
FGPC to Tillicum and back

Saturday, November 29 @ 1:30pm – 5km
FGPC to Bay, Tillicum, Bay, FGPC

Saturday, December 20 @ 1:30pm – 7km
FGPC to V23 and back

Saturday, January 31 @ 1:30pm – 9km relay format
6 x 1.5km loops – FGPC, Halkett, Bay, FGPC

Saturday, February 28 @ 1:30pm – 9km
FGPC to V21 and back

Saturday, March 28 @ 1:30pm – 11.5km
FGPC to V21, Brotchie, V21 and back

Small Boat categories: unless specified, any private or club small boat is permitted

Location: FGPC docks / 2940 Jutland Road Victoria BC

Cost: $15 per paddler per race; advance online registration is required; full series of 6 races can be purchased for $75. Prizes for overall winners (top three men overall; top three women overall). Coffee & selection of baked goods included at each race

Purchase race entires on line: https://www.fgpaddle.com/races/outrigger-canoe/fgpc-small-boat-race-series/