Photo: Jacob Gjerluff
Are you ready for the second edition of the now legendary Midsummer Viking Challenge?
We are overwhelmed! 60 teams are ready to join the Midsummer Viking Challenge and we are now sold out. We are exploring the possibilities of expanding the number of teams. So we have created a standby list.
When you sign up for the standby list, we'll contact you if we are able to include more teams.
Just like the first edition in 2019, each team will consist of three to five paddlers in this unique 24-hour team relay challenge. It will be up to each team to decide how often they will switch between their paddlers, with the goal to paddle as many kilometers as possible in 24 hours. The course will feature an approximately five-kilometre-long lap around the artificial Copenhagen island of Amager Strandpark with nice flat water in the inside lagoon and the slightly choppy waters of Øresund on the outside.
We learned a lot from the 2019-edition of the Midsummer Viking Challenge.
One thing is that we need to increase the entry fee from 1.000 DKK to 1800 DKK (approx 240 euro) pr. team to cover direct expenses on food, accommodation and safety service. But if you sign up before August, 1., you'll get a discount of 300 DKK.
There will be goodie bags, great prizes, a lounge to chill in and a lot of other cool features. Based on our experiences this year, we strive to deliver an event with all the same features and characteristics that you loved. But we also dream of taking the concept up another notch where possible. But more about that later :) For now, get your team ready and like we promissed this year: It's gonna be a ton of fun!!
Midsummer Viking Challenge is brought to you by Casper Steinfath in cooperation with the Danish Surfing and Rafting Federation and Kajakhotellet.
If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to event manager Ole Wejse Svarrer at ole@vikingchallenge.dk or call him at +45 2071 6465.