2025 Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge Event Waiver and Release of Liability
Registration fees are non-refundable, and may not be deferred or otherwise transferred for any reason including race cancellation. Boat rental fees and camping will be refunded if the race is cancelled by race organizers.
I want to participate in the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge on Saturday October 4, 2025. I realize that my and my paddle partner's (should I have one) participation in this event entails the risk of injury or even death. I further understand that it would be prohibitively expensive for the race organizers to carry insurance to cover all that might happen in this event, and that if I insisted that all the risks to me be covered, the race would have to be cancelled. I want the race to go on, and therefore sign this waiver to induce the organizers to stage the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge.
Race conditions: I realize that the course for the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge presents a number of potential dangers to me, and I hereby assume the risk arising from all of them. I realize that I will be running on a variety of surfaces, some of them far less than perfect, including but not limited to roads, unimproved trails, mud, swamps, and lumpy fields. The roads are open to motor vehicle traffic that has the right of way. I know that broken bones, reactions to poison ivy and other plants, insect bites, and bruising are common occurrences in this challenging event and that at times I will be far into the wilderness away from medical support. I realize that the danger of injury and even death exists as well, and I hereby assume all the risks that may be present on the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge course.
My physical condition: I realize the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge is a strenuous athletic event. I certify that I have no physical or medical condition which would interfere with my participation in the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge and that I have trained adequately for this race.
My duty during the race: I realize that I have the sole and ultimate responsibility for my own safety during the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge and that if I see a situation/condition which presents risk of injury to me, I will avoid the situation/condition or immediately withdraw from the race.
Waiver of liability: I hereby waive for myself, my paddle partner, my heirs, executors, and all other successors of interest any and all rights and claims which I may now have or hereafter accrue against the organizers and sponsors of this event, against all other entities and people who may issue permits for or help with this event, and against all property owners of land which the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge course may pass. I make this waiver for all the rights and claims that have been specifically referred above, and for all others which might not be specifically named.

Binding Contract: I agree and intend that the above recitations are contractually binding and if I, my paddle partner, or my successors assert a claim in contravention of this agreement, I, my paddle partner, or my successors shall be liable for the expenses (including all legal fees) incurred by the other party in defending. I further agree that this contract can be modified only in writing.
Under 18: As a parent or guardian of the above named minor, I hereby certify that I have read all the above document, that I give my permission for my child or ward to participate in the Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge and that I agree on behalf of myself and my child/ward to the terms of this document.
Dropping Out/DNF: I understand that if I do not finish the race I am required to report my bib# to a race official at the finish line or an aid station.
Course Markings: Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge is comprised of three courses being used concurrently in the Kickapoo Valley Reserve and environs. It is each individual racer’s responsibility to understand how the course is marked and to follow the correct course. Failure to follow the correct course will result in disqualification.