The Cowboys team begins the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race from San Marcos to Seadrift, Friday, June 13, 2025 at 9 a.m., at the Meadows Center. The Cowboys placed fifth overall, finishing the course at 4:51 a.m. Sunday, June 15, 2025, in just under 44 hours.

The Ride of the Valkyries team begins the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race from San Marcos to Seadrift, Friday, June 13, 2025 at 9 a.m., at the Meadows Center. The Ride of the Valkyries were the overall winners of the Safari, finishing the course at 11:19 p.m. Saturday, June 14, 2025, in just over 37 hours.

A team begins the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race from San Marcos to Seadrift, Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Meadows Center.

A team begins the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race from San Marcos to Seadrift, Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Meadows Center.

A team begins the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race from San Marcos to Seadrift, Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Meadows Center.

Crowds gather to watch the beginning of the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race from San Marcos to Seadrift, Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Meadows Center.

A team begins the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race from San Marcos to Seadrift, Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Meadows Center. The canoe marathon began in 1963 and is considered the world’s toughest canoe race.

Canoe 419 begins the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race from San Marcos to Seadrift, Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Meadows Center. During the race teams can not receive any outside support besides verbal encouragement and must carry all supplies in the canoe. No supplies other than water can be given to the team and many teams don’t sleep in order to complete the race in under 100 hours.

The Texas Water Safari kicks off at Spring Lake in the Meadows Center, Friday, June 13, 2025, in San Marcos. Teams have 100 hours to complete the course that goes from San Marcos to Seadrift, which is a town on the Texas Coast.