Miami Ultraskate 2026 – Join us!

Miami Ultraskate is the crown jewel of distance skating events in North America. Skateboard, longboard, inline, or quad (traditional roller skates) – every category is welcome. It’s a beginner-friendly event with a great sense of community, but it’s absolutely a challenge for seasoned athletes that want to push themselves to their limits and beyond.

Here’s some SUPER-amateur video from the first lap of Miami Ultraskate 2024:

It’s a 24-hour event, held on a NASCAR speedway in Homestead, Florida, about 30-45 minutes’ drive south of Miami. You wear a timing chip on your ankle, and every time you go around the track, that distance is added to your overall tally. When the clock stops, your completed laps are totaled.

We set up along the pit road, with canopies, chairs, air mattresses, snacks and hydration. The event provides water and electrolyte, but we prepare our own, just in case. Some participants just have their own particular solutions for nutrition and hydration, but some is provided. 3 meals (lunch, dinner, breakfast) are included with your entry, along with some fun swag. Yes, you can stop whenever you want to stretch, use the restroom, or even take a nap. You have 24 hours to add up those laps, and it’s all self-supported. Everyone is encouraging and welcoming. If you’ve never been, you’ll love it. If you’ve been before, you know what I’m talking about. If you can’t make it this year, you’ll wish you had. 😀

We’re facilitating an Airbnb rental nearby. We may have some beds available, so give me a call or send a message for updated details. We are also facilitating a 12-passenger van rental, and there is room for a few more skaters + gear.

Here is the link to the event: https://24hourultraskate.com/

Check out Google Flights for best pricing and scheduling options, if you’re traveling by air: Google Flights to Miami International Airport

Want to split costs? We have an Airbnb from Sunday PM until Thursday morning. Here’s our schedule:

• Sunday 12:30 PM: Pick up 12-passenger van. If you are chipping in on the vehicle expense, we’ll make sure you are picked up at the airport. No need to Uber.
• Sunday 2:00 PM: Miami Vice/Film Location Shoot Skate in Miami South Beach area with local guide, “Boat Chuck”, retired firefighter and licensed boat captain – freebie event. We encourage you to tip Chuck with cash or Venmo donation.
• Sunday Evening: Check into Airbnb in Florida City, near Robert Is Here Fruit Stand
• Monday AM: Open itinerary. Ostrich Egg Scramble with Chicken Egg Scramble alternate, provided by Dig Paddlesports. Egg provided by a lovely bird across the street at Robert is Here Fruit Stand. 😀 Morning activity options include longboarding the Everglades, the Florida Keys, and the graffiti district in Miami (Wynwood Walls). Lunch TBD, on your own.
• Monday 6:00 PM: Homestead Speedway gates open for track-side setup with Hamboards/SUP Skate Don Sandusky. If track lights are on, SuperSprints hosted by SUP Skate. This is time to for pre-race testing. Tune up your gear, get accustomed to the track and its nuances. Meet other athletes, check in, and get your chip & swag. We’ll be sleeping at the Airbnb house this night, so anticipate leaving the track no later than 9pm. We are staying about a 15-20 minute drive from the track. If you want to camp at the track, it’s up to you. Evening meal TBD, on your own.
• Tuesday AM: Out the door for the track by 6:00 AM. Why so early? It takes 20 minutes to arrive, then you’ll want time to stage, use the restroom, get your hydration and snacks set up before the group photo at 7:45 AM, race starts at 8:00 AM. Lunch, dinner, and breakfast the following day are provided by Miami Ultraskate.
• Race Rules and Info posted here: https://24hourultraskate.com/#rules
• Wednesday, February 25, 8:00 AM: Race concludes, clean up staging areas.
• Wednesday 8:30 AM: Awards Ceremony in Media Building on site.
• Wednesday ~9-9:30 AM: Head back to Airbnb. SLEEP. Lunch on your own.
• Wednesday 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM: Free Time. Sleep, skate the neighborhood (great asphalt), check out Robert Is Here Fruit Stand – a great roadside farm, market, taco stand, ice cream stand, and gift shop.
• Wednesday Evening: Dinner with the Crew! We may BBQ at the house, may hit a local restaurant. Precise time and solution TBD via group discussion.
• Thursday Morning: Breakfast, backlslaps, and good-byes. Checkout by 10:00 AM. Van returns to airport, estimated arrival by 11:30 AM.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

You don’t need a huge budget to get great traction from our wild rides in Miami. Ranked somewhere between the 18th and 15th largest media markets in the country, Miami is an incredible place to advertise to and to market from. Here are some bullet points regarding the area in those terms:

Key Advertising Sectors

• Out-of-Home (OOH) & Tourism: The market is exceptionally strong for billboards and transit advertising, particularly in high-traffic areas like Miami Beach, Brickell, and around PortMiami (the world’s busiest cruise port).
• Digital & Bilingual: With a population that is roughly 70% Hispanic/Latino, there is a high demand for bilingual digital marketing strategies.
• Outdoor Advertising Reach: Digital and static billboards in Miami generate roughly 1.9 billion impressions, with a high CPM (cost per thousand) reflecting high demand.
• Major Events: The market experiences significant, temporary price spikes due to major events like Formula 1, Art Basel, and Ultra Music Festival.

The market is considered a “hotbed” for marketing innovation due to its rapidly growing population and high concentration of business activity.

Your $100 sponsorship includes printed logo graphics on our team vehicle, which will be driven between South Beach Miami, Miami International Airport, gateway to the Everglades National Park, select locations in downtown Miami, and the Florida Keys. While a guesstimate on the number of impressions would be impressive, what we can control and quantify are the number of posts that we do daily on your preferred social media channels. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn, all present opportunities for low hanging fruit with our 2026 Miami Ultraskate delegation from Utah.

It also includes your logo printed on our Dig Paddlesports pit road fence banner, which will be highlighted throughout the event via social posts. Post tempo is at least 1/daily, tagging sponsoring individuals and businesses through our own business channels with collaborative invitations and pertinent hashtags to help you get fresh social media juice out of our Florida event “orange squeeze” opportunity.

A new development (as of February 19th, 2026) is that Dig Paddlesports owner, Bill Ennis, has been invited to join an opportunity slot on a relay team that will be making a bid to set a relay-team world record on this track of 310 miles.

With your sponsorship, please include your company’s social media handles, so that we can appropriately represent you during this incredible event and ancillary activities. We’ll tag, collaborate, and post to your preferred channel(s).

We will be shortly announcing other opportunities to support unique events and outdoor engagement, including our Concerts on the Water live music series, Allskate St. George, and a variety of paddlesports events that we will be hosting in 2026.

Here is a sample banner layout for 2026:

Sample Sponsor Banner for Miami Ultraskate with Dig Paddlesports