CONTEST RULES
OPEN SURFING
MEN'S, WOMEN'S, LEGEND'S, FOREIGN, ALAIA, TEAM SUP & 250# & OVER DIVISIONS:
- Minimum 10-foot board required. You will receive additional points for every foot over 10
- Surfboards must be brought to Beach Marshal for size verification.
- (example: 11-foot (10 points), 12-foot (additional 10 points)
- One 1-foot from the nose of the board will be marked by tape
- Leashes (TBD) by Beach Marshall
- Check-in 15-minutes before the heat.
- Check-in with Beach Marshall and paddle out to the furthest buoy in the channel. No paddling into the line up until your heat starts.
- Triangles enforced, point deduction will be issued.
- Buffalo tricks: must be held for 3 seconds to count for point. See tricks under "Maneuvers"
- Buoy to Buoy scoring.
- Return the jersey immediately to receive a competitor shirt.
- Only 1 shirt per competitor regardless of how many divisions competitor has entered.
- Contestants who won the previous year, can place however they will not qualify to win a board.
- 250# & over contestants need to weigh in to get jersey.
- If the winner of this contest
- COMPLAINTS NOT ACCEPTED.
TANDEM SURFING
- Partner must be half the body weight of primary partner.
- Otherwise you are not qualified to win prizes.
- Same sex allowed, but the above rules apply to win prizes.
- Leashes (TBD) by Beach Marshall
- Check-in 15-minutes before the heat.
- Check-in with Beach Marshall and paddle out to the furthest buoy in the channel. No paddling into the line up until your heat starts.
- No alternates or switching of partners.
- Triangles enforced, point deduction will be issued.
- Contestants who won the previous year, can place however they will not qualify to win a board.
- Buoy to Buoy scoring.
- Return the jersey immediately to receive a competitor shirt.
- Only 1 shirt per competitor regardless of how many divisions competitor has entered.
- COMPLAINTS NOT ACCEPTED.
CANOE AND SUPSQUATCH
- Check-in 20-minutes before the heat.
- 17-minute heats with 3 minutes for change over.
- Check-in with Beach Marshall and paddle out to the furthest buoy in the channel. No paddling into the line up until your heat starts.
- One team per wave.
- Team captains are responsible for team conduct and substitutions.
- Triangles enforced, point deduction will be issued.
- SUPSQUATCH ONLY: Jet ski assist if conditions warrant.
- SUPSQUATCH ONLY: Buffalo tricks must be held for 3 seconds to count for point. See tricks under "Maneuvers"
- Buoy to Buoy scoring.
- All team members must be in canoe or on supsquatch for waves to be scored.
- An alternate may be used if they are not on other or previous teams.
- Return the jersey immediately to receive a competitor shirt.
- Only 1 shirt per competitor regardless of how many divisions competitor has entered.
- COMPLAINTS NOT ACCEPTED.
250# BULLY BOARD & BODY SURFING
- Check-in 15-minutes before the heat.
- Check-in with Beach Marshall and paddle out to the furthest buoy in the channel. No paddling into the line up until your heat starts.
- Triangles enforced, point deduction will be issued.
- No alternates or switching of partners.
- Contestants who won the previous year, can place however they will not qualify to win a board.
- Buoy to Buoy scoring.
- Return the jersey immediately to receive a competitor shirt.
- Only 1 shirt per competitor regardless of how many divisions competitor has entered.
- 250# & over contestants need to weigh in to get jersey.
- COMPLAINTS NOT ACCEPTED.