Venue for 2011 World Surf Kayak Championships

I can announce today that the venue for the 2011 World Surf Kayak Championships will be Outer Banks at North Carolina, on the East coast USA.

Opening Ceremony & Boat Check-in

On Thursday 23rd July there will be registration and boat check-in at 1300 at the tower. The opening ceremony will be at 2200 on the same day.

Closing Date Approaches

This is a reminder for everyone that the closing date for individual entries, and submission of proposals for changes to the rules, and submission of proposals about the next World Championships is the 23rd of June.

Este es un recordatorio para todos de que la fecha límite para entradas individuales, y la presentación de propuestas de modificación a las normas, y la presentación de propuestas acerca de los próximos Campeonatos del Mundo es el 23 de junio.
(Traducido utilizar "Traductor de Google")

Amendment to Rules 26/5/2009

The committee has today amended the rules slightly. The revisions to the rules are published on the website in English and pdf and Spanish versions will follow shortly.

The revised rules read:

There will be heats in both the team and individual events for women, junior, masters and men competitors. In the team events, masters or juniors may compete in the men’s category as well as their own. But can only compete in a maximum of 2 categories.

In the team event:
Juniors must have different competitors for the long and short categories.
Masters must have different competitors for the long and short categories.
(Women can have the same Competitors)

and after the section headed Boat Design Specifications


All designs must still take in account, the safety rules as above.

Deadline for Team and Individual Entries

Please note that 23rd June 2009 will be the deadline for team and individual entries for the World Surf Kayak Championships 2009.

2009 World Championships - Deadline for Team Entry

2009 Contest - Santa Cruz, Portugal, July 23rd to August 2nd.

We have set 28th Feb 2009 as the deadline for initial team registration for all teams that want to enter. Please let us know your team representative name and details and send us a deposit of €200 before this date.

The 23rd June 2009 will be the final date for bids for next worlds and submission of proposals for any changes in how the competition works.