WSKA News

October 7-10 World Cup Qualifier

2010-08-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

USA East are holding their World Cup qualifier and US Nationals event at Outer Banks, North Carolina on October 7-10 2010. Anyone is invited, including non-Americans. It will be a low key event, but they will be using the same locations/judges that will be used for the 2011 Worlds event.

Joey Hall deadmanprd AT gmail DOT com has offered to help visitors from other countries to get lodging if you contact his e-mail.

Venue for 2011 World Surf Kayak Championships

2009-09-02T12:41:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-16T13:46:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-09T12:43:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-26T12:43:00.000-07:00

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

2009-01-26T13:00:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-11T08:32:00.000-08:00

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.

New World Championships dates

2008-11-13T13:39:00.000-08:00

The Ocean Spirit organizers are sorry but they have had to move the dates of the event to one week earlier. This change is final (the organisers promise there are not going to be any more changes). The new World Championships dates are from July 23rd to August 2nd 2009.

Amendment to Rule change for Long Boat class

2008-06-15T06:20:00.000-07:00

We have made a very slight amendment to the Long Boat class rules. They now read as follows:

“ Long Boat: The hull may be any shape as long as the maximum concave depth under a straight edge, placed perpendicular to the long axis of the kayak at any point on the hull, is less than 10mm. There are no additional restrictions on deck design, hull radii or seat location.. The kayak can have up to 4 fin boxes, as long as there are no fins in them. Fin boxes must be covered OR empty, and may be no longer than 25 cm and no wider than 2 cm”

The World’s Committee will have the final decision on any dispute, based upon whether any non-conformance is due to a bad repair/warp or a deliberate attempt to break/bend the rules.

Update on Changes to the World Rules

2008-05-26T08:01:00.000-07:00

The WSKA committee wishes to publicise the following changes to the World rules. Although voting is a strong request to the committee to action change; the committee has the final verdict.

After detailed discussion it has been decided not to implement a cadet class for the Juniors at present. This is because we feel that there is already too much time pressure on the competition organisers, with the World Championships currently needing 10 days of competition which means 5 days of surfing on 2 separate sites. So the Junior class age requirements will remain unchanged with Junior being defined as being "18 years of age or younger on December 31 of the competition year."
The age range for the Masters class will change to be between 40 to 49. Over 50s can enter the Grand Master class but not the Masters.
For the team event the number of alternates will change to 2 for each class.

Rule Change for the Long Boat class

2008-03-23T14:32:00.000-07:00

New Hull rules for Long boat for the World Surf Kayak Championships 2009 following the Bakio Proposal.

“Long Boat: No fins allowed. The hull may be flat, concave, or convex in the cross section. Concave sections must be no deeper than 1 cm when measured perpendicular from a meter stick placed across the hull. The hull shape must be a continuous radius - no steps, channels, or ridges are allowed. The radii may vary over the entire length of the hull. There are no additional restrictions on deck design, hull radii or seat location. The kayak can have up to 4 fin boxes, as long as there are no fins in them. Fin boxes must be covered OR empty, and may be no longer than 25 cm and no wider than 2 cm”

The World’s Committee will have the final decision on any dispute, based upon whether any non-conformance is due to a bad repair/warp or a deliberate attempt to break/bend the rules.