COMPETITION RULES
1. Surfers should check the whiteboard for heat details and shirt colour.
2. Heats are 15 minutes long unless otherwise specified.
3. Heats start from the water, and you will get a 5 minute paddle out time on the yellow flag NB beginners have a beach start.
4. A green flag means a heat is on. A yellow flag means 5 minutes to the end of the heat. A red flag signals the end of the heat. NB. Please do not catch a wave before you see the green flag. When the red flag goes up come in lying down. The hooter sounds the beginning and the end of each heat.
5. Your best 2 waves are counted for your total score. See rule book for breaking ties etc.
6. Don’t drop in on a surfer already standing up. The surfer who takes off closest to the breaking part of the wave has claimed that wave. Two surfers may ride the same wave if one rides left and the other right as long as they don’t cross paths.
7. DO NOT free surf in the competition area, and check when you next surf before you go out.
8. When you come out of the water after your heat, you are expected to judge the next heat to go out [you will have about 10 minutes to get ready]. Make sure you are down at the judging tent by the time the yellow flag is up. Make sure you judge at least 2 heats over the course of the day.
9. Pick up any rubbish and check belongings before you leave.
JUDGING/DIVISION GUIDELINES
? Surfers are judged on every ride to a maximum of 10 waves per heat. Judges give 0-10 on each ride. Guidelines for scoring vary in each division (see below). There are 3 judges for each heat plus a fourth person as a “spotter”, (who helps with identifying which coloured surfer is paddling for the wave). No more than 1 inexperienced judge to be judging at any one time.
? Only experienced judges to judge advanced heats and finals. Please come and learn how to judge as it will improve your competition surfing and your results.
? At the beginning and during the heat, “the surfer must be clearly in possession of the wave on the wave face, making a movement to stand, her hands having left the rails [rail grabs excluded] for the wave to be scored”.
? A manoeuvre is not to be scored unless it is completed.
? Interference rules also apply – please see ASP rule book or ask a committee member for help
BEGINNER: (A novice surfer mainly catching whitewash waves]. Surfers are judged on long rides standing up. Extra points are given for going left or right, catching green waves and bigger waves. INTERMEDIATE: (Catching green waves, doing turns. Predominately a shortboard division but exceptions may be made for inexperienced surfers on longer boards) Surfers are judged on left and right rides with backhand and forehand turns done with enough speed to finish the manoeuvre. Extra points are given for steeper takeoffs, bigger waves and good manoeuvres. ADVANCED: (An experienced shortboard surfer. Boards under 8’ ) AND LONGBOARD(any age, Malibu board Over 9’] “A surfer must perform radical controlled manoeuvres in the most critical section of a wave with speed, power and flow to maximize scoring potential. Innovative and progressive surfing as well as a variety of repertoire [manoeuvres] will be taken into consideration when rewarding points for waves ridden. The surfer who executes the criteria with the maximum degree of difficulty and commitment on the waves shall be rewarded with the higher scores.” Standard Judging Criteria Surfing Australia/ Australasian Rule Book 2009 edition. SNR BEGINNER: (Beginner/Whitewash waves, no board size restrictions. Generally over 18, but some discretion may be made for age over 16 should they wish to surf in that division). Will be judged on length of ride, doing turns, catching bigger waves, going out the back and catching green waves as they improve. If a surfer commences in a lower grade but it deemed after the first round to be better placed in a higher division, they can take points earned from the results to the higher division for their first round only. HAVE FUN & ENJOY THE DAY WITH YOUR SURFING FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!