Na Pali Paddleboard Race

Early entries must be received Monday July 16, 2012. Entry fee is $100 for solo, $75 per person for two person teams, $65 per person for three person mix SUP Teams. Late entry fee price is an additional $25 per person, per division.

All contestants must wear leash.

Board specs and clarification:

SUP Surfboard CLASS:
Length – 12’2” ft maximum
Board Weight – No Weight Restriction.
Board Design – Board must be a surfboard style in shape with the minimum dimensions, Nose 17” wide(12” back from nose), 14” tail (12” up from the tail) and maximum thickness of 5”.

SUP 12’6” CLASS:
Length – 12’6” ft maximum
Board Weight – No Weight Restriction.
Board Design – No minimum dimensions.
No rudder

SUP 14 Ft CLASS:
Length – 14’ ft maximum
Board Weight – No Weight Restriction.
Board Design – No minimum dimensions.
No rudder

SUP UNLIMITED CLASS:
Length – No Length Restriction.
Board Weight – No Weight Restriction.
Board Design – No minimum dimensions.
Including those with rudders

PRONE STOCK CLASS:
12’-no rudder

PRONE UNLIMITED CLASS:
-any size board including those with rudders

*See below in regards to prize purse.

SUP Overall Prize and Money Awards winners will be all inclusive of the 12′6, 14′ & Unlimited type SUP’s. Overall Product prize will be awarded to the largest divisions. Overall Money prize purse races need to have a minimum of 20 entrants.
1st-3rd SUP Women-any board, any size, including those with rudders
1st-3rd SUP Men-any board, any size, including those with rudders
* This means you could win the Grand Prize riding a 12′6 or 14’ SUP board.

Prone Paddleboard Overall Product Prize and Moeny awardss will be announced as the Overall placing finishers of both stock and Unlimited type boards. 20 person minimum required entrants for overall winners prize purse-
1st-3rd Prone Women-any board, any size, including those with rudders
1st-3rd Prone Men-any board, any size, including those with rudders
* This means you could win the Grand Prize riding a Stock Paddleboard.

Two Team: Paddleboard any size.
If we have enough interest we will run these divisions.
Relay division will require all participants to hire own escort boat and change paddlers as they decide best.
Need three teams to make an award division, or Na Pali Race reserves the right to cancel division.
2 Women Paddleboard tag team
2 Men Paddleboard tag team
2 Team Mixed Prone

Three Team Mix SUP: SUP size 14′ or smaller
Required to hire own escort boat. May or may not have enough interest to create official divisions. Tag team whenever you want.
3 Team Mixed SUP
Na Pali Race reserves the right to cancel division if there are not more than three entering teams to make awards.

The Course:
Each division will begin on the beach at Haena Beach Park in front of the lifeguard tower with a line-up start. Make a left turn around the first marker buoy that will be placed in the water perpendicular to the start line, off the beach. Turn left for the coastline. Continue down the Na Pali towards Polihale. Just off the beach at Polihale make a left turn around the final buoy and head towards the finish line. The finish line is near the high tide line and contestants must pass through two marker cones in the sand. For SUP there is a paddle rule, which means you have to carry your paddle with you as you cross the finish line.

You do not need to cross the finish line with your board.

There will be board caddies helping retrieve boards as paddlers make it to the finish line.

Paddlers are not allowed to touch, hang on to, or paddle anywhere near wake of escort boats or any other boat. This is a race under personal and paddle power only.

A SUP competitor must be standing while paddling once a race has started until crossing over the finish

line. A competitor is allowed to sit, lay or kneel to rest without making forward progress. If a

competitor takes more than five strokes while sitting, laying or kneeling once a race has started the

competitor may be disqualified (DNF). The exception with this would be for safety reasons where a

competitor needs to avoid or may be put into a potentially dangerous situation that would put

them or others at risk of injury and or property damage.

A competitor shall only use the paddle, waves and wind to propel the board forward during a race.

No outside assistance drafting a vessel not in the race, form of a sail, clothing designed to catch

wind, or any other speed device not considered the norm to SUP racing is allowed. Boat wakes are

considered natural conditions unless a competitor is deemed as getting an unfair advantage over

other competitors as with drafting (see drafting rule 4b).

The safety of all participants and competitions is the number one priority of the race director and

the WPA. Participants shall attend all competitor meetings and race postings to keep themselves

informed with the typical conditions for the race and also the day of conditions to be expected.

Race Directors need to warn the competitors of any dangers that could occur and where all safety

personal will be located on the course during the pre-race competitors meeting. Competitors shall

be mindful of the hand signals to be used if someone is injured, danger (paddle in the air, waiving

or erect) or in need of help but not injured (hand in the air). All competitors should be mindful

with any persons that may be in danger during the course of the race and should assist or help get safety staff attention. The United States Coast Guard recommends and many states require wearing lifejackets while operating personal watercraft (PWC) such as a Stand Up Paddle board.

Drafting is not allowed either.

Any paddlers who have not reached the Miloli’i Beach area by 4:00 pm will be picked up by escort boats and delivered to Polihale.

Any cheating or un-sportsmanship behavior will be means for disqualification.

Escort boats must adhere to all terms and conditions of event and sign and acknowledge that they understand safety precautions, conditions of the Na Pali Coast, the course, communications, and emergency procedures.

All contestants need to complete course to be awarded.

If you want to learn more rules and regulations of the World Paddle Association (WPA), please ask event staff to make a copy of the WPA rulebook available.

The Na Pali Race Staff and Event Organizers have the right to refuse or deny entries to any paddlers who seem to be un-capable, or unfit of participating in this event. This opinionated decision will be made by the event director and staff and will be biased and subjective.