With the Colorado river surf season posed to kick off, we have four SUP river surf competitions coming up over the next few months. To help fuel the stoke for all the comps, I’ve decided to put together the Colorado SUP River Surf Championship Tour!
Here’s how it works. For each competition, points will be awarded to each participant. The more competitions you attend and the better you place within each competition, the more points you will receive. At the end of the season, winners will be announced and prizes awarded!
The points will be awarded as follows:
- 3,000 points for each 1st place finish
- 2,000 points for each 2nd place finish
- 1,000 points for each 3rd place finish
- 100 points will be awarded to each of the other participants
- Not attending a competition will result in a score of 0 for that competition
- The total score for the Tour will be calculated by dropping the lowest score and adding up the rest of the scores
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd place points will only be awarded to participants of the top skill divisions. If there are Intermediate and Advanced divisions at an event, only the participants of the Advanced division will receive 3,000, 2,000 or 1,000 point rewards. All skill division participants will receive 100 points however.
- There are both Men’s and Women’s divisions
- If two competitors tie, they are both awarded points for place they took in that competition
Current participant list and scores can be found on the Colorado SUP River Surf Championship Tour leaderboard.
The current list of Tour competitions are as follows:
- The Golden Games, May 21st
- CKS Paddlefest, May 27th
- Animas River Days, June 3rd-4th
- FIBArk, June 17th
Additional events will be added to the Tour provided they a) are announced at least four weeks in advance and b) do not conflict with another Tour date. If new events are added to the Tour, they will be announced here on the SUP for the Soul blog. You can also check the current list of events on the Colorado SUP River Surf Championship Tour leaderboard.
Winners will be announced shortly after the last event. Prizes will be awarded to the top five competitors. Colorado River Surf Co is a sponsor and will be providing prizes. I am also looking for additional sponsors to kick in more gear for the winners. If you know of any cool companies who would be willing to sponsor the Tour, have them contact me.
Written by | Benjamin
Benjamin Smith is a land locked surfer living in Colorado. He gets his surfing fix on the local rivers, where he SUP surfs standing waves.