Hi guys this week I am going to talk about the Surf Contests, like I already said in older posts, surf is practiced regionally and internationally by many countries of the world like: Europe, México, USA, Australia, Brazil etc. Some of the most famous places in the surf world are: The Arugman Bay, a small fishing village recently known to some die hard surfers by the consistent swell, long runs, shark free, the average wave height is about 3–4 Meters and the Mavericks — "The Wave Beyond" — in California which inspires hardcore athletes to face the power of Mother Nature, and stirs the souls of all those who aspire to challenge their own limits and achieve the extraordinary surf Ventures, in this places surfing goes on all year long and although in the summer months are the largest crowds to watch the events, the surfing is often better during the winter months (Sep - March). From San Diego's surfing beaches such as Santa Cruz's Steamer Lane, you'll find the surfing is great and the top surfers from around the globe come to California to try it out. Among the styles and surfers, there are many types of boards, types of competitions and specialized categories. It's fun to watch the action but I think it will be even better to participate and if it is your first time it exist some competitions that are open to novice surfers and beginners. Pictured in the surfing photo above is the largest surfing event in California known as The US Open of Surfing and Beach Games which by the years had grown from a surfing event to a festival with booths, vendors, concerts and extreme sports competitions.
In a surf competition the contestants get into randomly chosen heats, each heat goes out and each person is marked for each of their waves out of ten, ten being the perfect grade, once the competitor is standing up it starts to be counted as a wave who executes the most radical maneuvers generating power and speed through the biggest and best wave for the longest distance will receive the highest score, at the end of the session, the best 3 waves get added up and they put you in 1st 2nd 3rd etc. if you come 1st/2nd you go through to the next round with the other finalists and it carries on in the same way until their is only one winner.
Inside the surf competitions exist some penalities that are:
· If a judge thinks an interference has taken place, the judge shall triangle the
ride of the offending competitor and draw an arrow to the ride of the competitor
who was interfered with. In the case of a paddling interference, the triangle shall be placed on the line between the appropriate rides for the offending competitor and filled with P. I. (no ride/no score) and the arrow still drawn. P.I. will receive at least a 2.5 deduction from their total score.
· If any four of six judges, including the head judge, or 3 of 5 scoring judge rule interference, the tabulators shall give the offending competitor a score of 50% for the ride on each of the judge’s sheets and that score will count as one of the rides tabulated for the offending competitor.It is the responsibility of each competitor to keep track of their wave count.Officials, judges, and other administrators are discouraged from assisting competitors, coaches, friends, or any others in keeping track of individual’s wave counts.
Announce interference calls immediately.
a. All attempts should be made to consistently inform surfer upon majority decision of interference calls.
b. Head judge informs Competition/Contest Director, then notifies announcer of decision. Head judge may notifyannouncer directly if Competition or Contest Director is not readily available.
c. Announcer Verbiage: “Blue interference on White.
I believe that surf is a hard sport and you have to dedicate a lot of time on it but In fact there are very few penalities in surf competitions I don´t think that this penalities mentioned previously are so difficult to achieve and to follow them, after the information given in this blog what did you think about giving it a try?? :)
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