Payette SUP Race 2014

 

UPDATE: THE RACE IS OVER, the results are here! Congratulations Peter Bartl from Austria on his great performance.

The 2014 Payette River Games will have a record setting 50000$ prize money purse for SUP alone. There is the Elite race and there will also be a  3 mile Open Race race in the river if you aren’t quite ready for the Elite category. You will love this event which takes place at World Famous Kelly’s Whitewater Park in Idaho. It offers free camping and transport from Boise, Idaho airport. Now that’s what we call service.

Elite Race:

SPRINT: Paddler’s will be challenged by the 1.5 mile stretch of the World Famous North Fork of the Payette River in Beautiful Cascade, Idaho. Competitors must stand strong while passing the crowd of thousands gathered to watch them at the world famous Kelly’s Whitewater Park. Mix in a handful of boulders, drops and wave trains as paddlers battle it out to prove who is the fastest whitewater paddler on earth.

CROSS: A Stand Up Paddle battle royal on the North Fork. Think Snowboarder Cross or Skier Cross on SUP boards in class 2 Kelly’s Whitewater course. A favorite of both competitor and spectator, there is sure to be plenty of carnage in this event as competitors must navigate around buoys strategically placed to ensure a lot of bumping. Protective gear is a must for this format. Are you ready to rumble?

PURSE MONEY: Athletes advancing to the FINALS on Sunday June 22 will be competing for the largest purse in SUP history.

 

Overall Winner

Men’s
Women’s
1st
$10,000
$10,000
2nd
$6,000
$6,000
3rd
$3,000
$3,000
4th
$1,500
$1,500
5th
$1,000
$1,000
6th
$900
$900
7th
$800
$800
8th
$700
$700
9th
$600
$600
10th
$500
$500
TOTAL
$25,000
$25,000

 

HOW TO DETERMINE THE OVERALL WINNER OF THE SUP EVENT

Competitors will accumulate points from BOTH the SPRINT and the CROSS and the OVERALL WINNER is the one with the most points at the end of the Competition. It is NOT important to be #1 or #2 or #3 in either the Sprint or the Cross to win. Based upon our fair scoring system the overall winner could be someone who came in 5th in the sprint and the 6th in the cross and their combined score of 31 might be more than sufficient to be crowned the overall champion.

Points are awarded starting with 1st place in sprint earning 20 points and 1st place in cross earning 20 points. 2nd place in sprint will earn 19 points and 2nd place in cross will earn 19 points. This countdown will continue until the 20th place in sprint or the 20th place in cross earns 1 point. Maximum points to be earned is 40.

SCORING FOR SPRINT:

PRELIMINARY ROUND: FRIDAY JUNE 20:

Preliminaries will start on Friday June 20. Paddlers will be released 1 minute apart and The Top 60 fastest paddlers (30 men & 30 women) will advance to the Semi-Final Round on Saturday. Race organizers reserve the right to modify the split of advancing paddlers based upon registration.

SEMI-FINAL ROUND: SATURDAY JUNE 21:

Paddlers will now compete in a MASS start in 3-4 separate heats . The Top 20 (10 men & 10 women) fastest paddlers will advance to the Final Round on Sunday. Since only 10 men & 10 women are expected to advance in to the finals, your time here will determine who earns points for 11th through 20th place. Race organizers reserve the right to modify the split of advancing paddlers based upon registration.

FINAL ROUND; SUNDAY JUNE 22:

The top 20 fastest Paddlers (10 men & 10 women) will once again compete in a mass start in 2 heats (male & female). The fastest male paddler and the fastest female paddler to win this round will be awarded 20 points. the next fastest male & female athlete will earn 19 points, then 18 points all the way down to 11 points awarded to the 10th fastest male & female paddler.

SCORING FOR CROSS: 

PRELIMINARY ROUND: FRIDAY JUNE 20:

Competitors will compete side by side in heats of 5 or 6. The first 2 paddlers from each heat will automatically advance to Saturdays First Round of competition while the non advancing competitors will enter a “consolation bracket” and have another chance to continue to the next round. The top 2 from each “consolation bracket” will advance to Quarter-finals.

QUARTER FINALS : SATURDAY JUNE 21

Competitors advancing from the preliminaries will compete again on Saturday side by side in heats of 5. The 2 fastest times from each heat will automatically advance to the Semi-finals competition while the non advancing competitors will go in to a “consolation bracket” where they will have another chance to advance to the next round. The top 2 from each consolation bracket race will advance to the Semi-finals.

SEMI FINALS: SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 22

Competitors advancing from the quarter finals will compete again in the Semi finals side by side in heats of 4-5. The 2 fastest times from each heat will automatically advance to the FINALS competition while the non advancing competitors will go in to a “consolation bracket” where they will have another chance to advance to the next round. The top 2 from each consolation bracket race will advance to the FINALS.

FINALS: SUNDAY AFTERNOON JUNE 22

Competitors advancing in to the FINALS will compete again side by side in heats of 4. Time will now determine the overall winner and not where you place in your heat. The 20 fastest overall times will receive points with 1st place earning 20 points, 2nd place earning 19 points and 20th place earning 1 point. competitors will compete in 2 heats and will be allowed to throw out their slower score.

Open Race:

This 3 mile race on the famous Payette River is for the stronger SUP athlete who is not quite ready to compete at the Elite level but wants something more challenging than flat water. This 3 mile race will begin on the North end of Cascade and run down river around a set buoys and back to the starting point. Current will be a factor, however you will be far away from Kelly’s Features, so don’t worry about them.

More information & Registrationhttp://www.payetterivergames.com/event-sup.html