2023 Paddler Virtual Champs- 1-31 March 2023
 

It’s simple. Paddle 12km in whatever paddle craft you want (3km for U18 paddlers and SUP) over the month of March, upload your completion time and GPS trace and you’ll be in to win some cool prizes.

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The 2023 Paddler Virtual Champs has started, view the leaderboard.

The Paddler Virtual Champs is open to all paddle craft (kayak, surf ski, multisport boat, waka ama, SUP, singles, doubles etc). We want any and every paddler to get involved in whatever way you can. 

 

Times can be recorded and submitted between the dates of 1st and 31st March 2023. It's free to enter but this year in lieu of a racing fee we’re asking our competitors to consider a small donation to help out our fellow paddlers in Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay who were affected by the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle. Learn more and donate here.

 

Paddlers can enter as many times as they wish, and every submission gives you the chance to win spot prizes throughout the month. Only your best time will be included in the final results of each division.

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For ocean ski paddlers, the event is the 6th event in the 2022-23 Darcy Price NZ Ocean ski series.

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Rules

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• Competitors must start and finish at the same point to minimise the effect of the wind, current etc.

• There is to be no pausing of the watch/phone during the 12km/3km paddle.

• The competition will be run via the paddler.nz website, which will go live at 9am (NZT) on 1st March.

• Entry is made via form on the right with an image of your route, gps tracking, distance and time.
   

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Previous Results

2022 - Final results, All submissions listed below

2021- Final Results

2020 NZ Surfski Champs (- Final Results 

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