The answer is very simple, if you look at the gender ratio of the competitions. In most cases, the number of female competitors is less than 25% of the total number of competitors.

In many races we can’t even score the women’s race because we don’t even have the minimum 10 runners. If their number reaches 40% of the total starters, we will change the scoring!

Were we to account for the TOP 20 female athletes just as we do with the males (this means that at least 15 participants need to finish an event-) 40% of the races would have been eliminated from the list. So we made an exemption for the female athletes, lowered the number of the participants necessary, and score the top 10.

Because both men and women in the elite category use this type of sizing.The shorter size 12 and the longer unlimited boards have a very small population in the competitions, so they are not a dominant category for SWR.

Every year there are more and more ultra SUP races around the world.

Their popularity is unquestionable. Nevertheless, we cannot rank them in a specific category based on objective numbers.

There are many unanswered questions in determining the value of these races.

– Which is worth more, a 220 km 5-day race or a 220 km 24-hour race?

– A 110 km one-day race or a 750 km multi-day race?

– Is it the tandem or the team victory ?

– Is it the victory of the unlimited board or the 14″ that counts.

– Who can check if there was outside help during the multi day race ?

But one of the most important reasons is that the number of participants is often less than 20 (not to mention the number of finishers)

As there is currently no uniform regulation for the categorisation of SUP races, the categories defined by the organisers will be taken into account when establishing the rankings.

Therefore, in different parts of the world, there may be long-distance races of 4-5 kilometres, and technical races of 5-6 kilometres too.

Unfortunately sprint races are also very different !

It would be important for the development of the sport that the Federations come to a common position.

We welcome applications from all race organisers.

SUP WORLD RANKIN is open to all and registration is free of charge.

Only the minimum registration requirements must be met.

The event must have a total of at least 40 registered starters who finished the race, or the participation of competitors from a minimum of 7 different countries. Exceptions are the Ultra Long Distance endurance races over 100 kilometres , where the minimum number of competitors is 25.( together with all category, with all registered racers)

– Only the 14″ foot hard race board category can be placed in the rankings.

– The top 20 men (at least 15 competitors are required ) and the top 10 female riders (at least 6 competitors are required ) get points.

– The organizer agrees that the information that he returns will be presented on our website.

This is to ensure that we always have the most successful and active riders in the rankings for the current year. SUP is still a very young sport. There is a need to develop iconic competitors and competitions alike.

This is only possible if the number of competitors in the competitions is as high as possible.

This is a prerequisite for the promotion of our sport!

We launched SWR only 3 years ago. We believe that we need at least 5 years of statistical results to get a true picture of SUP riders. It is a long process that we work on every day.

Of course, we plan to evaluate the best and most successful riders in a separate ranking over time.

We use the official country codes of the International Olympic Committee, the main international sporting organisation. Therefore, our table does not include Hawaii, New Caledonia, Tahiti…… or any other country not recognised by the NOB.

Any event organised by a race organiser or by Federations can be included in the SWR lists. No one is excluded.

Our goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of SUP competitions and results.