Judging panels for each heat will consist of three, four or five judges who will be rotated. Each judging panel will officiate under the control and direction of a head judge.
Judges will score each ride out of 10 points with .1 increments (from 0.2 to 10).
A ride will commence when a competitor’s hands leave the rails (board riders). In the case of kneeboards when the rider moves to his knees and in the case of bodyboarders when the rider has completed one manoeuvre.
Judges should check in to the head judge at least 10 minutes prior to the start of their judging session. This allows time to get a realistic view of the conditions.
The name/number of the judge together with the division, event and heat number should be entered in the appropriate sections of the judging sheet before the heat commences.
Judges sheets should be handed in promptly at the end of the heat. Judges should not tally the sheet or alter scores. If a score is unclear, or must be changed, blank out the square and use the next one. All alterations should be signed. N.B. if a judge thinks he has missed a score he must place an M in the appropriate block.
Each judge must give 100% effort. Maximum concentration is essential to ensure personal bias is cut out and that top efficiency is reached.
Judges should score every ride by each competitor.
Where possible the judges to be used in the finals will be those who have shown the highest degree of consistency over the contest.
Judges are responsible for ruling interference situations as described in a later section.
Judges finishing their session should remain on hand until their last heat has been tallied in case of query or protests.

A SURFER MUST PERFORM RADICAL MANOEUVRES IN THE MOST CRITICAL SECTIONS OF A WAVE WITH SPEED, POWER AND FLOW TO MAXIMISE SCORING POTENTIAL.

INNOVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE SURFING AS WELL AS VARIETY OF REPERTOIRE (MANOEUVRES) WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN REWARDING POINTS FOR WAVES RIDDEN.

THE SURFER WHO EXECUTES THESE CRITERIA WITH THE MAXIMUM DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY AND COMMITMENT ON THE WAVES SHALL BE REWARDED WITH THE HIGHEST SCORES.

Longboard criteria: “A surfer must perform Radical Controlled Manoeuvres in the Critical Sections of a wave with Speed, Power and Flow to Maximise Scoring Potential. Traditional Surfing as well as a Variety of Modern Manoeuvres will be taken into account when rewarding points for waves ridden. The surfer who executes this criteria with the Maximum Degree of Difficulty and Commitment on the wave shall be rewarded with the higher scores”

Bodyboard criteria: This shall be based on the criteria above with regard to the manner of bodyboarding (prone, drop-knee or standing).

Scoring categories can be identified by the following table:-
0 - 2.5 A poor ride
2.5 - 5.0 A fair ride
5.0 - 7.5 A good ride
7.5 - 10 An excellent ride