The QOTP celebrates the grace and flow of female approach to traditional longboarding. Judging criteria for all divisions is as followed:
- Surfers should ride with a classic longboard approach on turns, nose rides, style, flow, etc but must
be done with High Degree of difficulty in critical section of wave. - Don’t surf like shortboard. Pumping a longboard is not a maneuver or in the spirit of Traditional Longboard Surfing – surfers should walk, engage rail, critical nose ride with speed and continuous flow, trim well.
- Noserides must be critical – not out on shoulder, shouldn’t be able see tail from shore.
- Rail surfing, not tail surfing. Different than a shortboard turn. No lifting of the board out of water or riding off of the fin only.
- Nuances of style, flow and grace will be sought after… Where the feet are. How maneuvers are connected.
- Variety – not only nose rides (going straight), not only turns (never nose riding). Excellent surfing combines both seamlessly.
- No down time or missed opportunities by avoiding critical sections
- Use High Degree of Difficulty to help separate scores
- Tricks like heels, switch stance etc must be done critical and display high degree of difficulty – don’t
be fooled by tricks if not critical positioning. Standing switch is not a functional maneuver. - Beware of lazy nose rides (wide stance) or cheating with back foot, where surfer gets lazy five then pulls
back foot up later (safety), that is always not a truly earned 10. - Be aware of nose rides in front of the pocket/critical section.
- Uninterrupted flow from beginning to end, showing control.
Amateur Division
BOARD SPECIFICATIONS – Minimum 9ft or 3ft overhead (Itty Bitty & Mini divisions)
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS PER DIVISION – 12
NUMBER OF RIDERS PER HEAT – 6
HEAT LENGTH
- Preliminary heats – 15 min
- Final Heats – 20 min
WATER START – Paddle 5 min before heat start
INTERFERENCES – Snaking and back paddling WILL NOT be tolerated.
- 1st Offense – 2nd highest score cut in half
- 2nd Offense – Automatic disqualification
ROUND ROBIN FORMAT
- Round 1 – Top 3 places go to “TOP 3” heat; Bottom 3 places go to “BOTTOM 3” heat
- TOP 3 – Top 3 go to “FINAL”; Bottom 3 go to “ELIMINATION”
- BOTTOM 3 – Top 3 go to “ELIMINATION”; Bottom 3 are out
- ELIMINATION – Top 3 go to “FINAL”; Bottom 3 are out
*Subject to change without notice
Pro Division – Prize Purse*
- First Place = 50%
- Second Place = 25%
- Third Place = 15%
- Fourth Place = 10%
BOARD SPECIFICATIONS – Minimum 9ft
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS – 24
NUMBER OF RIDERS PER HEAT – 4
HEAT LENGTH
- Preliminary heats – 25 min
- Final Heats – 30 min
WATER START – Paddle 5 min before heat start
INTERFERENCES – Snaking and back paddling WILL NOT be tolerated.
- 1st Offense – 2nd highest score cut in half
- 2nd Offense – Automatic disqualification
*Subject to change without notice
What should you know before you compete?
How are Queen Of The Point heats judged?
Judges reward traditional longboarding: critical nose rides, rail turns, footwork, and flow. Maneuvers count most when done in the critical section of the wave.
What board do I need?
A longboard at least 9 feet long. Itty Bitty and Mini division surfers can ride a board 3 feet over their height.
How long are heats?
Amateur heats have 6 surfers, with 15-minute preliminary heats and 20-minute finals. Pro heats have 4 surfers, with 25-minute preliminary heats and 30-minute finals.
How does the amateur format work?
Amateur divisions use a round-robin format, so every surfer gets more than one heat. After Round 1, the top three and bottom three split into separate heats on the way to the final.
What happens if I interfere with another surfer?
Snaking and back-paddling are not tolerated. A first offense cuts your second-highest wave score in half, and a second offense is a disqualification.
How is the Pro prize purse split?
1st place takes 50%, 2nd place 25%, 3rd place 15%, and 4th place 10%.