2010 Boatercross Event

at the U.S. Slalom National Championships

Boatercross Rules [subject to change]

New Event for 2010!

Event Location

Course Description and Rules

Boatercross in Augsberg in 2009

Boatercross at the 2010 Potomac Whitewater Festival

The course will be down and through the Dickerson Whitewater Course (with some “upstream” moves required) and fully determined by the event organizers and explained at the competitor’s meeting.  

When announced by the Starting Judge, each heat of 4 or 5 racers will line up side by side, bows facing upstream and touching the starting line.  The start will be a line in the top eddy of the Dickerson Course noted by markers at the side of the Course.  All racers will like up facing upstream, and upon the Starting Judge’s determination that all racers in a heat are lined up evenly, he/she will immediately announce “GO” as the start of the race.  (Note: since this is a “head-to-head” style race, timing the racers is not required.)  When lining up competitors at the starting line, the Starting Judge may ask racers to “Back up” or “Move Forward” to ensure that the boats are lined up at the starting line and nobody has an unfair advantage.  Racers should pay close attention to the Starting Judge, as he/she may announce “GO” at any moment after deciding that the boats are lined up evenly.  Any racers who fail to respond to the commands of the Starting Judges orders may be disqualified from the event.

Each heat will finish before the next one begins.

The top one or two finishers from each heat will advance to a second round using the same course, and so on, until 4 or 6 racers remain (depending on the number of people who enter, and subsequently, the number of heats).  These 4 or 6 finalists will race to decide the Overall Winner and Medalists (Top Three Boats).