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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Board the Fjord 2017

Board the Fjord is Deep Cove's Premier Stand Up Paddleboard Event. We have a full day of racing and festivities in beautiful Deep Cove and Indian Arm.
The scenic race course takes paddlers around 7 different islands in North America's southern most fjord. The race is open to recreational and competitive paddlers and we encourage everyone to come out and challenge themselves at this great event!

We will have a great variety of draw prizes and some awards for top finishers in numerous categories
Location
Date

Sunday September 17th, 2017

Races


Long Course: Approx 14km. Categories: Mens and Womens:  12'6, 14'


Short Course: Approx: 7km - Categories: Mens and Womens: 14', 12'6" and <12' Surfboard Class

Rec Course: Approx: 4km - Categories: Mens and Womens: 14', 12'6" and <12' Surfboard Class

Kids Race: <1km
Cost

Register Online by July 17th $60 plus GST
Register Online by August 17th: $70 plus GST
Register Online by September 17th: $80 plus GST
Register the day of the race: $90 plus GST

Kids Race is Free!
*All race entries include food ticket, drink ticket, draw prize entry, pre-race package
**First 100 racers will receive a numbered race shirt!
***Racers to register prior to August 8th will receive a custom jersey with their name printed on it

Board Rentals
$25 to rent a board for the race. Relay Race boards will be provided
Deep Cove Kayak Centre and Starboard will be providing board rentals, for a full list of available boards please call 604-929-2268.
Tentative Schedule
8:00am: Check-in Starts
10:00am: Pre-race meeting
11:15am: Long and Short Course Races Start
12:30pm: Food and drinks after the race
1:30pm: Kids Race and Relays
3:00pm: Awards
Race Rules
All participants must have a PFD and use a LEASH during the race.  If you are not wearing your PFD you must have it securely strapped onto your board and you must carry 15m of buoyant heaving line as per Transport Canada Regulations.

If you choose to draft you can only draft racers in the same board class and gender as you.  For example, Men on 14' boards can only draft other men on 14' boards. This rule will be self-governed.




Sunday, September 25, 2016

2016 Race Results

Big thank you to all of the racers, sponsors, staff and volunteers who helped make Board the Fjord 2016 a huge success!

Weather was certainly interesting this year, we had some strong winds that forced all paddlers to dig deep.  Thankfully, there was a little bit of downwind on the homestretch.

Jason Bennett defended his 2015 title with another win this year finishing in a time of 1:39:06.

Shannon Bell was the fastest female paddler this year completing the 14km course in a time of 1:51:58

Paul Torriero and Sally Wallick were the fastest around the short course.

Click the link below for full results!


Click here for results

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

PRIZE MONEY

We are excited to have a cash purse of $2500 for this year's race, all thanks to Deep Cove Kayak and Deep Cove Outdoors.    We have done our best to distribute the prizing to a few different categories and keep prizing equal between Men and Women's divisions.  We are also excited to announce cash prizing for the Short Course and for Junior Paddlers.

Here's the breakdown:
Long Course: Men 14'
1st - $500
2nd - $300
3rd - $100
4th - $50

Long Course: Women's 12'6"
1st - $500
2nd - $300
3rd - $100
4th - $50

Long Course
Junior Boys - $100
Junior Girls - $100

Short Course 
Fastest Male - $100
Fastest Female - $100

Hotspot  - Fastest male and female to the Deep Cove Kayak Buoys located 500m from the start line
Mens - $100
Womens - $100

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Registration is OPEN!

Registration for the 6th Annual Board the Fjord SUP race is now open.

There are so many reasons to register early:

1. Save money - race entry fees go up at the end of August.

2. Get your custom BTF Race Jersey - Registrations prior to Aug 26 get to customize the name on the back of their jersey.

3.  The earlier you register the earlier you can start training!

4. Early registrations help us organize and run the best race possible for everyone!

REGISTER NOW
Click here to register

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

2016 Race Date

Updated Race Date 2016:

We are excited to announce that this years Board the Fjord SUP race will be held on:

 Sunday September 25th, 2016

We are also pleased to be hosting the final race of the 2016 BC SUP Cup.  See BC SUP Cup facebook page for more details:
https://www.facebook.com/BCSUPCup/?fref=ts


Sunday, September 20, 2015

2015 Results

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 2015 Board the Fjord!

Click the link below for full results!




Congratuations to Jason Bennett and Allison Wood who were the fastest Male and Female paddlers to navigate around the 14km course. Evan Gerbrecht and Isabelle Hummeny were the fastest juniors to paddle the long course.

Friedrich Buxbaum and Erica Macarthur were the fastest male and female around the 7km short course.

Max Remmler rounds out the winners as the fastest paddler around the 4km course.