2025 ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships – Entry Information

The 2025 ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships are being held in Durban, South Africa from the 17-19th October. This is an open entry event but NZ paddlers must notify CRNZ of your intention to race so you can be entered into the ICF system

The world’s best Ocean Racing (Oceanski/Surfski) paddlers will be competing for World Championship titles in senior, U23, junior and masters age groups, hundreds of other paddlers will be enjoying the superb surfski conditions off the Durban coastline in a week-long series of events. There will be both single ski and double ski world championship races.

The event is open to all members of ICF affiliated National Federations from Juniors through to Masters with no restriction on the number of entries that a National Federation can submit. This means there is no requirement to be selected by Canoe Racing NZ (CRNZ) to attend this event.

Any CRNZ-affiliated club member can enter and compete at this world championship event.

If you wish to race in this event, you must enter the event yourself first then you must notify Canoe Racing NZ of your intention to race by completing the form below. See required entry steps below:

All event information is now available on the event website- https://worldchamps.paddlesportsa.co.za/

 

2025 World Championship Entry Process

Step 1:
Enter online  through the event website.

Step 2:
Please notify CRNZ of your entry by completing this form.
This is required as all official world championship category competitors also need to be entered through the ICF system by CRNZ (a double entry system).
Failure of CRNZ to enter you via the ICF system will result in you not being able to compete.

All competitors must be a member of a CRNZ-affiliated club in order to compete at an ICF event, as per ICF regulations. See list of CRNZ-affiliated clubs.

This is a self-funded and self-supported competition – competitors are expected to arrange their own travel and race requirements.

You must notify CRNZ of your entry by midnight Monday 31st August

World Championship Event website- https://worldchamps.paddlesportsa.co.za/

If you have any questions, please contact Maree Kaati maree@crnz.org or Nathan Luce nathan@crnz.org