Gorge Vortex #1 2021 (Larry Goodson and “Breaching Orca” Custom Surfski) - Click to enlarge
Photo: Val Stepanchuk/Joshua Baker
See also Racing Technique
Past ICF World Cup Ocean Races have been/may be held in/at:
Atlantic Ocean Surfski Race Lanzarote, Spain (Canary Islands)
Aterra Wave Challenge, Helsingborg/Ängelholm, Sweden
Belgian Coast Race, Ostend Belgium
French World Cup - some French venue - Quiberon, Breizh, Finistere…
King & Queen of the Harbor, New Zealand
Madeira Ocean Challenge, Funchal Madeira
Nelo Summer Challenge Portugal
Naxos Cup, Giardini Naxos Italy
Ohana Mana Cup, Cagliari Italy
Rerik Germany - Hawaiian Sports Festival
South African National Champs - Peter Marlin Race or…
Spain, Villajoyosa Eurochallenge (Surfski.tv EuroC. Video Playlist)
Trofeo Internacional Concello de Vigo de Kayak de Mar, Campo de Regatas Etea-Randa (Ria de Vigo), Spain
The Gorge Downwind Championships Oregon/Washington
Irish Coast Paddling Championships Dublin
West Coast Express Cape Town
Hong Kong Dragon Run Hong Kong
The Perth Doctor Perth
20 Beaches Sydney
This is a fairly new kind of support for prominent races, but for many paddlers these may make participation in a bucket list type of race in a foreign location either possible or just relatively trouble free in terms of what can sometimes be fairly involved logistics.