2025 TAZ Race Qualifications

For each race you want to do, you must complete the weekly mileage through team practices or a combination of OC1/OC6.  

Weekday practices (Tues, Thurs, Sat): OC6 goes 6 miles

Saturday practices: OC6 goes 7-10 miles until July. August-September OC6 goes 15 miles.

Club OC1 can be loaned DURING club practices or anytime a coach or board member is available to be nearby. If you do it during practices, please make arrangements with the coach running practice and you MUST BE DONE BEFORE club practice ends.  



Havasu Heat (April 5, 2025)

Short course (4-5 miles) : Required Mileage per week: 6

Long Course (10-11 miles) : Required Mileage per week: 12

Race Fee due: $40 due 3/22/2025


SCORA Races

Short courses (5-6 miles in the bay) : Required Mileage per week: 8 miles

Long Course (11-13 miles open water) : Required Mileage per week: 15 miles for long course paddlers, 8 miles for short course paddlers

Perg: minimum 1 X 30 minute time trial per race (repeatable if time and availability allow). Drag setting will be set at 5.

Crystal Pier Race Fee due: $35 due April 19, 2025

Long Beach Race Fee due: $35 due April 26, 2025

Kahanamoku Klassic Race Fee due: $35 due May 24, 2025

Iron Champs Race Fee due: $35 due June 14, 2025


Queen Lili’uokalani Canoe Race

Course: 18 miles open water

Required Mileage per week: 18 miles (We will have non-moving changes every Sunday practice)

OC1: 6 mile time trial.  You must complete 6 miles in 1:10 hour (can be done anytime but you must submit your tracking information)

*Initial Deposit due: $50 due July 19, 2025

*Final Deposit due: $TBD due August 9, 2025

 *non-refundable


Molokai (October 15, 2025)

Course (42 miles open water)

Required Mileage per week: 18 miles in July,  24 miles in August/September (2 moving changes apply like 9 man races above. If you cannot do a moving change by yourself, you will NOT qualify)

OC1: 6 mile time trial starting in July. You must complete 6 miles in 1:07 hour for July, 1:06 hour in August, 1:05 in September (men only).

Additional requirements: 

  • physical test set by men’s coach
  • You MUST do 2 change races prior to these races

*Molokai deposit due: $200 due May 2025

*Molokai deposit due: $200 due June 2035

*Molokai balance due: July 2025 (roughly $200+)

 *non-refundable