AORS Series Information
AORS 2025 Calendar
Please note that the Mandurah Cut Run & Coolangatta Gold Downwind will not be held in 2025 and have been removed from the calendar.
# | Event | Location | Date | Star Rating |
1 | South Australian Ocean Paddling Series #1 | Adelaide, SA | 14th June 2025 | 1 |
2 | South Australian Ocean Paddling Series #1 | Adelaide, SA | 19th July 2025 | 1 |
3 | South Australian Ocean Paddling Series #2 | Adelaide, SA | 23rd August 2025 | 2 |
4 | The Charles Stewart Memorial Cup | Sydney, NSW | 30th August 2025 | 2 |
5 | Shaw and Partners 20 Beaches | Sydney, NSW | 1st Nov 2025 | 3 |
6 | Dr Benjamin Hewitt Sunset Surfski Series #1 | Perth, WA | 20th Nov 2025 | 1 |
Shaw and Partners WA Race Week | ||||
7 | Fenn West Coast Downwind | Perth, WA | 22nd Nov 2025 | 2 |
8 | Dr Benjamin Hewitt Sunset Surfski Series #2 | Perth, WA | 25th Nov 2025 | 1 |
9 | Dr Benjamin Hewitt Sunset Surfski Series #3 | Perth, WA | 27th Nov 2025 | 1 |
10 | Shaw and Partners Doctor | Perth, WA | 29th Nov 2025 | 3 |
AORS Categories
The AORS will be following the International Canoe Federation (ICF) racing categories for single skis (in 10yr increments only for the Over 40 and above age groups).
Primary Categories (Male and Female)
- Junior Ski (15 - 18yrs)
- Under 23 Ski (19-23yrs)
- Open Ski (24-39yrs and includes Ski Overall secondary category)
- Over 40 Ski (40-49yrs)
- Over 50 Ski (50-59yrs)
- Over 60 Ski (60-69yrs)
- Over 70 Ski (70yrs+) - Male only
- SLSA Ski (all ages)
- Male Double
- Female Double
- Mixed Double
- SUP (all ages)
- OC1 (all ages)
- Prone Paddleboard (all ages)
Secondary Categories
- Ski Overall Male
- Ski Overall Female
- Doubles Overall
All Ski primary category competitors are automatically entered in the Ski Overall secondary category. For example a Junior, Over 40 Ski or SLSA Spec Ski competitor is also entered in the Ski Overall secondary category. As per previous years, Oceanpaddler will use Ski Overall results when presenting results for the Ski Open results.
Competitors age is as of 31/12/2025. That is the age bracket the competitor is turning in the 2025 calendar year.
For example: The first year a 15-18yrs Surf Ski competitor can compete is the year in which his/her 15th birthday falls and the last year he/she may compete in that category is the year in which his/her 18th birthday falls. That is they must be 15-18yrs as of 31/12/2025.
Competitors can only enter one category. For example a 50 year old entered in the SLSA Spec Ski primary category is not eligible for Over 50 Ski points and prizes, only SLSA Spec Ski primary category and Ski Overall secondary category.
Series Points
There are 10 events in the AORS Series.
Each event has a star value of either 1, 2 or 3 Stars with the points starting from 1000, 2000 and 3000 respectively.
Competitors will be awarded points per race based on the star rating of the event and their position in the race.
Calculating Overall AORS Placings
The total accumulative points across all events will be used to determine the leaderboard and overall placing in the AORS.
If two or more competitors end up on the same overall AORS point score the result from The Doctor will decide the winner. If neither competitor raced in The Doctor then we will use the 20 Beaches, followed by Fenn West Coast Downwinder.
Placing | 1 Star Event | 2 Star Event | 3 Star Event |
1 | 1000 | 2000 | 3000 |
2 | 980 | 1960 | 2940 |
3 | 960 | 1920 | 2880 |
4 | 940 | 1880 | 2820 |
5 | 920 | 1840 | 2760 |
6 | 910 | 1820 | 2720 |
7 | 900 | 1800 | 2680 |
8 | 890 | 1780 | 2640 |
9 | 880 | 1760 | 2600 |
10 | 870 | 1740 | 2560 |
11 | 865 | 1730 | 2530 |
12 | 860 | 1720 | 2500 |
13 | 859 | 1710 | 2470 |
14 | 1 point gap onwards | 1705 | 2440 |
15 | 1700 | 2420 | |
16 | 1695 | 2400 | |
17 | 1693 | 2380 | |
18 | 2 point gap onwards | 2370 | |
19 | 2360 | ||
20 | 2355 | ||
21 | 2352 | ||
22 | 3 point gap onwards |

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