Executive
Committee Proposal for 1966 Hawaii State
Championship Meeting January 10 and 17,
1966, John Kelly, pres., Ben
Dizon, v. pres., James Iroijo, treas., and Tommy Taber,
sec., drew up a proposal to the Jan.
20 meeting of HSA as follows: I Hawaii State
JUNIOR DIVISION 1966 Championship Meet Easter
Vacation — April Ala Moana Bowl at Magic Island
Peninsula Age Groups: 14 and
under boys 14 and under girls 15 - 17 boys 15
- 17 girls
II
Hawaii State SENIOR DIVISION 1966 Championship Meet
August Ala Moana Bowl at Magic Island
Peninsula or Yokohama Age
Groups: 18 - 29 men 18-29 women 30 and over men 30 and over women (depending
onregistration)
Entry
qualifications: HSA Club membership Scoring system: A. Takeoff: peak,
shoulder, white water, cutback or reverse skeg. (Consideration to bo given to
straight slide takeoff, bottom turn, fade & cutback
& stall.) B. The Ride: use of wave,
distance, cutbacks, tube, climb & drop, turns. C. The Cutout: plain stop, 180
reverse cutout, kickout, Island pullout. D. Style: walk up & walk
back, switchfoot plain & functional, parallel stance,
smoothness, head dip, riding backward, versatility, unique
stances & grace. Page
2 Judging: Each of the above four main
categories — A to D — will be given a point spread, say 1 to
6 for Takeoff; 1 to 15 for Ride, etc. Scoring will be cumulative
during the ride. Judge will call off points as
ride progresses. Points will be recorded by a
score-keeper. Judge keeps eyes on rider from
takeoff to paddling out. Scorekeeper
does all recording on prepared sheets that will contain
boxes for categories A to D. The above system will greatly
spread the final scores, helping to avoid tight score
results. It will take the guess work out
of Judging. Riders will earn points on
specific skills displayed rather than on an indeterminate
evaluation or estimate by judges of what constitutes a "good
ride." Panel of judges to be made of
club members. Judges to meet at least several
times for training prior to meet. Training to include movies to
standardize evaluations. Point system to be based on SUM
of points awarded for elements in Takeoff, Ride, Cutout and
Style, each category has a pre-set point spread. One judge—one ride, then switch
sheets. One judge—one recorder, for each
contestant. Disqualifications: Shoulder hopping in front of
another rider if clear interference. Paddling out inside buoys that
mark riding area. Other points: Set limit on number of
participants from each club that provides reasonable rather
than maximum possible capacity for the site. Clubs
to conduct inter or intra club meets to select their given
number of top surfers. This contest to attempt to set
model standards for surf meets.
