COntinental CHAMPIONSHIPS
2025 Pan AMerican CANOE OCEAN RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2025 Pan American Canoe Ocean Racing Continental Championships will be held in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, home of the annual MolokaBRA Downwind Festival, from August 22nd through August 31st. COPAC will be posting their first informational bulletin in the early part of the year, so get ready to race in one of the fastest growing surfski communities in the Americas!
USA COR NATIONAL TEAM
As a member of the ICF’s global network of 172 national federations, the ACA facilitates opportunities for paddlers to compete in high-caliber ocean racing events across the world via the USA Canoe Ocean Racing (COR) National Team.
The Pan American COR Continental Championships are currently open-entry, and the ACA does not require a performance-based selection process to represent the USA at any continental or international ocean racing competition. The main criteria is to be listed in the Members category for the current National Series season.
Interested National Federation members may contact the ACA Ocean Racing committee regarding their intention to participate in a particular continental/international competition, and then complete the necessary requirements.
Regarding requirements, there are a number of administrative items participating athletes must complete prior to the competition. The ORC recommends working through these steps as early as possible to avoid last-minute administrative headaches. In addition please be sure to review the posted bulletin(s), when issued by the ICF and COPAC.
The ACA Ocean Racing Committee reserves the right to review and discuss a candidate’s qualifications prior to composing the ICF-required Attestation of Competency letter. Ocean racing athletes may be able to accelerate the ORC's review process by completing at least one National Series benchmark race, however participating in these races is not technically required.