Divisions

  • Novice/Short
    • Girls - 19 & Under
    • Boys - 19 & Under
    • Novice A - Women Spec
    • Novice B - Women Spec
    • Novice A - Women UL
    • Novice B - Women UL
    • Novice A - Men Spec
    • Novice B - Men Spec
    • Novice A - Men UL
    • Novice B - Men UL
    • Novice A - Co-Ed
    • Novice B - Co-Ed
    • Novice A - Co-Ed UL
    • Novice B - Co-Ed UL
    • Women - Short Course - UL
    • Women - Short Course Elite
    • Women - Short Course - 55+
    • Men - Short Course - UL
    • Men - Short Course Elite
    • Men - Short Course - 55+
    • Co-Ed - Short Course - UL
    • Co-Ed - Juniors (Short)
  • Women/Coed
    • Women - 19 & Under
    • Women - Spec
    • Women - Masters UL
    • Women - Senior Masters UL
    • Women - Golden Masters UL
    • Women - Unlimited
    • Co-Ed - Open UL
    • Co-Ed - Masters UL
    • Co-Ed - Sr Masters UL
    • Co-Ed - Golden Masters UL
    • Co-Ed - Juniors (Long)
  • Men
    • Men - 19 & Under
    • Men - Spec
    • Men - Masters UL
    • Men - Senior Masters UL
    • Men - Golden Masters UL
    • Men - Unlimited

Schedule of Events

7:00 AM: Registration, merchandise, coffee and vendors open

7:15 AM: Opening ceremony & hula performance

7:30 AM: Novice/short course steersperson meeting

8:00 AM: Novice/short course race starts

9:00 AM: Open steersperson meeting

10:00 AM: Women/coed long course race starts

11:00 AM: Beer garden opens

12:00 PM: Men’s long course race starts

2:00 PM: Prize Raffle Drawing

3:30 PM: Awards & closing ceremony

4:00 PM: Beer garden service ends

4:30 PM: Event & beer garden close

Visiting Crews

Waivers

All paddlers, visitors, guest of clubs or support staff must complete a 2025 SCORA Liability Waiver. No exceptions. Sign waiver here

How to Register/Guest Club Login

Registration Steps/Login

If anyone from your club has participated in a SCORA race in the past, please use your club’s account login and do not create another one and login here.

If new to racing with SCORA register here

Once in your account:

  1. Enter a coach if not already in there. Must enter them as “New”
  2. IF using your own canoes – check borrowed
  3. When it says “select the canoe you will be borrowing”, scroll down to “canoe not listed”, check the box of type, then type the canoe number. No need for color or name.
  4. If borrowing from SCORA – same as #3 but put “unknown” in the canoe number space
  5. Paddler input screen comes up – enter all of your paddlers under “Guest”.
  6. Select  a coach
  7. Hit next and you will be sent to the payment screen. Pay in person or online.

All Pau

Any issues please email caren@scora.org

Race Site Regulations

● No smoking
● No stakes
● No glass
● No outside alcohol
● No camping
● Dogs must be leashed on grass areas.
● Dogs not allowed on beach.
● BBQs in designated facilities only.

Directions

Click here for Leadbetter Beach

Coming from the south on 101 North: Exit Garden St and turn left on Garden. Take a
right on Cabrillo Blvd and follow signs for Santa Barbara Harbor. Entrance will be on the
left hand side, across from the SBCC football field.

Coming from the north on 101 South: Exit Castillo St and turn right on Castillo, then
right onto Cabrillo Blvd. Follow signs for Santa Barbara Harbor. Entrance will be on the
left hand side, across from the SBCC football field.

Parking

Paddlers:

Paid parking is available in the Leadbetter Beach and Santa Barbara Harbor
lots on a first-come, first-served basis. Max Daily Rate is $20/day and Hourly Rate is
$3.50/hr. Pay at City Parking Meter onsite, which accepts cash, debit cards and credit
cards. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY AS PARKING IS LIMITED!

  • Limited paid parking is available at SBCC Parking Lot, on Cabrillo Blvd across from Leadbetter Beach entrance. Rates are $3 for 3 hours, or $7 for all-day
  • Untimed parking available near Shoreline Park and in residential areas. Please heed the 75-minute and 90-minute only parking signs

Trucks & Trailers:

Parking and offloading of canoes will occur at the far end of Leadbetter Beach parking lot. Reserved Saturday trailer spots become available at 5 AM. First come first serve basis.

  • Friday parking: Trailers may begin parking in the western section of the Leadbetter parking lot no earlier than 10pm Friday, May 16, 2025. Any vehicles that arrive prior to 10pm on Friday, May 16, 2025 must park in the launch ramp within the main Harbor Parking lot and pay the hourly rate. Trailers who park in the Leadbetter Beach parking lot earlier than 10PM on Friday will be cited.
  • Rig Run Paddler Map

Accommodations

  • Hotel Milo: 202 W Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA. 93101
    • Phone: 805-965-4577
    • 15% discount off the Flexible Rate (standard rate) at the time of booking
    • No minimum number of nights
    • Click Here to book online or use discount code RIGRUN25 when booking
    • Discount code valid until 1 week prior to arrival.
  • Harbor View Inn: 28 W Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA. 93103
    • Phone: 805-963-0780
    • 25% discount off standard non-promotional rates
    • Discount is valid on Resort/City View Rooms and higher
        • Not valid on standard non-view rooms

      Use discount code RigRun2025 under “Promo Code” when checking out

    • Reservations only bookable via:harborviewinnsb.com
    • 2 night minimum

Food

  • Please follow Zero Waste practices and bring your own utensils/napkins/containers.
  • El Pastorcito Food Truck will be available for breakfast and lunch all day. They will have breakfast burritos in addition to the menu provided on their website linked here. Make sure to try their specialty al pastor! Check out all their delicious offerings on their Instagram account @elpastorcitomobile!
  • Considered Coffee will be catering to all your caffeine needs! This local and woman owned business will be serving drip coffee, cold brew, espresso drinks, matcha, chai, and other various teas from their cute coffee bus. They will also have some light breakfast options. Vegan breakfast burritos will be available as well. Check out their full menu here and find them on Instragram @consideredsb.co!

 

Keiki Activities Area

Come visit our new “Keiki Activities Area,” where a variety of games and aloha art activities will be going on. If 12 or under, you can complete different activities to enter your name into a drawing for prizes. We have a scavenger hunt, arts & crafts, individual and team games. The booth will open following the hula ceremony and run through the men’s race. Grand prize drawing is a trip for one child and one adult to visit either Santa Cruz or Anacapa Island, donated by Island Packers of Ventura

Beer Garden

SBOCC’s Beer Garden will have beer, wine and hard ciders sponsored by Rincon Brewery, Lama Dog and Anna’s Cider. Open 11am – 4:30pm (last call at 4:00pm). Over 21 enforced

Merchandise

Race Apparel & Merchandise will be available at the event. Click Here to pre-order. Pre-orders available May 1 – May 14.

Raffle

Check out SBOCC’s first Rig Run Raffle! Tickets may be purchased pre-sale or onsite 7am – 2pm. The drawing will be held after the men’s race (approx. 2pm). Winners must claim prizes by the close of the event. Check out SBOCC’s social media pages leading up to the event for more information regarding raffle items.

Event Partners

  • Vendors: PaddleMe Sports will be selling paddling gear. Voil Wellness will be providing samples of their hydration drink mix. Procovry will be providing 15 minute bodywork treatments throughout the day. Lagoon Designs will be selling swimsuits & merchandise. Kelp Clothing will be selling their kelp-based clothing.
  • Non-profit partner: Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is a local environmental non-profit that protects the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds. To learn more about their work protecting our ocean and coastlines and to make a donation to protect where we play, visit sbck.org
  • Water station: Provided by SolWaveWater – please bring a reusable water bottle for refill stations.
  • Hula Performance: SBOCC thanks Hula Anyone for their partnership with our pre-race blessing and hula performance.