New to board racing
New to board racing? Start here
The pages of this site in the order a first-time racer needs them. Each step says what the page answers; the page itself carries the rules and where they come from.
Before your first race
Three things come before any of the pages below: a licence, an event to enter and a board to race.
- Two strands side by side, in no set order between them or within the first.Licence. Apply through your club to your National Authority, a member of the UIM, for an International licence; another nation's Authority may issue one only with your own nation's written agreement. It runs for one year. 2026 MotoSurf Rulebook, Art. 201 and 202.01 to 202.03Not in the documents: which body is the National Authority where you live.Insurance. Hold private cover for extreme sports. Riders under 18 also bring the official form from a legal representative. 2026 MotoSurf Rulebook, Art. 201Find an event. The promoter puts out its Advance Programme no later than 60 days before the event. 2026 MotoSurf Rulebook, Art. 203Not in the documents: dates, venues or a web address in the rulebook, which says only that the organiser has a website. The race weekend page carries the promoter's provisional 2027 list.Confirm. Tell the promoter you are taking part, the way that programme asks. It also sets the entry fee. 2026 MotoSurf Rulebook, Art. 203 and 204
- Register at the event. Officials ask for your licence, take the fee, and inspect your board and safety gear. 2026 MotoSurf Rulebook, Art. 206.01 and 500Not in the documents: a named seller or price, or whether a hired or borrowed board may race. The owner manual only points to a dealer and rental centre finder on the maker's website.
- Race, with an inspection sticker on every item that passed. 2026 MotoSurf Rulebook, Art. 500
The rulebook sets no order between getting the licence and insurance and lining up an event. Registration is where they meet: officials ask for the licence there and inspect the board. Dashed boxes are questions the documents leave open.
How we know: 2026 MotoSurf Rulebook, Art. 201 to 204, 206.01 and 500.
What the figure leaves out:
A licence
- The National Authority may refuse a licence without stating a reason, and you may hold one from one National Authority only. 2026 rulebook, Art. 202.02
- It normally runs 1 January to 31 December, and the National Authority, not the rulebook, sets its price. 2026 rulebook, Art. 202.03 and 202.04
- Third party liability cover is the promoter's, and the promoter supplies the under 18 form on request or in the Advance Programme. 2026 rulebook, Art. 201
- Ages, counted in the calendar year: Juniors Boys 8 to 14 and Juniors Girls 8 to 15; the other 6 classes set a minimum, 15 at the lowest. The classes page has every band and the Art. 301.09 exceptions. 2026 rulebook, Art. 301
The documents are silent on:
- Which body is the National Authority in a given country: the rulebook lists none.
- Any medical test or certificate for a licence or for entry. The medical rules it does carry are for injured riders, who must contact the Sport Director and Medical Director at least seven days before an event (Art. 206.02.01).
An event
- The UIM hands the organisation of the World and Continental Championships to a promoter, which the rulebook calls MSWC. 2026 rulebook, Art. 102
- The place and time of registration are in a preliminary programme the rulebook says is on the organiser's website, and the promoter sends registration instructions. 2026 rulebook, Art. 201
- Late registration is refused. A rider may ask once a season for extra time to arrive and register, but not for a first race. 2026 rulebook, Art. 206.01
The documents are silent on:
- Dates, venues or a season calendar in the rulebook, and a web address for the promoter or the organisers; the provisional 2027 list is the promoter's, not the rulebook's.
A board
- Prototypes are barred. In Elite Men and Masters Men a board must be a production type its manufacturer can prove was built in at least 50 pieces. 2026 rulebook, Art. 501.01 d)
- Elite Men also needs at least one Stock Men race completed the season before, unless the Motosurf Committee grants an exception. 2026 rulebook, Art. 301.01
- Electric Challenge, open to men and women of 16 and over, names no manufacturer, and its technical article sets no production minimum. 2026 rulebook, Art. 301.08 and 505
- Stock Men, Elite Women, Masters Women and the junior classes go further and accept only named JetSurf models in standard specification. 2026 rulebook, Art. 502.01, 503.01 and 504.01
- Every board passes a technical inspection at registration, carried out by the Technical Scrutineer, the official in charge of technical checks at the race, and in Elite Men and Masters Men one without its genuine engine and hull number is turned away. 2026 rulebook, Art. 500 and 501.01 e)
- The owner manual sends owners to an authorised Jetsurf dealer for equipment and repairs, and names no dealer. JetSurf owner manual
The documents are silent on:
- A named seller, what a board costs, or whether a hired or borrowed board may race.
The pages, in order
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1. Find the class you would race in
Classes decide who races whom. The classes page lists each class the 2026 rulebook defines, with who may enter and the limits that apply.
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2. Learn which boards may race
Not every board is allowed. The boards page lists the manufacturer's models and marks which ones a closed class names, and the homologation page holds the forms that fix the engine, exhaust, pump and electronics.
The JetSurf models compared, then the UIM homologation forms
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3. Get the kit a rider has to wear
The kit page lists what a rider must wear and carry, each item with the document it comes from.
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4. Know how a race weekend runs
The format in the order the articles give it, the entry fees the 2025 edition printed and where 2026 sends you for them, and the promoter's provisional 2027 list.
4 steps · each points to the page with the rules