SWISS SURFING RANKING
The national ranking system is based on points won at surf competitions across all divisions of Swiss Surfing. The ranking should enable athletes to participate in surf competitions all over the world and collect points for the ranking. Active surfers who gain competition experience will be rewarded regardless of where they live.
The national ranking will be updated continuously and allows every competitive surfer to see at any time his individual Swiss ranking in comparison to all other surfers in his respective age group, respectively division.
FACTS

One Ranking
- There is no longer a Landlocked Ranking or Ocean Ranking.

Compete Worldwide
- No matter where you live competition participation is rewarded.

best four count
- The four best results of the last 365 days count.

WSL Ranking as Baseline
- The Baseline for the ranking is the WSL Qualifying Series 1000.

365 days
- The ranking phase is 365 days.
- Points earned before that time are forfeited.
- In case of injuries, illness, pregnancy with duration >8 weeks, the scoring phase will be extended to max. 730 days.

Ranking Requirements
- All surfers licensed in Switzerland (valid Active Membership) who have at least one point.
- Swiss nationality

National Team
- The ranking is part of the selection for the national team.

Swiss Champs
- Regardless of the ranking, the Swiss champions will be crowned at the Swiss Surfing Championship and the Edelweiss Surf Tour.
Process
Register For TournamenT
You sign up for a competition somewhere in the world.
Participate at the competition
You compete in the competition. Good luck!
Report Results
Log in with your SSA Account and report your results within 14 days using the Result Report Form under My Account.
NOTE: You must have a valid license or Active Membership to access the report form.
Known TournamenT?
We will check your result and see if we have already classified the tournament.
Known Tournament
If we have already classified the competition. We can credit you the points.
Unknown Tournament
If we do not know the competition, then we will homologate / classify it. That means we will assign a classification factor to it.
APPROVE and Publish Ranking
We approve your result. Now the points are included in the national ranking.
NOTE: Only the best four results of the last 365 days count.
Calculation
Points National Ranking = Ranking Points ∗ Factor Classification ∗ Factor Number of Participants (NoP)
Ranking Points
The table below shows which placement gives how many points. This is independent of the classification of the event. A first place at all events always gives 1000 points.
Ranking Points Table
Place
Points
1
1000
2
750
3
560
4
525
5
420
6
407
7
395
8
348
9
300
10
295
11
290
12
285
13
280
14
260
15
240
16
220
17
200
18
199
19
197
20
194
21
193
22
192
23
189
24
186
25
185
26
177
27
169
28
160
29
153
30
144
31
136
32
128
33
120
34
119
35
118
36
118
37
117
38
116
39
115
40
114
41
113
42
113
43
113
44
112
45
112
46
112
47
111
48
111
49
110
50
107
51
104
52
100
53
97
54
96
55
94
56
92
57
90
58
88
59
86
60
85
61
83
62
80
63
77
64
74
65
70
66
69
67
69
68
68
69
68
70
67
71
66
72
66
73
65
74
64
75
64
76
63
77
63
78
62
79
61
80
61
81
60
82
58
83
55
84
53
85
50
86
48
87
45
88
43
89
40
90
38
91
35
92
33
93
30
94
28
95
25
96
23
97
20
98
19
99
19
100
19
101
19
102
18
103
18
104
18
105
18
106
17
107
17
108
17
109
16
110
16
111
16
112
16
113
15
114
14
115
14
116
14
117
14
118
13
119
13
120
13
121
13
122
12
123
12
124
12
125
11
126
11
127
11
128
10
129
10
130
10
131
9
132
9
133
9
134
8
135
8
136
8
137
7
138
7
139
7
140
6
141
6
142
6
143
5
144
5
145
4
146
4
147
4
148
4
149
3
150
3
151
3
152
3
153
3
154
3
155
3
156
3
157
2
158
2
159
2
160
2
161
2
162
2
163
2
164
2
165
1
166
1
167
1
168
1
169
1
170
1
Factor Classification
Not all events have the same surf level or professionalism. This factor takes this into consideration. The WSL QS1000 event with a factor of 1 is the basis for all other factors.
Factor Classification Table
Category
Event / Series
Factor
International
Olympic Games
12.0
International
World Surfing Games (ISA)
9.0
International
Eurosurf (ESF)
6.0
International
World Surf League (WSL)
10.0
International
Challenger Series 10000 (WSL)
10.0
International
Qualifying Series 5000 (WSL)
5.0
International
Qualifying Series 3000 (WSL)
3.0
International
Qualifying Series 1500 (WSL)
1.5
International
Qualifying Series 1000 (WSL)
1.0
International
Speciality Event (WSL)
1.5
International
World Longboard Surfing Championship (WSL)
9.0
International
Longboard Tour (WSL)
5.0
International
Junior Tour (WSL)
1.0
International
Rapid Surf League (RSL)
0.1
International
City Wave Pro Tour
0.15
International
World Para Surfing Championship (ISA)
9.0
International
EuroSurf Adaptive (ESF)
6.0
National
Swiss Surfing Championship (Swiss Surfing)
0.2
National
Swiss Wavepool Championship (SSA)
0.1
International
Alaïa Open Wintercup (Edelweiss Surf Tour)
0.3
International
Junior Olympic Games
12.0
International
World Junior Surfing Championship (ISA)
9.0
International
EuroSurf Junior (ESF)
6.0
International
World Junior Surfing Championship (ISA)
9.0
International
EuroSurf Junior (ESF)
6.0
International
Unknown
0
National
Oana Open (Edelweiss Surf Tour)
0.1
National
Urbansurf Zürich Open (Edelweiss Surf Tour)
0.1
National
Circuito Regional de Surf (Portugal)
0.5
National
HSA Maui Tour (Hawaii)
0.55
National
Championat de France (France)
0.4
National
Circuito Nacional de Surf JPS (Costa Rica)
0.4
National
Circuito Pacifico de Surf (Costa Rica)
0.2
National
Ligue Guadeloupe de SURF (Guadeloupe)
0.3
National
Open de France
0.4
Continental
ALAS Pro Tour
0.5
Regional
Caribean Surf Connection (CSC) Event (Dominican Republic)
0.1
National
Deutsch Meisterschaft SurfDM (Germany)
0.3
Regional
Circuito Cantabro Junior (Spain)
0.3
FACTOR Number of Participants
The smaller the field of participants, the smaller this factor becomes.
Factor NUmber Of Participants Table
Number of Participants |
Factor |
4 – 7 | 0.5 |
8 | 0.7 |
9 – 14 | 0.8 |
15 – 19 | 0.9 |
20 and more | 1 |
Rankings
Surf Women
Rank | Athlete | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Alicia Martinet | 539 |
2 | Nadia Ritzmann | 482 |
3 | Fabiana Klein | 214 |
4 | Jana Wessels | 158 |
5 | Célia Magras | 74 |