We’re only a month away from one of the most prestigious SUP races on the calendar; the 2013 Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championships. We called it a couple of months back; this will be the most competitive SUP fields ever assembled for Molokai, with the likes of Danny Ching and Travis Grant signing on for the first time.

Well now you can see how the entire field of stacks up with the full competitor list. There’s going to be 156 Stand Up Paddlers competing this year…

The big four are there: Connor Baxter (winner of the past two titles), Danny Ching, Travis Grant, Kai Lenny.

Missing are a couple of big names: 2010 Champion Dave Kalama and 10x Paddleboard Champ Jamie Mitchell, however there’s a whole stack of dark horses that could challenge Connor, Danny, Kai and Travis.

One of those is Scott Gamble. Now Scott is hardly a dark horse, at least not among the Hawaiian paddling fraternity, but he doesn’t have the same reputation as the big guns and could fly under the radar. The Oahu paddler was apparently in the lead last year, before unfortunately pulling out with injury, so look for him to be right near the front again this year.

There’s plenty of other well known names on the start list; Brazilian-come-Maui-boy Livio Menelau is always up there. Young guns Kody Kerbox and Mo Freitas have the speed to win, but their endurance is perhaps a little untested. France’s Eric Terrien knows the Ka’iwi Channel well and has been testing out his Molokai board in Europe the past couple of weeks. America’s Cup winning skipper Jimmy Spithill will probably surprise a few people. While in the Stock class we’ve got the likes of Andrew Logreco (multiple winner of this division) and Florida’s big guy, Chase Kosterlitz.

The women’s field is looking super competitive as well. Defending Champ Talia Gangini (now Talia Gangini-Decoite after her recent marriage) will be back in the Solo race, though Downwind Queen and previous winner Andrea Moller will be looking to make up for a surprise defeat in 2012.

But the real question mark in the women’s race will be how well Annabel Anderson performs. The New Zealander has been on a tear the past twelve months, winning every race in sight (sometimes defeating not only all the women but all of the men as well), however her Molokai skills are a bit of an unknown. The Kiwi loves downwinding though, so if we get half decent conditions this year I think Annabel will be right up there (and if we get bad conditions, it might actually work in her favour, as the downwinding skills of Andrea and co will be nullified…).

So check out the complete competitor list for all three SUP categories below, then keep your eye on SUPracer.com over the next five weeks for complete coverage of Molokai 2013.

Molokai 2013 In Numbers…

– 72 competitors have signed on for the Solo SUP category – 13 women and 59 men
– 18 solo paddlers are competing in the “stock” board class (14′ & under) – two women and 16 men
– 54 solo paddlers have signed on for the “unlimited” board class – 11 women and 43 men
– 14x three-person teams (total 42 competitors)
– 21x two-person teams (total 42 competitors)
– All up there’s going to be 156 competitors across all of the SUP divisions
– Oldest competitor in the Solo category: 65-year-old Bob Arnot (USA)
– Youngest competitor in the Solo category: 15 year old Kimon Dos Santos (South Africa)

Category	M/F	Name	Division	Age	Country
Solo	M	Bob Arnot	Unlimited - Male 50+	65	US
Solo	M	Chikara Tsumura	Unlimited - Male 50+	60	JP
Solo	M	Brad Feldman	Unlimited - Male 50+	56	US
Solo	M	Scott Trudon	Unlimited - Male 50+	54	US
Solo	M	Scott McPhail	Unlimited - Male 50+	51	US
Solo	M	Michael Nunnery	Unlimited - Male 50+	50	US
Solo	M	Stuart Murray	Unlimited - Male 50+	50	AU
Solo	M	Joel Comer	Unlimited - Male 50+	50	US
Solo	M	Billy Robello	Unlimited - Male 40-49	49	US
Solo	M	Pietro Muscas	Stock - Male 40-49	48	ZA
Solo	M	Peter Petersen	Stock - Male 40-49	48	ZA
Solo	M	Kevin Horgan	Unlimited - Male 40-49	48	US
Solo	M	Terry Stevens	Stock - Male 40-49	47	VI
Solo	M	Christian Cook	Unlimited - Male 40-49	46	US
Solo	M	Nevvar Hickmet	Unlimited - Male 40-49	46	GB
Solo	F	Tomoe Yasu	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	46	JP
Solo	F	Devin Blish	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	46	US
Solo	M	Jerry Bess	Unlimited - Male 40-49	46	US
Solo	M	Patrick Broemmel	Unlimited - Male 40-49	45	US
Solo	M	J Stephens	Unlimited - Male 40-49	45	US
Solo	M	Michael Richards	Stock - Male 40-49	44	US
Solo	M	Norman Hann	Unlimited - Male 40-49	43	CA
Solo	M	Stéphane Bodet	Unlimited - Male 40-49	42	GP
Solo	M	Will Anido	Unlimited - Male 40-49	42	AU
Solo	M	Ingo Rademacher	Unlimited - Male 40-49	42	US
Solo	M	Vince Longo	Unlimited - Male 40-49	42	US
Solo	M	Jeremy Riggs	Unlimited - Male 40-49	41	US
Solo	M	Takuji Araki	Stock - Male 30-39	39	JP
Solo	F	Brigette Van Aswegen	Stock - Female (All Ages)	38	ZA
Solo	M	Scott Gamble	Unlimited - Male 30-39	37	US
Solo	M	Chase Kosterlitz	Stock - Male 29 & U	37	US
Solo	M	Yoshiaki Nagamatsu	Stock - Male 30-39	37	JP
Solo	M	Roberto Araujo	Unlimited - Male 30-39	37	BR
Solo	M	Jimmy Fitt	Unlimited - Male 30-39	36	US
Solo	M	Tomoyasu Murabayashi	Unlimited - Male 30-39	35	JP
Solo	M	Marcus Tardrew	Unlimited - Male 30-39	35	AU
Solo	M	Livio Menelau	Unlimited - Male 30-39	35	US
Solo	M	Craig Longobardi	Stock - Male 30-39	35	US
Solo	M	James Spithill	Unlimited - Male 30 - 39	34	AU
Solo	F	Andrea Moller	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	33	US
Solo	M	Matthew Schollard	Stock - Male 30-39	32	US
Solo	F	Annabel Anderson	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	32	NZ
Solo	F	Lina Augaitis	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	32	CA
Solo	F	Sonja Hönscheid	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	32	DE
Solo	F	Jennifer Lee	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	32	US
Solo	M	Eric Terrien	Stock - Male 30-39	31	ES
Solo	M	Gustavo Oliveira	Stock - Male 30-39	31	BR
Solo	F	Jennifer Kalmbach	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	30	US
Solo	M	Travis Grant	Unlimited - Male 30-39	30	AU
Solo	M	Danny Ching	Unlimited - Male 30-39	30	US
Solo	F	Terrene Black	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	30	AU
Solo	M	Luiz Carlos Guida	Unlimited - Male 30-39	30	BR
Solo	F	Rachel Bruntsch	Stock - Female (All Ages)	29	US
Solo	M	Andrew Ching	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	29	US
Solo	M	Andrew Logreco	Stock - Male 29 & U	28	US
Solo	F	Mariko Strickland	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	26	US
Solo	M	Kaeo Abbey	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	26	US
Solo	M	Tamarua Cowan	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	25	PF
Solo	M	Chuck Glynn	Stock - Male 29 & U	24	US
Solo	M	Christian Bradley	Stock - Male 29 & U	23	US
Solo	M	Kai Lenny	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	20	US
Solo	F	Talia Gangini Decoite	Unlimited - Female (All Ages)	20	US
Solo	M	Kody Kerbox	Stock - Male 29 & U	19	US
Solo	M	Zane Schweitzer	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	19	US
Solo	M	Noa Ginella	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	19	US
Solo	M	Connor Baxter	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	18	US
Solo	M	Matt Becker	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	18	US
Solo	M	Vinnicius Martins	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	17	BR
Solo	M	Travis Baptiste	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	16	US
Solo	M	Riggs Napolean	Stock - Male 29 & U	16	US
Solo	M	Mo Freitas	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	16	US
Solo	M	Kimon Dos Santos	Unlimited - Male 29 & U	15	ZA

Category	Team Captain	Partner	Division
Two-person	Figueroa, Karen	Dominique Miller	Stock 14' - Female (All Ages)
Two-person	Fourcade, Teva	Austin Yonehiro	Stock 14' - Male 79 & Under
Two-person	Grimaud, Laurent	Steven Frogier	Stock 14' - Male 80+
Two-person	Hart, Dana	Shane White	Stock 14' - Male 80+
Two-person	Ingalls, Tucker	Poenaiki Riaoha	Stock 14' - Male 79 & Under
Two-person	Kalepa, Archie	Dave Parmenter	Stock 14' - Male 80+
Two-person	Klemawesch, Patrick	Stephen Klemawesch	Stock 14' - Male 100+
Two-person	Moore, Patrick	Blake Francis	Stock 14' - Male 79 & Under
Two-person	Ouellet, Kerstin	Keith Meter	Stock 14' - Mixed
Two-person	Patterson, Chuck	Ridge Lenny	Stock 14' - Male 79 & Under
Two-person	Pestana, Edmund	Yannick LII	Stock 14' - Male 100+
Two-person	Roberts, Kevin	Ryan Helm	Stock 14' - Male 80+
Two-person	Schweiger, Michi	Manca Notar	Stock 14' - Mixed
Two-person	Smith, Bill	Mike Evatt	Stock 14' - Male 100+
Two-person	Smith, Vanessa	Stu Sohier	Stock 14' - Mixed
Two-person	Stehlik, Robert	Greg Pavao	Stock 14' - Male 80+
Two-person	Sterling, Jamie	Teammate Needs to Register	Stock 14' - Male 79 & Under
Two-person	Szymanski, Brian	Matt Friedman	Stock 14' - Male 80+
Two-person	Walker, Eric	Gail Vento	Stock 14' - Mixed
Two-person	Wheeler, Ed	Halie Harrison	Stock 14' - Mixed
Two-person	Willis, Alika	Leleo Kinimaka	Stock 14' - Male 100+

Category	Team Captain	Paddler #2	Paddler #3	Division
Three-person	Cachuela, Alex	Walter Machado	Alika Tom	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)
Three-person	Chang, Jeff	Nicole Madisok	Stephen Pugh	3-Man: SUP - Open Mixed (No Elites)
Three-person	Farrer, Cameron	Brett Thomas	Team Member Needs to Register	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)
Three-person	Fong, Scotty	Kekoa Uemura	Team Member Needs to Register	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)
Three-person	Frey, Roch	Greg Welch	David Darbs	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)
Three-person	Froiseth, Teene	Sandy Deeley	Scott Adams	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)
Three-person	Gomes, Lani	Kanakolu Noa	Sharon Look	3-Man: SUP - Open Female (No Elites)
Three-person	Hoesterey, Morgan	Kate Dowling	Fran Kasssberg	3-Man: SUP - Open Female (No Elites)
Three-person	Hope, Dale	Victor Lopez	Dale Hope	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)
Three-person	Jeppesen, Heather	Beau Oliveira	JH Tillman	3-Man: SUP - Open Mixed (No Elites)
Three-person	Lui-kwan, Don	Jon Lui-kwan	Aaron Lui-Kwan	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)
Three-person	Nagasawa, Scott	Lyman Ashikawa	Marj Takabayashi	3-Man: SUP - Open Mixed (No Elites)
Three-person	Smith, Curtis	Bobby Balouskas	Randy Viveiros	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)
Three-person	Titcomb, Herbie	George Kam	Kent Kam	3-Man: SUP - Open Male (No Elites)

(click here to see the official list, including prone paddleboard divisions)