Just wondering what the rules are in Australia and the rest of the world in regards to kneeling down and paddling during a SUP race. The other day during one of our regular Wednesday night races held in fairly windy choppy conditions ( maybe 15knts), we had a fun downwind run with heaps of great little runners to surf. When we rounded the buoy to head side/into the wind one of the racers dropped to his knees and powered ahead of the rest of the field. Gaining probably 40-50m while the rest of us slogged on grunting and cursing the wind. On the final leg his lead was lessened but nobody could catch him before the finish. My question is does this break any rules and is it considered cheating or frowned upon?

Our racing isn't too serious and the result didn't affect the overall season points so nobody questioned it too much. But it would be good to set some ground rules before things get more serious and someone does get upset.

Thanks