The Canadian Air Guitar Championships and all the qualifying competitions organized within its authority will comply with the following rules:

1. The instrument of an Air Guitar player must be invisible, i.e. air.
2. An Air Guitarist may play an electric guitar or an acoustic one - or both.
3. Each competitor must participate in a qualifying round (excluding the champion of the previous year, who has direct access to the final) to compete for a place in the final.
4. In each regional competition the competitors perform one song of their own choice. The judges select the best competitors from the regional qualifying competitions into the regional championships, and the winner of each championship will be rewarded with a ticket to Toronto for the Canadian Championships in August. A total of 10 Air Guitarists perform in the final.
5. In the final the competitors perform two one-minute rounds:
   - Compulsory song (1 minute), which is the same for all the competitors and which the competitors will not hear until right before the final.
   - Song of own choice (1 minute).
   The competitors must bring their personally selected song with them on a CD. The competitor may edit the song beforehand so that it lasts one minute, or alternatively let the organizers know the point from which to start playing the song.
6. Personal Air Roadies are allowed. Backing groups - real or Air Groups - are not allowed. The dress code for an Air Guitar player is free and he/she may use additional props in any way he/she desires. An Air Guitar player may use a real pick or play by strumming or finger picking.
7. Judges
   The jury of the Canadian Air Guitar Championships is carefully selected by the Canadian Air Guitar Association’s board of directors. The organizers give the following directions to the judges before they begin their work:
    
   Criteria for evaluation: originality, the ability to be taken over by the music, stage charisma, technique, artistic impression and airness. The performances are scored with the figure skating scoring method, i.e. the judges give points on a scale from 4.0 to 6.0. The scores from the judges are added together and the person with the most points wins. If two or more contestants end up having the same score, they have to play an extra round. The contestant who scores the most points in the extra round wins the championship. If the result is a tie also after the extra round, the one who scored most points in the Compulsory Round of the concerned competitors is considered the winner. If these results are also equal, the competitors concerned will be considered tied. The jury evaluates the competitors according to their own judgment and taste. The decisions of the jury are final.
8. Participation
   Participation in the Canadian Air Guitar Championships is open to all citizens of Canada. If an official Regional qualifying competition is arranged in the Air Guitar player's home province / city, the competitor must participate in it. The competitors take part in the competition at their own risk.
9. National Championship
   There will only be one official national championship competition in Canada. This status is granted by the Canadian Air Guitar Association and its board of directors. The winner of the Canadian Championships is guaranteed direct access to the finals of the Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland without qualifying, along with airfare and accommodations. The organizers of the Provincial / Regional Championships will agree to respect the ideology of air guitar playing and this declaration as Official Rules and judging criteria, and will commit themselves to spread the ideology in their own regional competitions.
10. Prizes
    The prizing of the Canadian Air Guitar Regionals & Championships will be announced shortly.
11. The obligations of the Canadian Champion
    The Canadian Air Guitar Champion must carry the joyful tidings of the Air Guitar forward and thus promote Canadian virtues and world peace.