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RULES AND PROCEDURES

 

Entry Fee: $335 one event, $450 two events

  

Payments Can be made to

Waterski Events LLC

Or

Zelle to 310-721-1158

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GENERAL RULES

a. Rules to follow IWSF Current Rule book except when outlined below.

b. Bibs must be worn during the finals while the event is broadcast

c. Official measurement is metric

d. All skiers must provide completed tax forms before skiing.

e. Schedule changes due to weather, safety or unforeseen issues will be at the sole discretion of the event organizers

f. The First Two Rounds of Jump and Two Rounds of Slalom will be ran as Record
Capable and/or Ranking List Capable. The Final Rounds will be ran at the
organizer’s discretion, as Ranking List or X (Fun/Non-Homologated).

Entries

Men & Women Jump and Slalom Skiers

  1. The top 5 finishers from each Discipline on the 2023 Waterski Pro Tour Leaderboard shall be invited.

  2. The top 5 listed from each Discipline on the 2024 Waterski Pro Tour Leaderboard as of September 15th that are not already qualified, shall be invited.

  3. The slalom and jump current World Record Holders shall be invited

  4. The top 3 finishers of the 2023 IWWF Open World Championships in Slalom and Jump shall be invited.

  5. The organizer has 5 wild cards for each event, at their discretion

Open Men & Women Jump

Procedure

1.  Jump Round One includes all open men & women jumpers

2. Top six (men) & Top four (women) from Round One advance to the finals.

3.  Top two from Round Two that are not already qualified advance to the finals

4.  The Finals will consist of 8 Male & 6 Female Jumpers/Skiers based on the rules outlined above.

5.  Seeding for the preliminary round one  is based on the Current Pro Tour Ranking List the week before the event. 

6.  Seeding for Round Two will be based on Round One Scores with tie breaks using Seeding into Round One.

7.  Seeding for the Final Round will be based on Qualifying Scores, with those qualified in round one seeded ahead of round two qualifiers.

Ties

1. Round One and Round Two ties for the 6th Men /4th Women, and 8th Men/6th Women spot respectively will be broken by a two jump “jump off”. All other ties for placement in Round One will be broken by the Ranking List Seeding used for Round One. All other ties for placement in Round Two will be broken by the Round One scores. If ties continue to exist, it will be broken by the seeding value of the skiers coming into the event.

2. Ties for First Place, in the Final Round will be broken by a two jump “jump off”. The order of skiers will be by random draw.

3.  All other ties in the Finals will be broken by the next longest jump of the skiers set (in the finals- not from prior rounds).

Men & Women Slalom

Procedure for Rounds One & Two on Thursday

1. Class R
2. Top 4 scores from either round advance to Saturday Head to Head Finals

  1. 1. Ties for the last spot(s) will be broken as follows:

  • Ties are broken by either round backup score

  • If still tied, then Run-Off as follows

    •  1st Run-Off. New draw for order. Best Score Wins

    •  If still tied. Then top seeded skier into event chooses skiing order, second skier must exceed score of first.

  1. 2. Ties for placement into the final round, which have not been decided by a Run Off will be determined by best back up score, then seeding into the event.

3. Top 5- 8 are placed as such on the podium

  • 1. Ties are broken by either round backup score

  • 2. If still tied then follow tie break rule above.

4.  Starting Speed/Rope Lengths: R1 Women 55/14, Finals Women 55/13. R1           Men 58/13, Finals Men 58/12 

Finals

Saturday Evening During Festival

1. Finals- Head to Head. Second Skier must exceed the score of the First Skier. No Run-Offs.

2. Two Boats, each skier immediately after the other in head to head format.

3. Pairs- Higher Seed May Select to go First or Select the Boat

  • First Pair: #4 and #1 Skier

  • Second Pair: #3 and #2 Skier

  • Then Final Two Skiers- same format

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