Pan American Region
September 2018
Rules of Policy for the Pan Am Water Ski Championships and other Water Ski competitions in the Region
The IWWF current rulebook will be used in all cases other than those set forth below by the Pan American Tournament Council
OPEN
a) A country may have a team of 3 skiers regardless of qualifications
b) The entry qualifications of Rules 4.03, 4.04, and 4.06 are changed to use the scores in Rule 4.06 only
c) In slalom finals, skip one pass and go to the next higher speed or rope length
d) There is no separate overall competition.
e) Finals will be one half the paid entry list, rounded up to the next skier, but limited to a max of 8 skiers and a min. of 4 skiers
UNDER 21 (U21)
a) Rules as per IWSF rulebook, with noted exceptions
b) Four skiers total, three maximum of any one sex.
c) Best three scores count towards team score.
d) No minimum entry qualifications
e) In slalom finals, , skip one pass and go to the next higher speed or rope length
f) Finals will be one half the paid entry list, rounded up to the next skier, but limited to a maximum of 6 skiers and a min. of 3 skiers
UNDER 17 (U17)
a) Rules identical to the rules used for the Junior World Championships, with noted exceptions
b) Six skiers, four of any one sex. The best three scores to count towards team score. (2018)
c) No minimum entry qualifications
d) In slalom finals, skip one pass and go to the next higher speed or rope length
e) Finals will be one half the paid entry list, rounded up to the next skier, but limited to a max of 6 skiers and a min. of 3 skiers.
UNDER 14 (U14) (changed from U 13)
a) Rules identical to the rules used for the Junior World Championships, with noted exceptions
b) Six skiers, four of any one sex. The best three scores to count towards team score. (2018)
c) The maximum age of any skier participating is 13 years as of December 31 preceding the Tournament
d) No minimum entry qualification
e) In slalom prelim:
Boys: 43k-55k; Girls: 40kph-52kph (2006).
In finals, skip one pass and go to the next higher speed or rope length(2010 changed)
f) In jumping the maximum speed is: 45k. The subtraction factor is boys: -13; girls -10.
g) Finals will be half the paid entry list, rounded up to the next skier, but limited to a max. of 6 skiers and a min of 3 skiers
OVER 35 (+35)
a) Rules identical to those used in over 35 IWWF rulebook
b) Four skiers total, three maximum of any one sex. The best three scores to count towards team score
c) No minimum entry qualifications
d) In slalom finals, skip one pass and go to the next higher speed or rope length(2010 changed)
e) Finals will be one half the paid entry list, rounded up to the next skier, but limited to a max of 4 skiers and a min. of 3 skiers.
OVER 45 (+45)
a) Rules identical to those used in over 35 IWWF rulebook
b) Four skiers total, three maximum of any one sex. The best three scores to count towards team score
c) No minimum entry qualifications
d) In slalom finals, skip one pass and go to the next higher speed or rope length
e) Finals will be one half the paid entry list, rounded up to the next skier, but limited to a max of 4 skiers and a min. of 3 skiers.
OVER 55 (+55) (2018)
a) Rules identical to those used in over 35 IWWF rulebook
b) Four skiers total, three maximum of any one sex. The best three scores to count towards team score
c) No minimum entry qualifications
d) In slalom finals, skip one pass and go to the next higher speed or rope length
e) Finals will be one half the paid entry list, rounded up to the next skier, but limited to a max of 4 skiers and a min. of 3 skiers.
ALL DIVISIONS
The tournament should be run, if possible, with the classification of at least “L” The Pan Ams will be seeded.
JUMP HEIGHTS: Should be sent in with the entry (i.e. IWWF rule) CHIEF JUDGE will set the ultimate deadline for declaring jump heights.
ONE SKIER from each country may ski in both their divisional team (by age) and on the Open Team, if so qualified.
PRACTICE: Practice at the Pan Am Championships Must be fair and equal for all Federations Must be listed in the bulletin with details of how it will run
No skiing during any Awards Ceremony
No skiing during the Opening Ceremony
No skiing after the competition until the first segment is complete After a segment of the competition starts, no participating athlete will practice on the competition site If the tournament is running in two segments and , if there is over two hours of day light/ski time remaining and it was listed in the bulletin as a possibility, there could be extra practice time on a fair and equal basis. The Chief Judge will decide if the time is available before practice can be planned and posted.
REFERENCES to Tournament Council in the IWWF rulebook shall mean Pan American Tournament Council
REFERENCES to World shall be changed to Pan American as appropriate.