1.05: Amendments to the Rules

Under the authority of the Tournament Council Chairman, proposed rules may be tested. The Chairman shall determine the appropriate homologation level under the test conditions. A complete report of the results of the test will be made by the Homologator and Chief Judge and sent to the Chairman for distribution to the Tournament Council.

1.07: Voting of the Judges

2.02: Rounds

All skiers qualified to ski in an event must ski in the preliminary round of that event.

A skier must score (more than 0) in the preliminary round to qualify for the final.

5.04: Overall Placement

The contestants placed 5th and below in the Preliminary rounds shall maintain that order in the official results for Overall placement.

In the case where an overall finals is not scheduled separately, the overall scoring will be determined with the best score of either round being used. In the case where an overall finals cannot be held due to weather - the rule will revert to cancellation and the results of the preliminary round only will count.

6.08: Official Uniforms

10.04: Tow Lines

10.04(i) A protective shock tube must be used on the rope in Slalom.

10.07: Speed Control

(g) For jumping, the manufacturer's recommendations shall be used regarding any skier selections of parameters.
For Perfect Pass, this means that a skier may select a letter in the range of plus or minus three letters from the initial selection indicated by the weight of skier without equipment.

13.02: Description of the Jump Ramp

13.03: Jump Speeds

The boat speeds for the jumping event shall be chosen by the skier from those listed in Rule 13.04 up to the maximum allowed as follows:

a) Men - 57 km/h

b) Women - 54 km/h

13.04: Boat Timing

13.15: Timing of the Boat

Jump Timing Reride Chart
 

seg1	seg2	action
OK	OK	none
OK	F	mandatory reride only if distance is best distance in skiers turn, the score may improve
OK	S	optional reride (protected score)
S	OK	optional reride (protected score)
S	F	mandatory reride if best distance, otherwise optional with protected score
S	S	optional reride (protected score)
F	OK	mandatory reride
F	S	mandatory reride
F	F	mandatory reride

14.08: A miss or "Riding Over"

It is a miss to ride inside a buoy or outside the entrance or end gate or to ride over, straddle or jump over a buoy or gate buoy; but there is no penalty for grazing a buoy with a ski or part of the body. "Riding over" shall be defined as hitting a buoy with the ski so as to move it significantly from it position or temporarily sink it. Hitting a buoy less severely shall be considered as "grazing."
A skier shall be judged as missing the entry or exit gate when the ski passes entirely and clearly outside the gate buoy.

15.08: Proceeding through the two trick passes

At the skier's option, if he did not fall, the boat may stop between passes for a maximum of 30 seconds, however, he may change equipment in the 30 second set down period. The 30 seconds shall start when the boat gets to the skier. The skier is allowed to change equipment after a fall or during the 30 second set down. In both cases he has only 30 seconds in which to change and at the end of 30 seconds the skier must be in the water ready to go or he loses the right to his second pass.

If a skier refuses to enter the course under the provision in Rule 15.01, and he is not ready when the boat returns for him, he shall be considered as having fallen.

15.12: Timing the Trick Pass

The trick review judge shall make a determination of the last trick in time. If the Chief Judge agrees with this determination, it shall be official. If the Chief Judge disagrees then it is the responsibility of the 5 event judges to determine if the last trick is in time.

Optionally, the Chief judge may asign a second video timing judge in his place, of a different nationality than the first judge in international tournaments. If these two judges disagree, the Chief Judge will resolve the disagreement.

Since the video is being used on all runs, this process will replace the 10,000/7,000 point review process refered to in Rule 15.15

The official appointed to review the video shall be assigned for the whole event/series.

It is strongly recommended that L&R tournaments use this technology in 2000. It is required in 2001 and beyond.

15.15: Use of the Video Camera

c) In circumstances which the Chief Judge regards as exceptional, the Chief Judge may review the tape and ask the Event Judges to look at the run again so that the correct score may be established. the Event Judges may review the tape. This request should not be granted if the intention is to change a Judge's decision under 15.11 (a) and (b).

15.16: Trick Lists

A list of declared tricks to be attempted by the skier shall be required from each entrant in the trick event before the event starts. The Chief Judge and Chief Calculator shall determine the exact time when the list must be submitted for each seed of the elimination rounds and for the final rounds. Corrections may be allowed up to one hour before the seed and the final. The trick list shall be prepared using the official code shown in the table of trick values. Reverse turns must be indicated by an R preceding the official code. In each declared trick pass, the skier may list only one trick and its associated reverse, if any, on two skis and one trick and its associated reverse, in any, on one ski under each number in the table, except that any type of 180o turn may be listed more than once. If a trick (non-180) is listed twice in the same pass then it is treated like it is not there, neither it nor any reverse which follows it may score. Only the first instance of the trick will be considered by the scorers.

A contestant who fails to submit a trick list shall be disqualified from that trick round. A skier may submit a different trick list for the event finals if he so desires. The declared list shall be made available to the officials at the discretion of the Chief Judge.

16.05a: Overall Records

The highest scoring overall performance performed in a tournament shall be a new record if it exceeds by 0.01 point or more the official record performed on a date before the tournament. If the score is equaled, the skier will become co-holder of the established record. The scoring will be based on the scores noted in Rule 5.06

Overall Records may be set in tournaments where there is no overall competition as long as there are distinct rounds of each event and the performances are all in the same round.

Overall records may be approved at the tournament under the authority of the Chief Judge and Homologator who shall submit a form attesting to the performances along with the Electronic Homologation Dossier showing that all the requirements for an R tournament were met.

16.07: Record Forms and Criteria

a) Slalom. Video will be taken from both ends of the slalom course centerlineper the rules requirements.

ADDITIONAL RULES

17.02: Slalom Gate Video Review

If video judging review is used, the video will be used when there is a 3-2 decision on a buoy score (either awarding the score or not) or a non- unanimous decision on a gate. In the case of a buoy score, the final determination will be made by the Chief Judge and another designated video judge. If the Chief Judge and the designated video judge do not unanimously agree on a score, the original score given by the event judges will stand. In the case of a non unanimous gate call, the applicable tower judges will review the video. If they do not unanimously agree on the gate, the original decision will stand.

All video review decisions will be reviewed by the panel after the event for information purposes only.

The video for the buoy score will be taken from the boat. The video for the gates will be taken from the slalom judging towers.

If it is not feasible to place the judges tower at the prescribed angle, a video camera may be mounted at the proper angle and the live signal fed to a monitor that the tower judges can observe the gate and the gate judgment will made from the monitor. The signal will be taped so that review is possible.

17.03: Optional Slalom Judging Method

 b) Additionally, a boat video may be used. If a skier/Team Representative believes that there was an error in the score, he may challenge it by notifying the Chief Judge before the next skier goes out and by putting up SF250. The Chief Judge and a designated review judge will review the video. If they both agree on a score, that will be the given score. If they disagree or agree that the video does not clearly overrule the score given by the judges, then that score will stand. The SF250 will only be returned if the oriiginal score was changed.

Rule 18 Ski Flying

Ski Flying is intended to be an experimental, promotional event limited to elite skiers and with a limited number of contests sanctioned. All IWSF Rules apply per this rulebook with the following exceptions and modifications as noted below which will supercede the relavent rules as indicated.

18.02: Ski Fly Tow Lines A contestant may furnish his own line and handle for the ski fly event and it may be of any dimensions or material. The length of the handle attachment measured from the inside surface of the attaching loop furthest from the handle to the center portion of the handle furthest from the attaching loop must be no longer than 32.0m.

18.03: Ski Fly Ramp a) The ramp must be parallel to the jump course with a tolerance of +7 degrees open & 0 degrees closed.

b) The surface must be flat with a maximum deviation of 5.0 cm. from a plane as measured in 13.02 f)

c) The jump ramp should be an inclined plane with an apron on the right hand side. The ramp shall meet the following specifications:

• Length out of the water: 7.35-7.50m at all points - (7.45 recommended)
• Height of ramp 1.78m (at 7.45m) - as required to meet angle specification
• angle 0.239 +/- 0.003

18.04: Ski Fly Pylon Specifications The height of the pylon will be no higher than 130cm. Ref 10.01 c)

18.05: Ski Fly reference buoys for spectators Distance buoys may be placed every 3m. Recommended to start at 67m and end at 85m.
The buoys are for spectator reference and should be placed so as not to interefere with the jumper.

18.06: Ski Fly boat minimum qualification A skier must have a certified minimum jump score of 60.8m from an L or R class tournament to qualify for a Ski Flying event.

18.07: Ski Fly boat speeds

• a)Speed control will be used
• b)The max speed of 72 km/h or lower will remain constant in the 82m section.
• c)Speed may increase 8 km/h in the 41m section from start speed.
• d)Timing charts (note: only the 1st segment is timed)

Data format for individual performance records

Field  Field Name  Type       Width    Dec      Notes:
    1  LAST        Character     20             IN CAPITAL LETTERS       
    2  FIRST       Character     20             In normal mode (John Michael)    
    3  SKIER#      Character     11             Federation specific       
    4  GROUP       Character      1             1,2, or 3      
    5  COUNTRY     Character      3             Normal IOC code      
    6  SEX         Character      1             M or F
    7  TOUR        Character      8                   
    8  SL          Numeric        5      2             
    9  TR          Numeric        5                    
   10  JU          Numeric        5      1             
   11  ALT_SCORE   Numeric        7      2      If a slalom score, buoys of last pass
                                                If a jump score, optional use distance in feet
                                                If a trick score, blank       
   12  YOB         Character      2                    
   13  CLASS       Character      1             R or L for ranking list performances       
   14  ROUND       Character      2                    
   15  DIV         Character      2             division (local meaning)       
   16  PERF_QUAL1  Numeric        6      3      if slalom then line length (14.25, 13.00, etc.)
                                                if jump then ramp angle (.235, .255, .271 only)       
   17  PERF_QUAL2  Numeric        2             speed for slalom and jump only       
   18  DATE        Date           8             date of performance (if text YYYYMMDD)     
   19  SPECIAL     Character      1             J if performance done under Junior Rules
   20  SPEED_CTRL  Character      1             Y=Yes, N or blank=no    
   21  SL_MISS     Character      1             * means 1st pass not complete (optional if 
                                                score is already adjusted)
   22  PLACE       Numeric        3      0      Placement in the event - use the final placement
                                                in each performance record so if the skier placed 2nd
                                                and the tournament was 3 rounds, each round record
                                                will indicate 2nd place.  Also, the placement is for the
                                                division the skier skied in so that a tournament will
                                                have a corresponding set of placements for each division.

** Total **                     116
   Additional fields for local meaning may be added here such as Club, or State, or League.




JUMP COURSE DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES 


Dimension 
Range 
Tolerance


10m 
9.8m-10.2m 
2%



Ramp Setting Chart