International Water Ski Federation World Cup Points

Competitors will be awarded points according to the following schedule:
30
1st100
2nd70
3rd48
4th38
5th30
6th25
7th21
8th17
9th15
10th13
11th11
12th9
13th7
14th5
15th3


This schedule will apply to all disciplines, all events.

The winner at the end of the season will be the competitor with the highest number of World Cup Points in each discipline. Points will be totaled from the best X tournaments where X is 1 fewer than the number of World Cup tournaments for that event.

To be specific:

Men Jump 16 World Cup tournaments total of best 15 tournaments

Men Slalom 13 World Cup tournaments total of best 12 tournaments

Women Jump 6 World Cup tournaments total of best 5 tournaments

Women Slalom 7 World Cup tournaments total of best 6 tournaments

The disciplines for 1997 will be Men Jump, Women Jump, Men Slalom, Women Slalom

CASH PRIZE

Cafe de Colombia is funding the "Winner Take All" prize money of $75,000. This money will be split among the events based on the among the events based on the number of events. At this time there are 42 scheduled events, 16 men jump, 13 men slalom, 6 women jump and 7 women slalom. The prize payout is therefore the following:

Men Jump $29,000

Men Slalom $23,000

Women Jump $11,000

Women Slalom $12,000

Final confirmation of prize money from Cafe de Colombia has been received.

This prize payout is now fixed and will remain at this dollar amount even if the number of events changes from this point on.