EVENT RULES 2010

OPEN DIVISIONS  SLALOM QUALIFYING ROUNDS (Class LR)
TWO  QUALIFYING ROUNDS
TOP 4 SKIERS FROM ROUND #1 RECEIVE BYE (WILL NOT SKI IN ROUND #2)
ROUND #2 WILL BE RESEEDED
MINIMUM STARTING LENGTH:      WOMEN = 14.25m         OPEN MEN = 13m
SKIERS WILL BE SEEDED BY IWSF ELITE RANKING LIST AVAILABLE TUESDAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT
8 SKIERS ADVANCE TO THE FINALS
TIES FOR PLACEMENT WILL REFER TO BEST BACKUP SCORE
4 SKIERS ADVANCE TO HEAD TO HEAD FINALS

FINALS RULES
THE TOP 4 INDIVIDUAL SCORES FROM ROUND #1 WILL RECEIVE SEEDS #1 THRU #4
THE TOP 4 INDIVIDUAL SCORES FROM ROUND #2 WILL RECEIVE SEEDS #5 THRU #8
IF A TIE EXISTS, REFER TO BACK-UP SCORE
IF A TIE STILL EXISTS, REFER TO RANKING LIST
TOP 8 SKIERS WILL SKI STRAIGHT UP
FINALS (TOP 4) WILL BE RUN HEAD-2-HEAD
HIGHER SEED HAS CHOICE OF 1ST OR 2ND OFF THE DOCK
2ND SKIER MUST BEAT THE 1ST SKIERS SCORE TO ADVANCE.  TIES GO TO FIRST SKIER.
IF A TIE EXISTS IN THE FINAL PAIRING, A RUNNOFF WILL OCCUR
MINIMUM ROPE LENGTH
    OPEN WOMEN = 14.25m        OPEN MEN = 13m
NO OPTING UP DURING HEAD-2-HEAD COMPETITION
BOAT DRIVERS WILL BE ALTERNATING

CONTINGENCY PLANS- QUALIFICATION ROUNDS
IF QUALIFYING ROUNDS CANNOT BE COMPLETED, SCORES FROM THE COMPLETED ROUND WILL BE USED TO ADVANCE SKIERS TO THE FINAL 8
SKIERS WITH  THE TOP 8 SCORES FROM THE COMPLETED ROUND WILL ADVANCE
IF A TIE EXISTS REFER TO ELITE RANKING LIST

CONTINGECY PLANS – FINALS
1 HOUR DELAY
MINIMUM ROPE LENGTH WILL BE SHORTENED
 OPEN WOMEN = 13m         OPEN MEN = 12m

2 HOUR DELAY
TOP 4 SCORES WILL ADVANCE TO A HEAD-2-HEAD FINALS
IF A TIE EXISTS IN SEEDING, REFER TO BEST SCORE IN QUALIFYING ROUNDS
IF A TIE STILL EXISTS IN CASH PAYOUT POSITIONS, SKIERS WILL SHARE THE PAYOUT

IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTINGECY PLANS WILL BE AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AND CHIEF JUDGE