Appendix B - Slalom, Wave Performance, Freestyle and Speed

Slalom, freestyle and Wave Performance are organised on a knock out basis.

PART 1 - SLALOM RULES

B1 Seeding and Elimination Procedures

  B1.1 SINGLE ELIMINATION PROCEDURE FOR SLALOM

The slalom discipline shall consist of a series of knock out heats of not more than 12 boards. The top 4 competitors in each heat qualify for the next round. The competition continues until there is a Final of 8 boards. This may be amended by a notice on the Ladder or Redress granted by the protest committee.

  B1.2 ELIMINATION PROCEDURE

Elimination shall be in one, or time and weather conditions permitting, more Single Elimination Series. The Slalom Elimination Ladder A or B shall be followed in each series.

  B1.3 FIRST SINGLE ELIMINATION SERIES

    (a) The names of all competitors shall be distributed evenly by lot in the round of the elimination ladder as shown on the Slalom Distribution of Competitors A or B. The competitors shall be put into heats of not more that 8-10 if beach starting, or not more than 12 if water starting.
    (b) The schedule of heats shall be posted on the official notice board at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the first heat. It shall be the sole resposability of each competitor to know in which heat he/she will be taking part.

  B1.4 SEEDING

    (a) Where a slalom ranking table is established, places 1-16 in the first round maybe distributed as specified in the Distribution Table. The remaining places shall be distributed by lot.
    (b) If there are 11 or fewer entries in a division, they shall all race together in a series of 3 heats. These shall be scored as in B1.8(b). For the purpose of scoring, one series shall equal one single elimination series.

B1.5 SUBSEQUENT SERIES

The distribution in the second and subsequent series shall use the distribution table and the preceding results, instead of the drawn lot, to distribute the competitors.

B1.6 ADVANCEMENT AND ELIMINATION

    (a) The competitors advancing to the second round shall be the first 4 finishers. Those finishing in fifth place or lower, are eliminated from the single elimination series in progress.
    (b) If the number of participants in a heat, for any reason, is equal to, or less than, the number advancing to the next round, that heat will not be sailed and the participants qualified to start in that heat shall advance to the following round.

B1.7 HEAT NUMBERING

The heats will be numbered as on the slalom elimination ladder A and B if only 1 division is competing. If more divisions are competing on the same course a consecutive numbering will be used and the relative heat numbers on the displayed Slalom Ladders will be changed to match.

B1.8 FINALS

    (a) LOSER FINAL: The Losers final maybe cancelled or run after the Final, as time and weather conditions dictate.All the losing semi finalists, including those recorded as DNS, DNF, DSQ and RET may participate in the Losers Final.
    (b) FINAL: The final may consist of one, two or three heats. The race committee shall announce the number of heats before the start of the first final heat. If two or more heats are completed, they shall be scored as a course race series. DNF, DNS, DSQ and RET score the total number entered in the final heat. If three heats are run, the worst result shall be discarded.

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