PART 2 - WAVE PERFORMANCE RULES

Wave Performance is a unique discipline. The board is judged for skill and variety, rather than speed. All the basic rules of Wave Performance are incorporated in this section.

B2 - WAVE PERFORMANCE RULES

B2.1 Right of Way Rules Wave Performance

  A COMING IN AND GOING OUT
     i. A board coming in shall keep clear of a board going out.
     ii. When two boards are going out or coming in while on the same wave, or when neither is going out or coming in, the competitor on port tack shall keep clear of the competitor on starboard tack.

  B BOARDS ON THE SAME WAVE, COMING IN

     When two or more boards are on a wave coming in, a competitor who does not have possession shall keep clear.

  C CLEAR ASTERN, CLEAR AHEAD AND OVERTAKING

    Boards on the same tack and not on a wave.
    i. A board clear astern and not on a wave shall keep clear of a board clear ahead.
    ii. An overtaking board who is not on a wave shall keep clear.

  D TRANSITION

    i. A board which is in transition shall keep clear of a board on a tack.
    ii. When two boards are in transition at the same time, the one on the others port side shall keep clear.

B2.2 Definitions

The definitions at the back of these rules apply, except where modified by Rule B2.2.

  (a) Coming In/Going Out
Sailing from the shore, a board is going out when it is sailing in the opposite direction of the incoming surf. A board sailing in the same direction as the incoming surf is coming in.

  (b) Competing
A board is competing from its preparatory signal until the finishing signal, or until the heat has been postponed or abandoned.

  (c) Mark
A mark is any object specified in the Sailing Instructions which delimits the competition area.

  (d) On a tack
A board is on a tack except when it is capsized or in the process of transition.

  (e) Possession
A board which is the first to sail shoreward immediately in front of the wave/swell is said to have possession of that wave. When it is impossible to determine possession based on the above, that board which is to windward shall have possession (in the event that two boards gybe simultaneously)

  (f) Overtaking
A board is overtaking from the moment it gains an overlap from clear astern until the moment it is clear ahead of the overtaken board.

  (g) Surfing, Jumping and Transition
A board which is coming in shall be scored in the surfing category. A board which is going out shall be scored in the jumping category. A board which is neither surfing, jumping or capsized, shall be scored in the transition category.
However, jumps made while coming in and made without using the energy of the wave shall be scored in the jumping category. Jump-Gybes and tricks on flat water shall be scored in the transition category.

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