Rule 3.1 Events

The events in a competition are Jumping, Slalom and Tricks, with a winner champion and succeeding places determined in each event. A winner champion and succeeding places shall also be determined for the Overall as described in Rule 4.1 and in case of a team scoring for the national teams as described in Rule 4.5


Rule 3.2 Divisions

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For the Cableski World Championships all skiers will be considered as participating in the Open division.


Rule 4.4 Overall placement

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If a majority of the Appointed Judges decide that it is physically impossible to complete the final round of one or more events (jumping, slalom or tricks) only the overall points from the preliminary round of all the events will be used.


Rule 5 Officials

All rules deleted. New rules for Officials as Rule 18


Rule 9.7 Bibs

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The bibs must be of a design approved by the Chairman of the IWSF Cableski Council for the Cableski World Championships or by the Chief Judge and the Safety Officer for any other competition.

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Rule 12.15 / Rule 13.13 / Rule 14.18 Scoring

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If a majority of the Appointed Judges decide that it is physically impossible to complete the final round of the event, placement will be from the results of the preliminary round.

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Rule 15.8 Record administration

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  1. Regional records can never be higher then World Records.


Rule 16.1 General Replaces old Rule 16.1

It is a requirement for any type of homologation that a competition has a minimum of 8 competitors in each event and the regional Cableski Council is satisfied it is a genuine competition.

At all types of Homologated Competitions, the Homologator shall post a notice before the start, showing which disciplines and which class of Homologation in each case he is recommending to the regional Cableski Council. The Homologator has no discretion to recommend a class of Homologation if all the requirements are not completely fulfilled. The regional Cableski Council, at their discretion, may subsequently award a higher class of Homologation.


Rule 16.2 Surveying Instruments Was Rule 16.1. All following Rules 16.xx have a higher number.



Rule 18 Cableski Officials This replaces Rule 5 and Region EAME Additional Rules.


Rule 18.1 General rules for International Cableski Officials

The following different types of International Cableski Officials exist:

An International Cableski Offical must be quite impartial in the execution of his function and always conscious of the fact that he is responsible to the Cableski Council and not the the Federation concerned.

An International Cableski Offical is to accept dutifully such functions and tasks as are offered to him by the Chief Judge, unless there be valid reason to the contrary, even at a competition he is attending without an assigned function, should the board of Officials so require.


Rule 18.2 Examinations of International Cableski Officials

The nomination of International Cableski Officials and the organisation of examinations are under the sole responsibility ob the regional Cableski Council and its Chairman, who will also appoint the examiners.

Applications for examination for international Cableski officials will be submitted by the Federation concerned, which will send the applications of their candidates to the Chairman o the regional Cableski Council one month before the proposed examination. Each such application must be submited on the special application form placed at the disposal of the Federations by the regional Cableski Council.

Unless the regional Cableski Council rules otherwise the minimum age for a 1st Class Cableski Judge or an International Cableski Homologator is 21 years and for a International Cableski Calculators is 18 years (during the year of the exam).

A candidate for a 1st Class Cableski Judge's exam must already be a 2nd Class Cableski Judge or a 2nd Class Tournament Judge. He shall also have judged under the control of members of the regional Cableski Council or its appointed representative, at least 4 times at Ranking List or Normal Homologated competitions, the Dossiers of which have been submitted to the Chairman of the regional Cableski Council.


Examinations are in two parts, Theoretical and Practical. In order to qualify as an international Cableski official it is necessary to pass both parts and they must be taken during the same season.


Funktion

Theoretical part

Practical part

1st Class Cableski Judge

Written questions on how to organise and lead a competition and concerning the Cableski Technical Rules. To succeed the candidate is required to obtain 80% of the total number of points available. The use of the rulebook (neutral without any notes in it) is allowed.

Writing trick runs. 10 passes of 20 seconds of at least 3000 points in each pass without falls. Each such pass with two or more errors will be counted as a failure. Judgements of whether or not a trick is valid or is not valid, even if the Jury disagrees, are not considered errors.

2nd Class Cableski Judge

Written questions concerning the Cableski Technical Rules. To succeed the candidate is required to obtain 80% of the total number of points available. The use of the rulebook is not allowed.

Writing trick runs. 10 passes of 20 seconds of at least 2000 points in each pass without falls. Each such pass with two or more errors will be counted as a failure. Judgements of whether or not a trick is valid or is not valid, even if the Jury disagrees, are not considered errors.

International Cableski Homologators

Written questions concerning the homolgation parts in the Cableski Technical Rules. A Homologation Dossier, including record applications will be completed. To succeed the candidate is required to obtain 80% of the total number of points available. The use of the rulebook is not allowed.

Measurement of a slalom course. Set up and check of a officially recognized jump measurement system.

International Cableski Calculators

Written questions concerning the calculation parts in the Cableski Technical Rules, including memorising the comonly used trick values. To succeed the candidate is required to obtain 80% of the total number of points available. The use of the rulebook is not allowed.

Working as an assistant Cableski International Scorer at a homolgated Cableski Competition and demonstrating his ability to carry out all Cableski International Scorer functions allone.

International Cableski Technical Officer

Written questions concerning the cable operation in the Cableski Technical Rules. To succeed the candidate is required to obtain 80% of the total number of points available. The use of the rulebook is not allowed.

Work as Assistant Cableski Technical Officer at three Cableski Competitions, one of these outside his country.


Rule 18.3 Rules for 1st Class Cableski Judges

First Class Cableski Judges are authorised to judge all Cableski Competitions, including Regional and World Championships.


Rule 18.4 Rules for 2nd Class Cableski Judges

Second Class Cableski Judges are authorised to judge all Cableski Competitions, with the exception of World Championships.


Rule 18.5 Rules for International Cableski Homolgators

International Cableski Homologators are authorised to work at all Cableski Competitions.

The Homologator is in charge of all technical matters concerning the Homologation of a Cableski Competition and shall remain in continuous contact with the Chief Judge who will, however always be the only arbiter of whatever decisions need to be taken.

A Homologator may propose to a Chief Judge that a competition be stopped, but may not take this decision without the agreement of the Chief Judge.

The Homologator has to assure himself of the technical comparability of the competition with other competitions. For that he has to check all the installations ashore and on the water and ensure that all those installations are in due conformity with the Cableski Technical Rules. He shall also ensure that during the competition any changes of the Cableski installation do not cause advantage or disadvantage to any competitor.

When it is necessary the Homologator, having decided that it is unavoidable, shall state that an event in a competition can not be duly homologated, this must be posted on the notice board, duly signed prior to the competition and the facts sent to the Regional Cableski Council with the Dossier.


Rule 18.6 Rules for International Cableski Calculators

International Cableski Calculators are authorised to work at all Cableski Competitions.


Rule 18.7 Rules for International Technical Officers

International Technical Officers Scorers are authorised to work at all Cableski Competitions.

The Technical Officer Shall ensure the utmost fairness, close adherence to the rules and impartiality of the competition as far as the cable operation (speeds, accelarations) is concerned. The Technical Officer is under the authority of and responsible to the Chief Judge. Incorrect speeds or failure to accelerate or decelerate in a proper manner, shall be immediately communicated to the Chief Judge.

International Technical Officers shall not be required while on duty to carry out additional functions as Starter, Timer, etc.


Rule 18.8 Voting of the judges

Every vote of the Appointed Judges or the Event Judges shall be decided by a simple majority of the judges voting. In the event of a tie, the Chief Judge shall cast the tie-breaking vote. If a person has more than one function, he will not have more than one vote.

All issues for the actual event should be settled before the next skier starts.


Rule 18.9 Placement of judges

Where practical, judges shall be separated to ensure completely independent opinions.


Rule 18.10 Secondary positions

Personnel to fill secondary positions shall be selected by the Chief Judge from among other experienced Judges and Officials in attendance. Wherever possible, Officials filling complementary positions (e.g. timer) should be of different nationalities.


Rule 18.11 Scoring sheet availability

The scoring sheets of each Judge shall be made available for a period of 30 minutes for inspection by the Team Captains as soon as the results are posted. Under the Team Captain’s responsibility, a skier may view his own scoring sheets.

If the results are not available 30 minutes after the last skier of the day, the official posting will be delayed to one hour prior to the first skier of the next day. The unofficial results should be posted as soon as they are available.


Rule 18.12 Tolerances

All tolerances are to allow for human error and the intentional use of tolerances by Cableski Officials to improve skier performance will not be tolerated. In any activity involving the performance of an official where a tolerance is involved, it is the official’s responsibility to attempt to be as close as possible to the actual specification.


Rule 18.13 Assignement to Cableski World Championships

At least 6 months prior to the start of the Cableski World Championships, the President of the IWSF shall appoint the Chief Judge for the Cableski World Championships from among the Chief Judges proposed by each Region Cableski Council.

The President of the IWSF Cableski Council shall appoint for the Cableski World Championships the Homologator, the Chief Calculator and the Assistant, the Chief Technical Officer and the additional Technical Officer, the Appointed Judges and the Assistant of the Chief Judge from among the officials proposed by each Region Cableski Council.

The appointment of the Assistant to the Chief Judge must be made with the Chief Judge’s approval.

The judges choosen for the Cableski World Championships must represent the Regions as follows: A minimum of 2 judges from each region.

A total of 8 judges shall be selected.

The Chief Judge and his Assistant are not included in the above number.

If a region is unable to propose the specified number of qualified judges, the IWSF Cableski Council can appoint additional judges from other regions.


Rule 18.14 Event Judges at the Cableski World Championships

The Event Judges for the Cableski World Championships must be chosen by the Chief Judge from the Appointed Judges, preferably as follows:

For Slalom: at least one judge from any one Region.

For Tricks: the best panel appropriate for the level of trick performances.

For Jumping: one judge per Region


Rule 18.15 Rules for National Officials

National Officials such as 3rd Class Cableski Judges, National Cableski Scorers, National Cableski Homologators and National Technical Officers are responsible to and under the responsibility of their National Federations.


All National Officials are qualified to work at Normal Homolgated competitions.

A National Official may be appointed to the panel of a National or International Non-Calendar Competition by his Federation. In the case where the Regional Cableski Council is unable to appoint a full panel to an International Cableski Competition, it may appoint a National Official.


Federations are solely responsible for the examination of National Officals. As a recommendation a 3rd Class Cableski Judge should be required in his practical exam to achieve at least: