Level 9 & 10 Overall

[ntx]

Can someone explain in english the clarification that was posted on the USAWATERSKI website. It was really a cluster at this years Nationals with the addition of the Cup. My understanding of the old rule was.

 

Level 10 Overall skied Open in all three events AND Open Overall. You did not ski in any events in your age division. (this did not apply to any of the juniors)

 

Level 9 Overall. Allowed you to ski Open in the events that you held a Open rating in. (1 or 2 events) You skied in Open for placement in only the events you held ratings in. THEN you could ski in all three events in age division. BUT you could only place in Overall, and any events that you did not ski for placement in Open.

 

EXAMPLE: W1 Level 9 Overall with a Level 9 rating in slalom and jump, but level 6 in trick.

Could ski 5 times at Nationals. Once each in Open slalom and jump for placement based on L9 in each event. AND in each event in age division for placement only in trick and overall. This was in place in 2017 nationals. Not many understood the rule and not too many used it.

 

This year with the addition of the Cup, they sent a e-mail that said L9 can ski in Open for NON-placement in Open but to qualify for the cup. They left it up to the skier if it was for placement. This caused all sorts of confussion. In one case, a L10 overall skier was in age division sking for placement in several events???? This should have not happened.

 

I AM SO CONFUSSED.

[JeffSurdej]

@ntx You are correct on all accounts, this years nationals had a lot of confusion and if, ands, or buts attached to it. God bless the chiefs that had to go through all of it b/c it was not easy to handle. Last year about 5 skiers took advantage of the new L9 rule allowing them to ski twice, once for overall i age and non placement and then again in open for placement. It was simple and worked as planned. This year the cup added a twist b/c we felt since it was also the prelims of the cup (not just open) that skiers should not be denied the right to enter the cup according to the posted qualifications and thus still be able to place in age so this cause mass confusion. lesson learned for 2019. Then on monday at the board meeting AWSA decided to allow l10 overall skiers the right to place in age groups where they were not L10, i.e they were only restricted from placing in L10 overall not from an L10 event if not L10. So this added to more skiing twice in the reverse way so to speak. Combine that with the inability to register for both division it took a lot of manual work to figure out who and what divisions they were placing and not placing for. We got through it but we will be ready for it next year if skiing twice ski exist.

 

FYI in 2019 L10 overall does not exist, only OMS, OWS, and MMS, no trick, jump, or overall.