Hong Kong Wakeboard Rules (updated on 2007 Jan.)

Category Classifications
Women's & Men's Novice Division
Only tricks from Novice Trick List may be performed. The chief judge would have the final decision on tricks performed that are not on the list.

Women's & Men's Intermediate Division
Any kind of grab and 180 rotation (one wake or two wake) are allowed. No invert trick is allowed. (Air 360 is counted as an invert trick) Switch stance tricks are allowed.

Women's & Men's Advanced Division
All intermediate tricks + maximum 2 basic inverts are allowed (Air 360 is counted as an invert trick)

Women's & Men's Outlaw Division
All intermediate tricks + maximum 4 basic inverts are allowed (Air 360 is counted as an invert trick)

Women's & Men's Open Division
No restrictions in tricks performed. Double Up is only allowed in the finals.

General Rules

1. For any event category:
   If there are 3 or less riders enrolled:
   > The organizer may cancel the concerned category.
   
   If there are 6 or less riders enrolled:
   > The organizer may arrange all riders to go directly into the finals (usually on Sunday). Riders may not be required to attend the preliminaries (usually on Saturday).
   
   
2. The organizer may disqualify any rider (Novice/Intermediate) who attempts to perform any invert (including any air 360) whether inside or outside the course.
   
   
3. The organizer may disqualify any rider who attempts to perform any dangerous trick / action whether inside or outside the course.

Scoring Criteria

a) General: Each rider shall be allowed two passes through the wakeboard course during which time he may perform any routine he chooses. He will be judged on subjective style categories, to arrive at a single combined score.

Riders are encouraged to perform a smooth flowing routine with a wide variety of tricks. Each manoeuvre should be executed as cleanly as possible and taken to its limit.

Boat (Scoring) Judges: The Chief Judge will designate two to three Boat Judges, to be seated in the tow boat, to score each rider's routine.

b) Scoring: Judges will award a maximum of 100 points to each rider based on their overall impressions of the routine performed. The judges will score each rider in each of the following categories:

Execution - 33.3 Points
This reflects the level of perfection to which each manoeuvre was performed, as well as the successful completion of the routine with a minimum number of falls.

Intensity - 33.4 Points
This reflects how big the moves were performed, as well as the technical difficulty of the tricks executed.

Composition - 33.3 Points
This reflects the overall composition of the routine in terms of the rider's ability to perform a variety of manoeuvres in a flowing, creative sequence.

c) Calculation of Scores: The Average method of calculating will be used. Scores from all categories of a rider's routine are added together to produce a judge's total score. All judges' total scores are then averaged to produce a final score for a rider.

Hong Kong Water Ski Association reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions without prior notice.
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