APPENDIX III: SPECIAL RULES FOR THE EASTERNS, WESTERNS, ATLANTICS & NATIONALS

The National Championships, the Eastern Canadian Championships the Western Canadian Championships and the Atlantic Canadian Championships will be run by the additional rules set forth below.

1: Entry to the National Championships

1.1

Any skier wishing to participate in the National Championships must fill out an official entry form (Competitive License). This must be received by the National Office not later than 1 pm EDT the Monday prior to the start of official familiarization. Late entries will be accepted up to the close of registration upon payment of a late registration fee of $10.00 per day and proof of qualification. For seeding purposes, late entries shall be seeded first. A competitor's biography form must be completed at registration.

1.2

Proof of qualification must be received by the National Office not later than 1 pm EDT the Monday prior to the start of official familiarization. Late proof of qualification for a skier will be accepted until the close of registration upon payment of a late qualification fee of $10.00 per day. Results may be telephoned or transmitted to the National Office, and the official tournament results must be presented to the Chief Calculator at tournament registration.

1.3

Entry requirements for the National Championships are one or a combination of the following: a) a lst to 6th place finish inclusive for males and females, in the preceding Eastern, Western or Atlantic Canadian Championships in each event a skier enters; or b) achievement of the Nationals Standard as outlined in the WSC Skier Performance Standards (see Appendix VI) for each event a skier enters; or c) in the event a skier holds a valid National Standard in any two events he/she shall be allowed to ski in the third event in order to be eligible for overall placement, providing the skier holds a minimum of an Easterns/Westerns/Atlantics Standard in that event, except in Open Division where Rule 6.3 applies; or d) current National Training Team members are automatically allowed to apply for entry in each event; or e) in the case where a Region has less than two (2) skiers able to qualify for the National Championships, such Region shall be allowed to send a team to the maximum of two (2) skiers whether qualified or not. A region wishing to invoke this rule must notify the National Office not later than 1 pm EDT the Monday before official familiarization with the names of the skiers.

1.4

All entrants in the National Championships must be Canadian citizens or must have landed immigrant status in Canada.

1.5

All skiers, including those properly entered, must register at the tournament site, either in person or through a representative, by the time specified on the official tournament notice. Late registrations will be accepted up until 6:00pm on the day prior to the skier's event upon payment of a late registration fee of $50.00. For seeding purposes, late registrations shall be seeded first.

2: Entry to the Eastern, Western, and Atlantic Canadian Championships

2.1

Western Canadian Championships Entry into the Western Canadian Championships shall normally be restricted to all qualified (2.6 below) WSC competitive licence holders residing within the regional boundaries of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and the Yukon. Open Division competitors (Men and Women) shall have no residency restrictions other than those in 2.7 below. With the approval of the WSC Technical Committee and tournament organizers, other skiers from outside the stated boundaries may enter the Championships for results only, not placement. In such cases, all other entry rules shall apply.

2.2

Eastern Canadian Championships Entry into the Eastern Canadian Championships shall normally be restricted to all qualified (2.6 below) WSC competitive licence holders residing within the regional boundaries of Ontario and Quebec. Open Division competitors (Men and Women) shall have no residency restrictions other than those in 2.7 below. With the approval of the WSC Technical Committee and tournament organizers, other skiers from outside the stated boundaries may enter the Championships for results only, not placement. In such cases, all other entry rules shall apply.

2.3

Atlantic Canadian Championships Entry into the Atlantic Canadian Championships shall normally be restricted to all qualified (2.6 below) WSC competitive licence holders residing within the regional boundaries of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. Open Division competitors (Men and Women) shall have no residency restrictions other than those in 2.7 below. With the approval of the WSC Technical Committee and tournament organizers, other skiers from outside the stated boundaries may enter the Championships for results only, not placement. In such cases, all other entry rules shall apply.

2.4

Entry Requirements Any skier wishing to participate in the Eastern, Western, or Atlantic Canadian Championships must fill out an official entry form(Competitive License). This must be received by the National Office not later than 1 pm EDT the Monday prior to the start of official familiarization. Late entries will be accepted up to the close of registration upon payment of a late registration fee of $10.00 per day and proof of qualification. For seeding purposes, late entries shall be seeded first. A competitor's biography form must be completed at registration.

2.5

Proof of qualification must be received by the National Office not later than the Monday prior to the start of familiarization. Late proof of qualification for a skier will be accepted until the close of registration upon payment of a late qualification fee of $10.00 per day. Results may be telephoned or transmitted to the National Office, and the official tournament results must be presented to the Chief Calculator at tournament registration.

2.6

Entry requirements for the Eastern, Western or Atlantic Canadian Championships are one or a combination of the following: a) a 1st to 3rd place finish inclusive in the preceding Regional Championships of his/her province of residence in each event a skier enters, providing he/she holds a Minimum Standard or better (see WSC Skier Performance Standards in Appendix VI) for each event a skier enters; or b) achievement of the Easterns/Westerns/Atlantics Standard for each event a skier enters; or c) in the event a skier holds a valid Easterns/Westerns/Atlantics Standard in any two events he/she shall be allowed to ski in the third event in order to be eligible for overall placement, providing he/she holds a Minimum Standard or better in that event, except in Open Division where Rule 6.3 applies; or d) In the case where a Region is unable to hold a Regional Championships or less than four (4) skiers are able to achieve a Minimum Standard, such Region shall be allowed to send a team to the maximum of four (4) skiers to the Eastern, Western or Atlantic Canadian Championships, without having achieved any performance standards. A Region wishing to invoke this rule must notify the National Office not later than 1 pm EDT the Monday before official familiarization with the names of the skiers.

2.7

All entrants in the Eastern, Western and Atlantic Championships must be Canadian citizens or must have landed immigrant status in Canada.

2.8

3: Team Scoring at National, Eastern, Western and Atlantic Canadian Championships

At the National, Eastern, Western and Atlantic Canadian Championships, Regional Team standings shall be calculated. The best three (3) overall scores in each even, including Open division, for each Region shall be added to determine the Regions' total score. If a tie exists, an additional overall score from each event shall be added to the tied regions' total score until the tie is broken. A skier is not eligible to score twice in an event. If there are less than 3 skiers in any event, the overall scores from that event shall not be used for the calculation of a Region's score.

4: Residency Rule

For the purpose of determining a skier's province of residency, the following shall apply: a) The skier's province of residency shall be the province in which he/she is permanently resident as at June 1 of the current year; b) If a skier does the majority of his/her training in a province other than that in which he/she is permanently resident, such other province shall be his/her province of residency if it is the same province in which he/she did the majority of his/her training in the preceding year. c) If a skier has not done the majority of his/her training in the same province for two consecutive years, the skier's province of residency shall be the province in which he/she is permanently resident as at June 1 of the current year. d) Sections 4 a), b), and c) above do not apply to members of the National Training Team training at a designated national training site. e) If the skier is not a permanent resident in Canada, he/she shall ski for the province in which they were last residing.

5: Divisions

The National, Eastern, Western and Atlantic Championships must schedule all the divisions outlined in Rule 4.1.1.

6: Schedule of Events

Not later than one week before the start of the National, Eastern, Western and Atlantic Championships, all Regions shall receive a schedule from the tournament organizers showing the order of events and the date on which they occur. A schedule of starting times if shown, shall be for guidance only. Any deviation therefrom shall not constitute a change.

7: Seeding

In the Eastern, Western, Atlantic and National Championships, competitors shall be seeded in each event based upon their best performance results on file at the National Office as per 1.1 and 2.3 above. Any competitor who does not have results on file shall be seeded first. Where a tie exists, the seeding shall be determined by going to the tied skiers' second highest score to break the tie. In divisions where two or more possible ramp heights exist, those skiers who jump at the lower height will be seeded together and will ski before those jumping at the higher height. The Jury may reverse the starting order of the seeds according to the prevailing conditions.

8: Open Division

Eastern, Western and Atlantic Canadian Championships

8.1

If a skier enters an Open Division event at the Regional Championships, he must enter the Open Division in that event at the Eastern, Western and Atlantic Championships.

8.2

A skier wishing to enter the Open Division or change divisions at the Easterns, Westerns or Atlantics, has until his registration to declare his intent, if qualified.

8.3

When National Training Team members ski in a tournament outside their residential boundaries (i.e. Eastern skiers skiing at the Westerns) they shall ski in the Open Division. In such cases, 8.1 above shall be waived.

8.4

Open Men Jumpers must declare their choice of ramp ratio at the time of registration; otherwise, the ramp height shall be .255 (+/- .003).

National Championships

8.5

Only at the National Championships, a skier who qualifies for the Open Division as set out in 4.1.2 may, but is not required to, ski in both his/her age division and in the Open Division.

8.6

To qualify for Overall in his/her age division at the National Championships, a skier must compete in all events in his/her age division, and rule 6.3.2 shall not apply.

8.7

Open Men Jumpers must declare their choice of ramp ratio (.235, .255 or .275) prior to the start of the Open division events.

9: Familiarization Time

At the Nationals, Easterns, Westerns and Atlantics, a minimum of eight hours of official familiarization time shall be provided immediately prior to the tournament. Control of the site shall be turned over to the Chief of Competition one day before the start of familiarization to enable the site to be homologated. Familiarization shall be under the control of the Chief of Competition, with any revenues generated to go to the tournament organizers. The Chief of Competition shall allocate time amongst Regions in proportion to the total number of events in which skiers from that Region competed in the tournament in the preceding two years. Once determined, this allocation is fixed, regardless of the number of skiers entered or qualified in the current year's Championship. However, if no skiers from a Region are available at the start of their familiarization period, their time allocation will be cancelled. The minimum allocation for a 1 to 3 member Regional team shall be three minutes per skier available for familiarization. Regions may make use of their allocated familiarization time in such a manner as they determine, however, any delays due to requested ramp setting changes, boat selection, rope changes, personnel changes, etc., shall be counted towards that Region's time allocation. Tournament organizers shall ensure that: a) All boats to be used for the tournament are available for use at official familiarization. b) All safety boats and personnel are in place throughout familiarization. c) All other required support personnel are available to the Chief of Competition.

10: Protests at Nationals, Easterns, Westerns and Atlantics

Protests shall be made only by the team representative (Rule 6.5) or his appointed delegate.

11: Officials Appointments

11.1

The President of WSC shall appoint all officials for the National Championships, Western Canadian Championships, Eastern Canadian Championships and Atlantic Canadian Championships from among those proposed by the Officials Committee.

11.2

Personnel filling secondary positions at the Nationals, Easterns, Westerns and Atlantics shall be selected by the Chief of Competition from among other experienced judges and officials in attendance.

11.3

All officials at the National, Easterns,Westerns and Atlantics shall be assigned to the different events by the Chief of Competition.

11.4

With each sanction application for the National, Eastern, Western and Atlantic Championships, organizers must appoint a boat co-ordinator, who shall be responsible for ensuring that boats are in position and ready to pull their scheduled events.

12: Boat Schedule

12.1

At the Eastern, Western and Atlantic Championships, the boats to be used for each event shall be selected by the Chief of Competition in such a manner as he may determine from among those made available by the organizers. At the National Championships, the boats to be used for each event shall assigned by the National Office in consultation with the Chief of Competition.

12.2

All regions shall be notified not less than 30 days prior to the start of official familiarization of the make and model of boats to be used at the National, Eastern, Western and Atlantic Championships. All boats to be used at the tournament shall be made available for use during official familiarization.

13: National Titles

The inability, for one reason or another, of a Region to attend the National, Eastern, Western or Atlantic Championships does not require that the entire competition be cancelled or postponed or that the titles are any less Championship titles.