Rule 7 - RERIDES
7.1: Reride Due to Conditions or Malfunction
When unfair conditions or a malfunction of the Tournament Committee supplied equipment occurs, which, in the opinion of a majority of the event judges, adversely affects a contestant, he/she shall be granted the option of a reride only on the passes affected. Where a skier receives an unfair advantage, the reride is mandatory. When taken, a reride is scored. In the event of a delay in excess of 10 minutes after a skier has started his event, the event judges shall grant the skier an optional unscored warmup pass. A fall during the unscored warm-up pass shall not disqualify the skier from continuing.
7.2: When Rerides Must be Taken
A reride must be taken immediately after it is granted. However, if more than one reride is given to a skier in one event, the skier has the option of a five-minute rest period. If the contestant elects to take a five minute rest, the next contestant in order shall ski; and the reride shall be taken at the conclusion of the skier's run during which the five minute rest period expires. If, after electing to take a five minute rest, a skier is given another two rerides, he/she shall have the option of another five minute rest.
7.3: Request for Rerides
Requests for rerides may be initiated by a judge for the event before the next contestant starts or may be initiated, as soon as possible, by the contestant or his/her representative. In either case, the reride shall be decided upon before any further contestants start. If, in the opinion of the judges for the event, the request was not initiated as soon as possible after the contestant skied, the request shall be denied.
7.4: Throwing the Handle
7.4.1
A competitor may, for reasons acceptable to the event judges, refuse to enter the course (in any event) and shall do so by throwing the handle (or being released by the skier's designated release person).
7.4.2
In the case where a skier refuses to enter the trick course and, in the opinion of the majority of the event judges this refusal is without acceptable reason, the skier loses the right to rerun that pass.
7.4.3
The handle may not be thrown for any reason in:
a) Jumping after passing buoys C-D in the official jump course
b) Slalom after the entrance gate on each pass
c) Tricks after the first starting buoy on each pass
7.4.4
If the skier elects not to enter the course, he/she must be ready to ski when the boat returns to pick him/her up or the skier shall be disqualified from the remainder of the event.
7.5: Delay Due to Equipment Damage
If a skier's equipment is damaged, the Event Judges may grant him/her, upon immediate request, 3 minutes to repair or change the broken equipment and to continue - such time to start after the skier has returned to shore. If, in the opinion of the Event Judges, the skier has unduly delayed his return to shore, he/she shall not be allowed to continue in the event. It is the responsibility of the boat judge to time the three minute period.
7.6: Use of Flags
7.6.1
When a mandatory reride occurs, a red flag must be shown in the boat.
7.6.2
When a skier is granted an optional reride and elects to take it, a green flag must be shown in the boat.
7.6.3
The flag must be shown during all movements of the boat outside of the competition course.
7.7: Time After A Fall
In the case of a skier falling and where he/she is still entitled to continue skiing in that event (eg. additional jumps; 2nd trick pass), the skier must be back on his/her skis within (3) minutes of the time when the tow boat returns to pick him/her up. It is the responsibility of the boat judge to time the three minute period.