Rule 9 - SKIER SUSPENSION & DISQUALIFICATION

9.1: Skier Suspension

The Chief of Competition, with the 2/3 majority of the Event Judges or the Jury, may disqualify from all or part of the tournament (including completed events), any skier, official or team representative whose conduct is judged to be unsportsmanlike or unsafe. The affected individual will be given an opportunity to present his/her case before a disqualification decision is made. In the case of a disqualification under this rule, a report must be submitted by the Chief of Competition to the WSC National Office. The WSC Executive Board may invoke further disciplinary action as deemed appropriate.

9.2: Automatic Disqualifications

A skier shall be disqualified for unsafe conduct from an event in that round if:

	a)      while in skiing position, the skier is pulled or pulls
	him/herself into or towards the towboat, other than in
	connection with the performance;

	b)      after leaving the boat's wake on a definite cut to the
	ramp, the skier elects to pass between the boat course and the
	ramp, whether or not he/she retains the towrope; or

	c)      during the return pass through the jump course, the
	skier is outside the boat's wake on the side of the jump ramp
	within the distance between buoys E-F and the farther edge of
	the jump ramp.