rules to play knee boarding

BWSF membership with current fees paid is required of all entrants in BWSF sanctioned competitions before competing. A BWSF membership card must be presented as proof at time of registration. This requirement shall be considered satisfied if the competitor pays his membership fees before competing.

When unfair conditions or a malfunction of the tournament supplied equipment occurs, which, in the opinion of a majority of the event judges adversely affects a competitor, he shall be granted the option of a reride only on the passes affected. When the condition gives the competitor an unfair advantage i.e. slow speed/slalom, the reride is mandatory.

Rerides must be taken no later than five minutes after they are granted and may be taken immediately at the option of the competitor. If after the second reride in a slalom or trick pass, the competitor selects to take a five minute rest, the next competitor in order shall ski, and the reride shall be taken at the conclusion of the competitors run during which the five minute rest period expires.

Requests for rerides may be initiated by a judge for the event before the next competitor starts or may be initiated, as soon as possible, by the competitor. In any case the reride shall be decided upon before any further competitor starts. If in the opinion of the judges for the event, the request was not initiated as soon as possible after the competitor skied, the request shall be denied.

For the purpose of expediency no equipment will be shared by the competitors in the same division unless specifically agreed by the Chief Judge prior to the start of the tournament. with the possible exception of bridles and/or handles It is the competitors responsibility to retrieve his equipment at the conclusion of the competition.

Protest forms will be supplied by the competition organisers. Protests shall be made to the Chief Judge and shall be considered by the event judges. Protests must be in writing, giving the reason for the protest, be signed by the competitor and filed within 30 minutes after the results of the event are announced or posted and the judges scoring forms are available for inspection.

Boat Judge. One event judge shall ride in the tow boat. The boat judge shall judge whether the competitor passed through or missed the exit gates, i.e.. calls both entrance and exit gates,and shall judge the credit to be received by the competitor for each buoy, and shall communicate his results to the scorer immediately after each pass. i.e. first judge to call in results. The boat judge shall also observe the boat path. If any part of the boat deviates outside the bounds of the boat gates, the boat judge shall award an optional reride if the path of the deviation was a disadvantage to the competitor. If it was to the competitors advantage, a reride is mandatory. Each event judge must continue scoring a run even though he feels the competitor missed a gate or buoy.

In the interest of expediency, a change in the order of contestants may be allowed by a majority vote of the judging panel. The change must occur prior to the start of the competition.

Any competitor who fails to be on immediate hand in condition to ski when the boat is ready for the competitor shall be disqualified for the remainder of the event. However the Dock Starter may grant up to one 1 additional minute of time for emergencies developing or discovered just prior to the competitors run.

Changes in the schedule during the tournament shall be made only for weather, water conditions, safety, or a similar reason, and not for the convenience of any competitor. A majority of the judging panel must approve the change, and all affected contestants, or their representatives must be notified.