The MOOSE JUICE Fun Tournament Series has been developed by Water Ski Canada (WSC) and Moose Juice, to promote participation in water skiing and wakeboarding. The focus is on FUN & PARTICIPATION. Instead of age-based divisions, competition is athletes of similar abilities. All participants receive a tournament souvenir and participants who achieve personal best performances receive WSC Personal Best Certificates. Each PB will be published on the WSC web site, and in other WSC communication tools. In addition, each time a youth (under 13 as of January 1st, 2000) achieves a PB, his/her name will be put in a draw to win one of several scholarship awards, worth between $100 and $300 (draw to be done at the end of the series). So the more you participate, and the more PB's achieved, the greater chance of winning a scholarship award!

Equipment: Participants who do not have their own equipment may use the school's skis, boards, vests, etc. but must make arrangements to do so through the school on the Saturday before the event.

Divisions:

Water skiing (2 skis)

Boys and Girls: Novice ability, under 13 as of January 1/00.

Novice: 13 and over, Boat speed under 20 mph (32 kph).

Advanced: Boat speed 20-28 mph (32 - 45 kph).

Slalom skiing (1 ski)

Boys and Girls: Novice ability, under 13 as of January 1/00.

Novice 13 and over: Boat speed under 22 mph (35 kph).

Intermediate: Boat speed 22-32 mph (35-51 kph).

Advanced: Boat speed 34 - 36 mph (55 - 58 kph).

Trick skiing

Novice: Never competed or scored over 200 points.

Intermediate: Never scored over 500 points.

Advanced: Never scored over 2000 points.

Expert: Have scored over 2000 points.

Wakeboard

Boys: Novice ability, under 13 as of January 1/00.

Girls: Novice ability, under 13 as of January 1/00.

Novice: Ages 13+, have no inverts (flips) in their run.

Intermediate: Ages 13+, with 1 to 4 inverts in their run.

Advanced: Ages 13+, with 5 or more inverts.

The order of events and divisions is tentatively set as follows, starting with Slalom:

1	Slalom	Advanced	2	Trick Ski	Expert
		Intermediate			Advanced
		Novice			Intermediate
		Boys			Novice
		Girls
3	Water Ski	Advanced	4	Wakeboard	Boys
		Novice			Girls
		Boys			Novice
		Girls			Intermediate
					Advanced

** NOTE: Schedules at tournaments are subject to change. We will do our best to follow this schedule but circumstances may require us to make changes. For this reason, competitors should plan to be on site for the duration of the tournament.

Event Explanations

Water Skiing and Slalom Skiing:

For this Fun Series Event a slalom course will not be used. Scoring will be based on the number, and width, of wake crossings. Each skier gets 2 passes at their requested speed. With Intermediate or Advance divisions the second pass must be 2 mph faster, or at a shorter line length, than the first. The skier crosses back and forth over both wakes as many times as possible, going out as wide as possible, between the start bouy and the end bouy. The second pass is done in the same manner only in the opposite direction. The judge in the boat scores each wake crossing from 1 to 4 points based on its width (wider is better), and the points accumulated in the two passes determines the total score.

Trick Skiing:

Each skier gets 2 twenty second passes in which to do as many tricks, of as a high a point value, as possible. The skier may select their boat speed (typically between 12 and 20 mph or 19 to 32 kph). The timing is started when the skier begins their first trick or when they reach the start bouy and a horn will be sounded after 20 seconds to indicate the end of the run. A fall ends the pass, but credit is given for all tricks properly completed prior to the fall. To receive credit for a trick, the skier must perform a recognized trick from those listed below or from those listed in the Water Ski Canada rule book. Rule books are available from Water Ski Canada at a minimal fee. Tricks only partially completed when the horn sounds or which cause the skier to fall are not scored. Only Novice level skiers will receive credit for repeated tricks.

Trick Descriptions and Point Values:

No. of skis	Trick Description	Point Value
2	Deep water start	5
2	Ski across wake and return	5
2	Sit on skis	5
2	Drop ski and retain good skiing balance	5
2	Jump clear of wake	10
2	Skier's Salute (raise one ski, hold at knee level for two seconds	10
2	* Side Slide	20
2	* Side Slide in the opposite direction, following first side slide	20
2	*180 degree turn front to back	30
2	*180 degree turn back to front	30
2	Cross wake and return while in back position	30
2	*360 degree turn front to front (both directions score points)	40
1	Deep water start	10
1	Ski across wake and return in good form	10
1	Jump clear of wake	20
1	Backward swan position	30
1	Recovery from back swan above	30
1	*Side slide (both directions score points)	40
1	Cross wake and return while in back position	60
1	*180 degree turn, front to back	60
1	*180 degree turn, back to front	60
1	*360 degree turn front to front or back to back (both directions)	90

* denotes official tricks also listed in WSC rule book.

Wakeboard:

See explanation of Expression Session under the Big Air Contest below, as a similar format will be followed. For the Fun Series we are only planning one round of wakeboarding so boarders are encouraged to try one of the skiing choices as their second event.