World Waterski League Divisions used by

The Australian Waterski League. for a full version 

of the rules go to www.skiworld.co.za

Super League

In the past handicap scoring has been fairly crude in design favoring new skiers who would improve at a faster rate than accomplished skiers. The WWSL program creates a skiers "Base Score" which is approxamietly 80% of the skiers Personal Best score which is then compared to "Par" which is 6 @13m. The program then applies a handicap score which firstly compares the skiers score to "Par" and then takes into consideration what their anticipated improvement rate is. The anticipated improvement rate has been determineded by anilizing years of tournament results where skiers can be seen to be in three catergories based on their current skiing abililty. They are 

1.     Up to 6 @ 52klm. 

2.     6@ 52klm to 6 @13m. 

3.     1 @12m and above.

Skiers also have a the use of a wildcard which is a second chance where the skier thinks they can do better than what they have scored. If a skier uses his or her wildcard a penalty of two buoys is deducted from their score. Once a skier elects to use their wild card the skier's score for that unsuccessful pass is not counted and the skier  has a second chance at the same speed or rope length, if the skier is successful in running the pass they can continue. All skiers have a maximum of 4 passes and any pass not completed is counted even if the skier elects to use a wildcard.    

Pro League 

Pro League uses a computer scoring system where skiers regardless of age or sex can compete against one another on a level playing field.  Each year the average of the top ten scores from all divisions from selected IWSF, Eame, and AWSA events are entered into the computer and is called "The World Standings". When the program is used at a tournament each skiers score is compared to "The World Standings" and will be shown as a percentage of "The World Standings" for their respective division. The placings are determined by the skiers with the highest percentage.