** Weekly Rules & Info

2010 Cablewakeboard.com National Points Chase

The CableWakeboard.com National Points Chase will challenge riders from all over the country. Riders will be competing and racking up points at all of the nine US cable parks to earn a spot to represent their home cable and compete in Points Championship in October at TSR. Riders can qualify for the championship by placing in the top three in their division overall at their local park. Those riders will be determined by their best 4 scores, dropping the lowest from the five tournaments. If the top three riders are not able to travel to TSR October 8-9, the fourth place rider will be the alternate and qualifying spots will be available in order on how they finished. This means if a good rider only competed in two events and finished 13th overall on the season, ten of the twelve riders that placed ahead of him or her would have to forfeit their spots in order for that rider to qualify for the championship. By dropping one score riders can miss a single stop and not be hurt in the overall placement.

Riders can compete at different parks across the country and their scores will count towards their overall score no matter what park they are at. They will represent whichever park they have the most qualifying scores from so if a rider rides two weeks at one park and three at another he or she would represent the park they rode three times at.

Riders can even compete at multiple parks the same week, but only their highest score will compete for that week.

Results - Just click the "points" link in the menu bar!
KCW - It's On

TSR - Showdowns

OWC - Cable Fever

Revolution - Summer Sessions

Wake Nation - Weekly Grind Series

McCormicks - Get Railed Summer Series

Ski Rixen Shred - A - Thon

Mawi - Red Dirt Railer Series

****Points Championship Update!
Invitations to the Points Championships held October 8-10 at TSR have been expanded from the top three riders overall in each division to the top five riders overall in each division. Because of the interest generated by local events, riders placing in the top five overall in every division will have an opportunity to compete at the Championships. However only the top three riders in each division will participate in the team scoring. If the third place rider will not be attending the fourth place rider will be counted on scoring. The team line ups will be set before the start of the event. Just to clarify for team scores it won't be the best 3 of 5 riders if a fourth or fifth place finisher does better than a 1st-3rd team member. The alternate riders will be riding for themselves as individuals!

Recent Questions????????
1. How are the overall points figured? The lowest overall points you could get for winning the division is 10 points, even if you are the only one in it. If you have more then ten people I made it worth more overall points for two reasons. One it is harder to beat 13 people than 9 or even 2 other people, also I wanted to be able to give points to everyone that rode even the last place finisher! This way we don't make it weighted heavily to or for against either situation (a lot or very few riders) because the individual can't control that but the rider in a monstrous heat is rewarded a little bit. Hopefully everyone agrees on the happy medium.

2. Can I Change Divisions? If you have to move down a division because of injury or whatever you can carry your points down with you. Example if I rode in Pro week 1 and got smoked but did earn 4 points I can carry those down to the advanced division since I was against harder competition. Now as far as moving up to a harder division, which will probably happen more often. Riders will receive 70% of the points they earned in the lesser division. So if I won beginner and realize I belong in Intermediate, I would be able to apply 7 pts to my overall interediate score for week1.

3. Can I ride at multiple places the same week and count the scores for other weeks? No only one score, your best score counts for that week.

4. If I ride at multiple parks which park will I ride for at the championships? The park with the most qualifying scores, in case of a tie (2 weeks at each park) you will ride for whichever park you have the highest points from.

5. How do you know what parks I ride at for my overall score? After week two we will be posting totals for traveling riders, please email if you do not see your name on that list and you have competed at multiple parks! (blake@cablewakeboard.com)

6. When am I sandbagging? There should be a division for everyone competing. The beginner division is for beginners, not advanced riders that don't do air tricks. If that is you step up your game and learn an air trick. The beginner division is for riders that are new to the sport. If you can only ride around the cable and not hit structures you should feel comfortable competing in the beginner category. While you won't be on the podium the difference between first and last should not make a rider feel uncomfortable. Please take a long look at the limitations for the divisions and see if you can compete in the higher division rather than max out a lower division. It will not only help you improve your riding at a quicker pace, but will also allow newer riders to compete and join the competitive side of the sport we have grown to love. The goals of the Points Chase is to have a division for everyone and to grow the sport and improve everyones riding level here in the states!

Basic Info
- 6 Divisions: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Wakeski, Pro and Wakeskate
- Beginning the week of 6/15 and ending 7/15
- $15/entry fee or $60 for all five up front
- Qualify for the Overall Points Championship in October at TSR by placing in the top three in your division overall

Score Breakdown
- Wakeskate, Advanced & Pro: Kickers 25%, Sliders 25%, Air Tricks 40%, Composition 10%
- Intermediate: Kickers 35%, Sliders 35%, Riding, Ollie & Air Tricks 20%, Composition 10%
- Beginner: Kickers 30%, Sliders 50%, Riding & Ollie Tricks 10%, Composition 10%

Trick Limitations by Division
- Pro Wakeboard & Wakeskate: No Limitations

- Advanced Wakeboard:
Spins: up to front side 540s or backside 360s
Air Tricks/Kickers: up to Blind Landing Tricks (Sbends & whirlys are allowed but no other full twisting inverts)
Rails: Judges Discrestion
WildCard Trick Only: No Restrictions

Intermediate Wakeboard:
Spins: up to front side 540s or backside 180s
Air Tricks/Kickers: Basic Inverts & Raileys, no blind or full twisting tricks
Rails: Judges Discrestion
WildCard Trick Only: Advanced run restrictions

Beginner Wakeboard:
Spins: up to front side 360's or HS backside 180s
Air Tricks/Kickers: No Air tricks, Ollie 180 and ollie 360's ok
Rails: Judges Discrestion
WildCard Trick Only: Intermediate run restrictions

Format
Each rider will get two turns and a wildcard. The riders run will begin when he or she leaves the dock and will continue until he or she falls or the carrier reaches tower one a second time. This means the rider gets a full lap and an extra pass on the first stretch. The rider must let go before tower one. We will go through the running order and then return to the first rider and go through the complete order a second time. If you do not fall on your second run you should hold on and do your wildcard trick, which is one trick anywhere in the course. Only do the single trick or the judges may score the wrong trick. If you fall on your second run return to the dock immediately and you will then get a third turn to preform your wildcard trick.

The same trick will not be scored twice in the same run but can be repeated in the second run since the judges will be taking the best turn not a combination of the two.

Format may change slightly between parks, check with your local park for exact details! This format and breakdown will be used for the Championship October 8-10, 2010 at TSR. For more information contact your local cable park or gotowww.CableWakeboard.com to follow the chase to the points title.

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Riders can qualify for the Points Championship if they place in the top three/five in each division at their local series. The top three will represent their home park and if you are 4th or 5th you can still compete as an individual.

For information about participating in this series or sponsoring the chase please email blake@cablewakeboard.com For sponsoring the individual park events please contact the park managers.