Rules

DISCIPLINE RULES/ FORMATS

Indoor Championships

National Indoor Championships:

Qualification:
2 runs on rail line
2 runs on box line
Best scored run from each line is accumualted with Top 10men/5women (irrespective of age) going through to the final.

Finals:
2 runs on rail line
2 runs on box line
Best scored run from each line is accumualted for final placement.

Age category positions are extracted from the overall results.

Snowboardcross & Skiercross (SBX/ SX)

Timed Qualification is a run down the course alone. Athletes' qualifying times are then used to seed the heats, with athletes being given gate preference in order of their seeding.
Where possible, heats will be based around increments of 4 athletes, i.e. 4 in final, 8 in semi (2 x 4), 16 in quarter (4 x 4), 32 in round1 (8 x 4) etc… However, in the interest of providing all athletes with a racing experience, where odd numbers of athletes exist, we reserve the right to vary the number of athletes in particular heats.
N.B. Qualifying highly will always serve in the athletes best interest

Age categories will run together in heats.
All heats are min of 2 racers with a max of 4 at a time.
All initial heats are seeded based on timed qualification
All subsequent heats are seeded initially by the heat winners with ultimate gate preference going to the fastest qualifier, and then by applying the same ruling to the runners up.
Top 2 in each heat qualify for the next round, unless stipulated by the starter prior to the heat.
Consolation finals are run to decide 4th to 8th place in the overall category only.
Final positions from 9th onwards are taken from the timed qualification results.

Big Air (BA)

National Championships: Everyone gets 3 runs, best run counts for your Overall position. Age category positions are extracted from the overall results.
This format allows the judging panel to concentrate on each run in its entirety and provide a calculated score for each run, thus allowing the placement of athletes from 1st to last in an accurate manner.

Slopestyle (SS)

National Championships: As per Big Air

Halfpipe (HP)

National Championships: As per Big Air

Jam Sessions (BA & SS)

This format allows for riders to excel on specific obstacles and try multiple times to perfect a trick and all under conditions that don't have the same pressures of the National Championships.

The session will run for the duration stated on the schedules and it is down to the athlete to fit as many runs in as possible to impress the MC and judging panel, whilst still being courteous to other riders also wishing to fit in as many runs. Overall winners will be decided at the end of each session in the following categories: Women, Under 16 Men (Kid & Youth age groups), and Over 16 Men (Junior, Overall & Masters).

SEEDED ATHLETES (BA & SS)

Due to the new 3-run National Championships format, a seeding system will be introduced to provide top ranking athletes with the advantage they would ordinarily be afforded by a final; seeded athletes will run in reverse order at the end of each qualifying round.

The seeded athletes are taken from the previous year's British Snow Tour UK ranking list which is based upon results accrued from the Big Air and Slopestyle disciplines at both dryslope and indoor events. The seeded athletes are listed here, and the full ranking of all the 2009 athletes can be found here.

JUDGING RULES

Studying the procedures and criteria behind judging and then putting these skills into practise is a very complex matter which demands attendance at judging conferences and workshops and takes years of experience to hone, however, in the interest of transparency we are working with our fully qualified Head Judges to create an overview document to inform athletes as to what is rewarded.