AWSA Trick Rule Update March 2019

Rule Update: AWSA Trick #5 Split to Allow More Surface Spins!

Adam Koehler Committees, News, Operations

The AWSA has updated their trick rules to separate out tricks that were collected into trick “#5”. This rule change applies to the NCWSA because we follow the AWSA rule book for all rules not explicitly defined in our own rule book.

The Rule Update

Split trick #5 into 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e and 5f.

For trick numbers 5a-f, reverse tricks are allowed per rule 11.12F1. limited to 360 degrees but may follow a 360-degree, 540-degree, or 720-degree turn.

The Updated Spins Chart

Updated AWSA trick event spins chart as of March 2019.

Rationale: Creativity, Fun, Spins for Days!

The expanded options for credited tricks in a trick ski run will allow more creativity in runs by giving skiers more options. The update places AWSA in alignment with IWWF on this matter. You can see this rule update and others in the AWSA Summary of 2019 Rule Changes.

NCWSA Skiers Already Taking Advantage

Many NCWSA skiers learn to trick ski in college. Even though collegiate skiers only get a single pass, filling up an entire 20 seconds can be a struggle for our novice trick skiers. As skiers progress through to more advanced tricks, skiers begin to learn surface turns such as back-to-backs, and those would replace the standard surface 360 because prior to this rule change both could not be credited. Similar situations existed for many of the other surface turns.

Now collegiate skiers that haven’t quite filled up their 20 second pass can bring back the other surface turns to help fill up their pass! We are excited to encourage skiers to keep these tricks in their runs until they truly need to replace them due to time restrictions, this will keep skiers practicing these spins and will help create a solid base for more advance spins and wake spins!

WSTIMS Updated to 5.0.1.4

We saw a few trick skiers add a back to back or add their O’s back into their runs this past weekend after WSTIMS was updated during the previous week with the new rules!

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Adam Koehler

I am Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside and Bachelor's and Masters from Marquette University. I skied collegiately at Marquette and in 2009 I received the NCWSA Outstanding Leader Award. I was NCWSA Operations Committee Chair for 7 years, and the NCWSA Secretary for 8 years.