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OFFICIALS SEMINAR INFO - E&A Rule EA5.12 – Officials Seminar

International Officials for the purpose of this rule are Level 1 and Level 2 Officials.

EA5.12.01: Responsibility and Purpose

The WSC is responsible for organising an annual Officials Seminar.
The purpose of this Seminar is to provide:

1. further education in judging and scoring,

2. information on the latest rule changes and their interpretation,

3. practical trick writing, judging, and scoring,

4. a trick writing and scoring evaluation.

5. further education in homologation and driving,

6. information and demonstrations on the latest technology associated with their responsibilities.

EA5.12.02: Attendance

  1. Mandatory Attendance: Any Level 1 or Level 2 Official who wishes to inscribe himself for any World or Europe & Africa titled event or Cash Prize 1 competition in any year MUST have attended one seminar within the previous 3 years (e.g. Seminar 2022 followed by Seminar 2025). If, however, an official attend the Seminar in the current year he may become eligible to officiate at titled or CP1 events in that current year if there are spaces. At the Seminar, a short-written exam will be held.

  2. All International Officials are encouraged to take part in the Officials Seminar as often as possible to increase their knowledge.

  3. Level 3 Officials are welcome to attend. If they pass their International Official exam in the same year their attendance at the Seminar is valid for 3 years.

Note: In order to qualify as “attended”, an official must attend most sessions during the Seminar. This will be monitored at each session.

EA5.12.03: Exam Availability

Theoretical and Practical Exam facilities for Level 1 Judge and Level 2 Judge qualification will be made available at every Seminar.

Theoretical Exam facilities for other officials (Homologator, Driver and Scorer) will be made available at every Seminar. Practical exams will still have to be taken at events.

EA5.12.04: Date and Venue

Federations wishing to host the Seminar should apply in writing to the WSC who will, as far as is possible, announce dates and venues at least two years in advance of each Seminar.

The venue should move around the Confederation, offering an equal chance to officials from all countries to attend. This will be considered when allocating Seminar venues. The date should be in spring or autumn of any year.

EA5.12.05: Costs

Everyone attending the Seminar is responsible for their own costs of travel and accommodation. Confederation Europe & Africa will contribute to the cost of meeting rooms and lecture facilities.

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OFFICIALS GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES

Europe & Africa Policies and Procedures (E&A Rule - EA4.6)

This section is included to notify officials of Europe & Africa Policies and Procedures that are not readily contained elsewhere in these Additional Rules or the IWWF Waterski Rule Book.

EA4.6.01: Reports on Officials

The Chief Judge of any Europe & Africa Calendar Competition is requested to notify the Chairman of the WSC if there are any problems with the performances or behaviour of Officials during the event.

Equally if an Official believes the Chief Judge has not acted correctly at a competition, then a report should be sent to the Chairman of the WSC.

EA4.6.02: Titled Events Reporting

The Chief Judge of every Europe & Africa Titled Event is requested to send in a written report to the Chairman of the WSC at the conclusion of the competition. This report should include a brief overview of the event, site, organisation, etc. and a detailed report on any problems or incidents that occurred.

Additionally, there is an Excel spreadsheet which the Chief Judge needs to complete and return to the WSC. This spreadsheet will contain an analysis of the performance of each of the officials in their different roles during the competition. The results of this performance evaluation will stay confidential within the WSC. All Titled Events Chief Judges will be provided with the form prior to the event.

EA4.6.03: Officials Leave of Absence

Any Europe & Africa Official may request a leave of absence from duty for a season. Such request should be put in writing to the Chairman of the WSC as early as possible and give reasons for the request. Such reasons may include additional workload, pregnancy, illness, family pressures, etc.

Disciplinary Procedures (E&A Rule - EA5.14)

Applies to: Judges – Scorers - Drivers - Homologators

All disciplinary procedures and actions must comply with the bylaw articles regarding ineligibility of participation, grievance, and due process. These procedures are not intended for the occasional honest mistake, only for those habitually breaking the rules.

With each step, written approval of two-thirds of the Appointed Officials is required to act against an official, and this approval must be recorded and included in the report to the WSC as specified below.

First Offence to Be but Not Limited To:

• On-site notification and warning by the Appointed Officials with written report of action to WSC Chairman.

The record of this offence will be removed from the official's file in one year from the date of infraction provided no further offences occur.

Second Offence to Be but Not Limited To:

• Letter of reprimand from the entire Council.

• Not to officiate at any “R” or “L” events for 6 months after the date of the letter of reprimand, with written report of action to Admincom.

Providing no further offences occur, and without removing the record of this offence from the official's file, the time limit on this offence for further discipline will end two years from the date of infraction.

Third Offence to Be but Not Limited To:

• Letter from the Europe & Africa President.

• Downgrade mandatory with written report of action to Admincom.

Providing no further offences occur, and without removing the record of this offence from the official's file, the time limit on this offence for further discipline will end three years from the date of infraction and the official may start work from the beginning on the rating lost.

The following are examples of violations, but are not all-inclusive:

All Officials:

1. Not following the rules to enhance skier performance or site reputation by:

  • abusing any tolerance (IWWF Rule 1.09).

  • allowing abuse of any tolerance without reporting it or taking corrective action, if appropriate.

2. Not following the rules after having been notified of the problem.

3. Knowing the rules were not followed and not reporting it.

4. Engaging in verbal or physical abuse of other officials or competition personnel.

Judges:

1. Manipulating the timing in tricks to give the skier more or less than 20 seconds.

2. Knowing that the speed was wrong and not reporting it.

3. Knowing that the boat path was wrong and not reporting it.

Scorers:

1. Intentionally giving a skier or group of skiers a better or worse score in any event or overall.

2. Manipulating the points and credits in scoring tricks to produce more or less points for a skier or group of skiers.

Drivers:

Driving to enhance skier performance with:

  • onsistently slow times during a Slalom event with one or a group of skiers.

  • a boat path consistently favouring or disfavouring one or a group of skiers.

  • consistently fast times during a Jump event with one or a group of skiers.

Homologators:

Setting up the ski site in violation of the rules to enhance skier performance by

  • setting slalom courses too narrow.

  • allowing the use of excessively long slalom towropes.

  • allowing timing systems to be operated without prior checking.

  • filling out record application forms incorrectly.

  • setting up the ramp incorrectly.

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  • If you have not already received a login and password (all Level 2 and Level 1 Officials have received a login) please request a login here

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Sure-Path (BPMS)

  • BOAT PATH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (BPMS) is a system for tracking the position of a waterski boat within the boat boat lane of Jump or Slalom course.

  • A new version of the Judging Application (version 2.7.7) is available.

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SplashEyeDrive Monitoring

  • A free software to use for control and monitor Waterski Boat lane in Jump or Slalom course.

SplashEye Software

  • 3-event competition software for Slalom, Tricks and Jumping.

VideoTools (Chip Sand)

  • 3-event Waterski software including Video Boat Path, Video Gates, Video Stopwatch (Tricks) and VTM (Video Tape Measure for Jumping).

Waterski Homologation Software (© E. Lion 1986-2025)

Features:

  • Homologation of Classic, Disabled, Cableski and Barefoot competitions

  • Produce the official electronic IWWF homologation dossier

  • Homologation notice can be printed separatly

  • 1 (polar), 2 or 3 reading theodolite stations supported,

  • Prism-less theodolite supported

  • X,Y coordinates mode supported

  • GPS (latitude, longitude, altitude) coordinates supported (for RTK GPS)

  • Show real buoys position relative to where they should be

  • Interface to read angles from theodolite through Rs232c serial communication over COM, USB, or blue-tooth

 License:

Waterski Homologation software is licensed for all IWWF federations, competitions and officials.

Needed configuration:

Any computer with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11.
The software can work on a Windows installed virtual machine on a Mac or Linux.

Waterski Scoring Software (© E. Lion 1986-2025)

Features:

  • Scores Waterski classic tournaments as well as Barefoot, Cableski, Disabled and Boat Wakeboard competitions

  • IWWF and E&A rules compliant

  • Make start lists for categories, mixed categories (divisions), or all together, independently of how results are printed out.

  • Print out results per categories or mixed categories in almost any way you want: on best of 2,3,4 scores (up to 6 rounds are possible), preliminary/semi-final/final, best of 2 + final...

  • Slalom and jump scoring with boat times and tolerance check

  • Advanced tricks scoring with or without declared tricks run

  • Overall scoring (1000 points, or with standards)

  • Team scoring (per country, club, region, or custom team)

  • For boat Wakeboard, start lists and results according to E&A or World heat system

  • Export of start lists and results as text, pdf or html files

  • Possibility to publish online competition web site, with time table, start lists and results, as well as live scoreboard

  • Can publish competition dossier on IWWF web site

  • And much more...

License:

All federations and officials of IWWF are licensed to use the "Waterski Scoring" software.

Needed configuration:

Any computer with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11.
The software can work on a Windows installed virtual machine on a Mac or Linux.

Installation :

  • Download the full version as auto-installable exe.
    You can also downlad the help files.

  • Run (Double-click) the downloaded file and follow the instructions to install.

  • You don't need to restart the computer and can use the software immediatly.

Support :

  • Question about using the software can be ask on the forum

  • Report bugs, issues or suggestions on the forum

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