Slalom, Tricks & Jump Skiing - Junior Development

To be eligible for the National Junior Ski Team, a skier must:

1. be a U.S. Citizen,
2. be a member of USA Water Ski & Wake Sports in good standing,
3. competed in the Boys/Girls 3, Boys/Girls 4, or Boys/Girls 5 divisions in at least (3) separate Class “C” or higher tournaments in the previous ski year, excluding those skiers who have aged up into M1/W1.

1. Juniors with an “open” rating in overall or in any single event will automatically be selected to the team.
2. Using the AWSA National Rankings List, any skiers with “open” ratings who were automatically selected will be purged, and then the top 2 overall skiers for both the previous ski year and the last twelve months in each division listed above will be selected to the National Junior Team.
3. If a skier sets a benchmark overall or single event score, regardless of the age division criteria above, and does not otherwise make the team, they will be selected.
4. The National Junior Development Committee may choose up to two skiers for discretionary selection.

All-Star Teams will be chosen and announced at each Region's Regional Tournament. The team will consist of six members and one alternate. To be eligible for the Regional All-Star Team, an athlete must:

• Be a U.S. citizen
• Be a member of USA Water Ski & Wake Sports and in good standing
• Be a current skier in Boys 2, Boys 3, Boys 4, Boys 5, Girls 2, Girls 3, Girls 4 or Girls 5 divisions be committed to attending and skiing in the Nationals

The skiers NOPS points will be used for the selection process. Skiers will be chosen based on their regional seeding* as 60 percent and their regional performances as 40 percent. The strongest three-event athletes will be chosen first, followed by two-event athletes and then single event athletes. Each team will be comprised of Boys and Girls 2, 3, 4 and 5. The six-member team may have no more than two team members from the same division. The gender distribution of the six-member team shall be either 3/3 or 4/2. The alternate can be from any of the eligible divisions.