Rulebook

The Tour

1.1a The existing events at the following locations will be sanctioned for the 2024 Men’s UST Tour: 

Cabo San Lucas, MexicoEl Rey de LoversApril 26th-28th
Santa Cruz, CATAC SkimblastJuly 20th
Nags Head, NCOBX Skim JamJuly 26th-28th
Dewey Beach, DEZap World Championships of SkimboardingAugust 9th-11th
Vero Beach, FLMulligans Skim JamAugust 30th-31st
Newport Beach, CAExile OktoberfestSeptember (TBD)

Points from the best four performances count toward each skimboarder’s 2024 UST points total

*Exile Oktoberfest to take place in mid September to early October. Exact dates will be added once available.

1.1b The existing events at the following locations will be sanctioned for the 2024 Women’s UST Tour.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

El Rey de Lovers

April 26th-28th

Dewey Beach, DE

Zap World Championships of Skimboarding

August 9th-11th

Vero Beach, FL

Mulligans Skim Jam

August 30th-31st

Newport Beach, CA

Exile Oktoberfest

September (TBD)

Points from the best three performances count toward each skimboarder’s 2024 UST points total

*Exile Oktoberfest to take place in mid September to early October. Exact dates will be added once available.

Point Scoring – Men’s Division

1.2a   Each competitor’s highest scores at any four of the six UST sanctioned events will be counted. Competitors may compete at more than four events to attain the highest scores possible.

The point total and point scaling (multiplier) awarded at each event will be modified according to professional participation in that event.

Events with more professional competitors will be awarded more points for first place, and the multiplier used to determine the points granted for successive placements will be higher.  The point scaling system will work as outlined below.

Professional EntriesMultiplierPoints For 1st
Fewer than 2189.00%970
21 – 2589.50%985
26 – 3090.00%1000
31 – 3590.50%1015
36 – 4091.00%1030
More than 4091.50%1045

Point Scoring – Women’s Division

1.2b  Each competitor’s highest scores at any three of the four UST sanctioned events will be counted.  Competitors may compete at more than three events to attain the highest scores possible.

The first place finisher in the women’s division shall earn 1000 points toward their UST total.  Each successive finisher shall receive 90% of the points of the finisher directly above them.  The full point allocation table will be the same as the Men use for events with 26 – 30 competitors.

 

Results Handling

1.3a If a contest director doesn’t deliver full pro results within 10 days, he/she risks his contest not being counted for that year and future years.

1.3b If a contest director does not deliver his contest results at all, his contest will definitively not be sanctioned by the UST for the following three years. A unanimous vote by the directors is required to waive this automatic three year penalty. After the three year penalty, there is no guarantee that the contest will be re-sanctioned by the UST.

1.3c No points will count for contests with incomplete results. In the case that full professional results are not delivered for whatever reason, partial points for the top placing competitors will not be counted.

 

Access and Transparency

1.4 Contest directors must grant authorized UST representatives full access at the event for monitoring purposes upon request.

 

Event Cancellation

1.5 If a contest is cancelled in a given year for any reason short of an Act of God, that contest will need to acquire unanimous support from UST directors to be allowed back on the tour.

Ties

1.6  If two or more competitors tie in the results at any particular event the tied riders shall evenly share the points allocated to the positions for which they tied.

If two or more competitors are tied in the final point tally at the end of the UST season, the UST shall attempt to break the tie by counting additional events (including dropped scores).  If the tie cannot be broken by this methodology, an actual tie will occur and the riders will share the UST placing and any prizes or awards, evenly.

Standardized Practices and Procedures

1.7  Pursuant to the March 14th, 2014 Pro Rider Petition, the athletes would like event organizers to adhere to the following guidelines for professional heats at all UST sanctioned events to the maximum extent possible.

1.7(a) Pro division heat scoring should be based upon the top 3 waves.
1.7(b) Pro division ride scoring should be judged to the tenth of a point (in an effort to avoid ties).
1.7(c) The pro division should be seeded based upon previous year UST rankings for the first half of the events of the tour and seeded based upon current year UST rankings for the remaining events of the tour (the ‘UST system’). 
1.7(d) The pro division should be fully bracketed, based on UST standings (the ‘UST system’).
1.7(e) Where possible within time constraints, we would like to reduce or eliminate 4 man heats. Man on man heats should be used to decide the top 8 (preferred) or top 4 (min). (the ‘UST system’). Please reference the official bracketing guidelines here
1.7(f) Each UST event should pay a $20 per pro rider sanctioning/media fee to the UST.
1.7(g) In the interest of tour uniformity and making positive changes within professional skimboard competition, the pro riders would generally like the contest organizers to work with the UST to the maximum extent possible.