PPaacciiffiicc NNoorrtthhwweesstt SSkkii AAssssoocciiaattiioonn CCoommppeettiittiioonn Manual Alpine & Nordic PACIFIC NORTHWEST SKI ASSOCIATION A Division of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association and the USSA Western Region Pacific Northwest Ski Association 2671 Flowery Trail Rd - Usk, WA - 99180-9740 Telephone: 509.445.4454 Fax: 509.445.4455 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.pnsa.org PNSA Executive Director: Paul F Mahre United States Ski and Snowboard Association 1 Victory Lane / P.O. Box 100 - Park City, UT - 84060 Telephone: 435.649.9090 Fax: 435.649.3613 Member Services: 435.647.2666 Membership Services Email: [email protected] Website: http://ussa.org Alpine - Western Region Telephone: 435.647.2035 Fax: 435.649.3613 Email: Lester Keller [email protected] Gwynn Watkins [email protected] http://www.ussawest.com Nordic - USSA Toni Adams - Nordic Program Manager Telephone: 435.647.2061 Fax: 435.901.3469 Email: [email protected] PACIFIC NORTHWEST SKI ASSOCIATION 2011-2012 COMPETITION MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE NORDIC 1 – NORDIC COMPETITION COMMITTEE - INTRODUCTION The NCC ................................................................................ 1 2 – ATHLETE SELECTION JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM ............................................................ 1 GENERAL SELECTION GUIDELINES ............................................. 1 3 – COACHES SELECION TRIP LEADER/HEAD COACH ....................................................... 1 ADDITIONAL COACHES ............................................................... 1 4 – PNSA NORDIC TRIPS AND PROJECTS TRIPS AND PROJECTS ............................................................... 2 PROCESS ................................................................................. 2 5 – PNSA NORDIC VENTURES AND OPPORTUNITIES VENTURES ............................................................................... 2 PROCESS ................................................................................. 2 6 – DEFINITIONS ............................................................................ 2 ATTACHMENT A .............................................................................. 3 ATTACHMENT B .............................................................................. 4 ALPINE 1 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST SKI ASSOCIATION - INTRODUCTION Purposes ................................................................................ 5 ADMINISTRATION ....................................................................... 5 2 - PNSA/USSA ALPINE PROGRAM HOW TO BECOME A COMPETITOR ............................................... 6 COMPETITOR CLASSIFICATION ................................................... 6 ADVANCEMENT THROUGH THE PNSA RACE SERIES .................... 7 3 - USSA MEMBERSHIP AND LICENSING USSA MEMBERSHIP ................................................................. 8 USSA ALPINE COMPETITION LICENSE ........................................ 8 USSA/PNSA CLUB MEMBERSHIP .............................................. 8 4 - PNSA/USSA COMPETITIONS PNSA BUDDY WERNER/MITEY MITE RACING .............................. 9 PNSA J3 SERIES ..................................................................... 11 EVERGREEN CUP RACES ........................................................... 13 NORTHWEST CUP SERIES .......................................................... 13 WESTERN REGION RACE SERIES ............................................... 14 MAJOR USSA COMPETITIONS ................................................... 14 PNSA COLLEGE RACING ........................................................... 15 5 - RULES GOVERNING PNSA COMPETITIONS RACE ORGANIZATION ................................................................ 17 ENTRY FEES ..................................................................... 17 SEEDING SYSTEMS ........................................................... 18 PNSA “PACE SKIER” POLICY ............................................. 20 RULES OF ALPINE COMPETITION ................................................ 20 6 - RULES GOVERNING PNSA TRAVEL AND CONDUCT RACE ENTRY OUT OF DIVISION .................................................. 22 USSA CODE OF CONDUCT/ETHICS CODE .................................... 22 PNSA PARENTAL CODE OF CONDUCT ........................................ 23 PNSA TRAVELING TEAM RULES ................................................. 23 VIOLATIONS OF RULES AND CONDUCT STANDARDS...................... 25 PNSA APPEALS BOARD ............................................................ 26 RACER RESPONSIBILITY ............................................................ 27 NSAA/PNSAA - YOUR RESPONSIBILITY CODE ........................... 28 7 - PNSA ALPINE TEAM ................................................................. 29 8 - PNSA/PNSAA “ELITE” SEASON PASS ................................. 30 9 - PNSA SELECTION PROCEDURES PNSA SELECTION COMMITTEE .................................................. 32 PNSA DOUBLE SELECTION BOARD ............................................ 32 RULES FOR SETTING UP THE BOARD ............................... 32 SELECTION .................................................................... 33 PNSA SINGLE SELECTION BOARD ............................................. 33 WR ELITE FIS SERIES .............................................................. 33 ELIGIBILITY TO BE PLACED ON THE BOARD ........................ 33 ALTERNATE LIST ............................................................ 33 WESTERN REGION OPEN/DEVO FIS SERIES SELECTION J2 NATIONAL QUALIFICATION .......................................... 34 ELIGIBILITY TO BE PLACED ON THE BOARD ........................ 34 ALTERNATE LIST ............................................................ 34 WESTERN REGION JR. CHAMPS SELECTION ................................ 34 ELIGIBILITY TO BE PLACED ON THE BOARD ........................ 35 ALTERNATE LIST ............................................................ 35 WESTERN REGION J3 JUNIOR CHAMPS SELECTION ..................... 35 DISCRETIONARY POLICY ............................................................ 36 FOREIGN COMPETITORS ............................................................ 36 INTENT TO COMPETE POLICY ..................................................... 36 PNSA TRAVELING TEAMS POLICY .............................................. 37 10 - PNSA ACADEMIC POLICY PNSA HONOR ROLL ...................................................................... 38 11 - PNSA COACHES COMMITTEE GOALS AND PURPOSE ............................................................... 39 TRAVELING TEAMS – COACH SELECTION .................................... 39 CODE OF CONDUCT .................................................................. 40 COACHES CARDS ...................................................................... 40 COACHES EDUCATION ............................................................... 40 12 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION 41 APPENDIX ...................................................................... A1-A7 A1 2010-11 PNSA ANNUAL AWARDS ....................................... A1 A2 PNSA QUOTAS AND SELECTION DEADLINES ......................... A3 A3 2011-2012 PNSA ALPINE CALENDAR .................................. A5 A4 PNSA RACE ADMINISTRATOR CONTACT LIST ........................ A8 A5 PNSA ALPINE COMPETITION COMMITTEE ............................. A9 A6 PNSA NORDIC COMPETITION COMMITTEE ............................ A11 A7 PNSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS .............................................. A12 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE December 1, 2011 Greetings to the Members of PNSA: The race season is fast approaching. The athletes are home from their Thanksgiving Camps and the first race on our calendar is about two weeks away! Here’s hoping we have another season of abundant snow!! Please look over our Competition Manual and familiarize yourself with the rules of PNSA. You will notice a change in the Pace Skier Policy and the Elite Pass attendance requirements. New for this year is the single panel Giant Slalom. Also include this year are the Nordic Competition guidelines. A big “Thank You” goes out to Steve Devin for his leadership in this process. With the help of PNSEF and many generous donors, we have added 195 rolls of Barry B-Net to our inventory of PNSA netting. We also have over 100 rolls of SPM net to use at our races. A huge Thanks goes out to all involved in making this happen! We will be using the SPM net at the Oregon races since many of those clubs already use this net. We will be using the new net in the Northern part of the Division as most of these clubs purchased their own Barry net for use in training. I strongly encourage all clubs to use net while they are training if there is a need for net while racing on the same venue. There are big changes coming in the 2012-2013 season. USSA is going to new age classes as is FIS. These are listed on our website. We are still waiting for USSA to finalize their rules, but the Alpine Competition Committee is closely following these changes and will bring to Convention its suggestions for how the changes will affect competitions in PNSA and how we will proceed into the future. Please join us at Convention this year in the Tri-Cities. We just signed a three year contract with the Holiday Inn Express and the TRAC to hold the PNSA Convention. We have negotiated a great deal and the central location will make travel to Convention easier for most of our members. Paul is working hard in the office and is