Award Skills
Cutting Edge takes you through learning to water ski progressively. The participation and bronze awards are generic to all disciplines and provide you with all the basic knowledge and skills required to be confident behind a boat. Silver and Gold awards are discipline specific and focus on the skills and tricks needed to reach competition level within the sport.
The table below shows the skill level you will reach when you have completed each level;
Adaptive Water Ski / Riding | Barefoot | Kneeboard | Water Ski | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Participation | Getting on the water | |||
Bronze | Start at Silver Level | Complete 5 minutes or 2 laps of safe skiing | ||
Silver | Getting used to the water whilst watersking or riding Complete 2 laps of the lake |
Cross wakes on both sides on long line & shoe skis | 720 back to back | 5 consecutive deep water starts on 1 ski Complete 1 lap of the lake on 1 ski |
Gold | Seated Ski/Slalom - run inner course
Seated Trick - surface 180 |
Ski one handed/one footed on long line & barefoot | Slalom - run full course at 16mph on a 23 line Trick - Air front & back |
Slalom - run the course at any speed with gates Trick - 360's in both directions Jump - 3 consecutive successful jumps |
Platinum | COMING SOON |