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| ASA AMATEUR CIRCUIT |
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| ASA ARCHIVE |
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2000 U.S. ASA Amateur Circuit Rules and Guidelines
Circuit Structure: The ASA North American Amateur Circuit is made up of six regions in the U.S. plus Canada.
Sectionals: The top ten unqualified street skaters and top five unqualified vert skaters at each sectional event in the Expert Division only will earn the right to move up to the regional contest. If a skater qualifies in more than one region, he/she must choose ONE regional contest and cannot compete in more than one Regional. Advancement of female skaters will be at the sole discretion of the judges.
Regionals: The top 10 street and 5 vert skaters will advance to the ASA Amateur Championships. Advancement of female skaters will be at the sole discretion of the judges.
Who goes Pro at the Championships: There is no set number of athletes who will qualify to turn pro. The judges, at their sole discretion, will advance between one and ten skaters in street and between one and five in vert. Judges must consider a number of factors in determining whether or not to invite a skater to become professional. For more information visit ASAskate.com/amcirc.
Disqualification: There will be a three-strike policy for minor infractions. Minor infractions include but are not limited to not wearing proper protective gear, skating when the course is supposed to be cleared, disrespecting event staff or participants, and other clearly disruptive or inappropriate behavior. If a skater is DQ’ed from three ASA events in the same year, he/she will be ineligible to compete at any other ASA events that year. Major infractions including fighting or drug or alcohol use on site will result in immediate disqualification from the entire ASA Amateur Circuit for that year.
Pad Requirements: At the amateur level ASA rules require skaters to wear full protective gear including helmets, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist pads. You have been told!
Petitions: Sometimes things happen at events that seem wrong or unfair to participants. You have the right to petition the ASA to request a complete review of a disqualification, a perceived judging bias, or any other relevant reason. You must petition on the day of the incident. The ASA Regional Director has a form for you to use to petition. You can return the form to the Regional Director or mail it directly to the ASA. All petitions MUST include a $10 petition fee or we will not consider the petition. This is standard with sport bodies and usually the fee is much higher. Without charging a fee, we could be inundated with bogus petitions. When a petition comes in to the ASA office along with the $10 fee we will review it very carefully. After extensive phone calls and research into your issue, the ASA will convene the "competition committee" which includes all of the Regional Directors as well as managers at the ASA and a skater representative. The competition committee will make a ruling based on the petition and return a written response to the petitioner. The majority decision of the competition committee shall be binding - and a simple majority will determine the decision. If you petition the ASA, we will take your request seriously. We will give your complaint a complete review and let you know our decision.
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