A maximum of eight competitors in each individidual discipline shall receive invitations to the 2025 Jr. Masters Water Ski Tournament. These positions will be comprised of a maximum of five (5) single event competitors in junior men and junior women slalom, trick and jump and three (3) overall competitors. New for 2025, Overlap of overall competitors and single event selections: single event positions earned by overall skiers will NOT result in the selection of (an) additional single event skier(s).
A. Invitations will be extended to all single event champions of the below tournaments, provided said champion meets the minimum age requirements.
1. 2024 Jr. Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament
2. 2024 Jr. Botas Pro Am
3. 2024 Jr. World Water Ski Championships
4. 2025 Jr. Moomba Masters Invitational
B. Invitations will be extended to the overall champions of the 2024 Jr. Masters and 2024 Jr. Worlds, provided said champion meets the minimum age requirement.
C. The remaining 2025 invitations will be determined by the Masters Qualifying Series (MQS). Upon qualifying for an invitation, an athlete may continue to compete in the Masters Qualifying Series events, but for score only, and not for placement for the purposes of Masters Qualification.
Selections shall be made according to the following criteria, and in the following order, until all five single event positions and all three overall positions are filled:
1. Defending 2024 Junior Masters Champions in slalom, trick, jump and overall (*defending champions must meet age requirements)
o Junior Men’s Slalom: Bautista Ahumada
o Junior Women’s Slalom: Trinidad Espinal
o Junior Men’s Trick: Jake Abelson
o Junior Women’s Trick: Hannah Stopnicki (*aged out)
o Junior Men’s Jump: Jake Abelson
o Junior Women’s Jump: Kristy Appleton
o Junior Men’s Overall: Jake Abelson
o Junior Women’s Overall: Megan Pelkey (*aged out)
2. Defending 2024 Junior Champions of the Botaski ProAm in slalom, trick and jump.
o Junior Men’s Slalom: Jake Abelson
o Junior Women’s Slalom: Cristhiana DeOsma
o Junior Men’s Trick: Matias Gonzalez (*qualified for pro; open position at MQS)
o Junior Women’s Trick: Cristhiana DeOsma
o Junior Men’s Jump: Tim Wild
o Junior Women’s Jump: Maise Jacobsen
3. 2024 Junior World Water Ski Championships
o Junior Men’s Slalom: Jaeden Eade
o Junior Women’s Slalom: Cristhiana DeOsma
o Junior Men’s Trick: Matias Gonzalez (*qualified for pro; open position at MQS)
o Junior Women’s Trick: Alexia Abelson
o Junior Men’s Jump: Jake Abelson
o Junior Women’s Jump: Maise Jacobsen
o Junior Men’s Overall: Jake Abelson
o Junior Women’s Overall: Kristy Appleton
4. 2025 Junior Moomba Masters International Invitational Champions in Junior Men and Junior Women slalom, trick and jump only. Champions must meet age minimum requirements for Jr. Masters. **There will be NO overall position filled from the 2025 Junior Moomba Masters International Invitational.)
o Junior Men’s Slalom:
o Junior Women’s Slalom:
o Junior Men’s Trick:
o Junior Women’s Trick:
o Junior Men’s Jump:
o Junior Women’s Jump:
5. All remaining positions shall qualify from the Junior Masters Qualfiying Series events (MQS), according to the following chart:
# of Remaining Positions | # of Positions Filled from MQS 1 | # of Positions from MQS 2 |
1
| 1
|
|
2 | 1 | 1 |
3 | 1 | 2 |
4 | 2 | 2 |
5 | 2 | 3 |
6 | 3 | 3 |
7 | 3 | 4 |
8 | 4 | 4 |
MASTERS QUALIFIER #1: The top finishers from multi round Masters Qualifier #1 (number determined by the chart above) with the single highest score in Junior Men and Junior Women slalom, trick, jump and overall held May 2 – 4, 2025 at Champions Lake, Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida.
MASTERS QUALIFIER #2: The top finishers from multi round Junior Masters Qualifier #2 (number determined by the chart above) with the single highest score in Junior Men and Junior Women slalom, trick, jump and overall held May 9 – 11, 2025 at Champions Lake, Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida.
In order to be eligible to compete at a qualifying event tournament, junior skiers must meet the following minimum scores achieved at a Class R or L tournament by February 1, 2025. New for 2025, the score achieved must be a 2 score average and not a single performance.
Junior Men’s Slalom: 3.5 @ 11.25 meters
Junior Women’s Slalom: 2 @ 12 meters
Junior Men’s Trick: 7,000 points
Junior Women’s Trick: 5,000 points
Junior Men’s Jump: 49.5 meters
Junior Women’s Jump: 34.3 meters
Junior Men’s Overall: 1,800.00 points
Junior Women’s Overall: 1,700.00 points
*The tournament organizer reserves the right to adjust the qualifying score threshold based upon extenuating circumstances.
*To qualify, an athlete must be 17 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2024. If a junior aged skier qualifies for pro level Masters and Junior Masters, he/she must decide which level to ski. After the decision to ski at the pro level is made, and if said skier qualifies in both pro and junior level again, said skier must compete in the pro level.
