Fantasy Pro Surfing - How to Play

object

The object of this game is to score the most points by forming a 12-man fantasy
team of surfers for each of the playable events.

rules

A.	Each fantasy player must select a team of 12 surfers for a current fantasy event.
B.	Each surfer will be in one of three color groups to pick from based on the surfers seeding into each event.*
C.	The HIGH seeded surfers will be labeled RED.
D.	The MID seeded surfers will be labeled YELLOW.
E.	The LOW seeded surfers will be labeled BLUE.
F.	Each fantasy player will be allowed to select a maximum of 4 RED (HIGH) surfers and must select a minimum of 4 BLUE (LOW) surfers. (i.e. this would allow a team of 4 HIGH/RED, 4 MID/YELLOW, and 4 LOW/BLUE surfers to equal 12 surfers.) However, many different combos would be allowed (i.e. 6 YELLOW & 6 BLUE, OR... 2 RED, 2 YELLOW, and 8 BLUE, etc...).
	*Some events will not have mid seeded yellow surfers and will require a minimum of 8 low/blue surfers.
	REMEMBER THIS SIMPLE RULE - 4 RED (high seeds) MAXIMUM / 4 BLUE (low seeds) MINIMUM!!

trading

Each fantasy player must pick a new team of 12 surfers for each event.

The pick & trade will close at the beginning of the first heat of the first round of the competition! The countdown timer is located above each round.

Due to contests being put on hold for whatever reason, trading may still close before the start of an event or a particular round!

Pay close attention to the pick & trade countdown timer!!

The pick & trade may or may not be re-opened due to events or rounds being put on hold, but will always re-open if there is a lay day before the start of an event or a particular round.

updates

A.	NO SHOWS - No shows score 1 POINT. No shows can only be traded when announced in the days prior to the contest starting. If a no show is replaced with an alternate surfer during the contest, the alternate surfer will take the place of the no show surfer on your team. A surfer who paddles out but does not catch a wave thus scoring 0.00 will score the same as a no show. No score = 1 point.
B.	JUMPS/BUMPS - In the case of a seeded surfer jumping up to a higher starting round, or being bumped down to a lower starting round, the surfer will always assume his original seeding color (for better or for worse).
C.	BEACH ENTRY ALTERNATES - non seeded surfers who are entered into the event for a no show after the event has started may or may not be available as a fantasy pick. If a beach entry alternate enters the event and does not take the place of a no show surfer, he is simply not a part of the game.
D.	TRIALISTS - Trialists will be available to pick but will usually be an undetermined surfer that will not be determined until after trading has already closed. This means that trialists are typically mystery picks for your team if you like to "roll the dice". When the trials are completed prior to the first day of competition, the trials winners will usually be added to the lowest seeded round as new entries available to be acquired before the start of the event.
E.	RE-ENTRIES - In some very rare cases, a seeded surfer will lose in the opening rounds or will "no show", but then will re-enter the event as a beach entry alternate. When this happens, the surfer starts over and DOES NOT retain any previous accumulated fantasy points.

scoring

Each surfer will accumulate and carry points based on their placing in each heat.

The most heats surfed with the best placing will score the most fantasy points.

Therefore, blue surfers will have the potential to score the most points due to having to surf more heats than yellow or red surfers.

Every round will carry a point value system (incriments of 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 or 60 points per placing).

Sometimes heats will not be full, but will be incomplete. Meaning, a 4-man heat will only have 2 or 3 surfers in that heat. In that case, points are awarded as if the heat were full and there were 4 surfers in the heat, etc...

First rounds (blue surfers) are worth 5 pts per placing (usually 4 man heats; sometimes 6).

Top half finishers advance and carry their points into the next round while bottom half are done. (1st and 2nd place advance in 3 man heats and 3rd place is done!!)

Yellow middle rounds are worth 10 pts per placing.

Red rounds start at 15 pts per placing.

Depending on if it is a 2-man heat or a 4-man heat, quarters are worth 20 or 35 pts per placing, semi-finals 25 or 40, and finals 30 or 60.

1st in round 1(blue) 6 man heat= 30pts/4 man heat=20pts.1st in 4 man final=120pts/2 man final=120pts.

Example: all 4 man heats...WQS Monster Pipeline Pro 2007. Results for Danny Fuller (blue surfer).
Round of 160... 1st... 20pts Round of 128... 1st... 20pts (40 total) Round of 96... 2nd... 30pts (70 total)
Round of 64... 1st... 60pts (130 total) Round of 32... 2nd... 45pts (175 total)
Quarters... 2nd... 60pts (235 total) Semis... 4th... 25pts (Danny Fuller fantasy score = 260)

prizes

PRIZES:

*NO PRIZES AT THIS TIME. BRAGGING RIGHTS ONLY!

GRAND PRIZE:

I am currently seeking out a new grand prize solution for the season leader. I do not have a grand prize to offer at this time.

tips

The WQS fantasy game can be challenging due to the large number of surfers and all the last minute changes that occur before and even during the events. However, this game is extra fun and rewarding due to thousands of different possible teams and scores!!

1.	Be careful not to confuse the surfers jersey color in an event with their fantasy color. Many times you will see red, yellow, or blue next to your surfers name while watching a webcast but their jersey colors have nothing to do with the fantasy game. A BLUE fantasy pick may look to be RED or YELLOW, but are not!!
2.	Study the heat sheets to potentially avoid any "friendly-fire."
3.	CHECK THIS SITE OFTEN as there are sure to be changes to the seedings and heat draw before each event!!
4.	You can still post high scores and win with no shows! Don't get too bummed with no shows!

about the wqs

The World Qualifying Series (WQS) is a series of professional surfing contest that are organized and directed by the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP). The WQS is a grueling series of over 40 events that are held all over the world. WQS events start in January and end in December as hundreds of the worlds best surfers travel to a different country approx. every 10 days throughout the year!! Most of the competing surfers here are battling to qualify for a spot on the prestigious World Tour.

In 2010, ASP instituted changes to the way the male surfers qualify for and gain ranking points towards the ASP World Title.

The ASP World Tour and ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) are no more as such, being combined in terms of rankings under the umbrella “ASP World Tour” banner, and distinguished through the “ASP World Title Race” and the “ASP World Rankings”.

The ASP World Title Race consists of 34 surfers fighting it out for points to decide the undisputed ASP World Champion. These 34 surfers all compete in the first six events of 2011 (Gold Coast, Bells Beach, Rio de Janeiro, J-Bay, Tahiti and New York) and then the Top 32 surfers from the ASP World Rankings (plus two surfer wildcards making it the ASP Top 34) will surf the second half of the year (Trestles, Hossegor, Peniche, San Francisco and Pipeline).

The surfer with the most points from just the ASP World Title Race events will be crowned the 2011 ASP World Champion.

In addition to the ASP World Title events, the ASP World Tour now encompasses the former ASP WQS, running events from ASP 1-Star through 6-Star to Prime as it was previously. The ratings for surfers competing on the ASP World Tour can be found in ASP World Rankings.

This allows ASP to have a continual rankings based on a surfers best 8 results over a 52-week period, which will be used to select and seed surfers into the ASP World Title events as well as ASP 1- 6 Star and Prime events.

After 12 months, previously counting best 8 events are replaced by current events. This means that a surfer may have been counting his result from the Quiksilver Pro in February all year until it gets replaced the following year by the surfer’s next best 8th result. You CANNOT count events for more than 12 months and once the same event has run the previous points are replaced by the new points even if they are worth less.

From 2011 onwards, this new ASP World Ranking will decide who gets to compete in the ASP World Title events and eventually decide the ASP World Champion. These ASP World Rankings also decide the selection order and seeding for all men’s events from ASP World Title through PRIME to 1-Star.