What does the Rulebook say about Super Slow Rolls?
By Jim Bourke IAC 434151
At the Estrella Classic, March 2024, some of the competitors used “Super Slow Rolls” in their free programs. These Aresti Family 9.13 figures should not be confused with what the IAC calls “Slow Rolls” and the Aresti catalog calls “Aileron Rolls”, which are Aresti Family 9.1.
Apparently, no one has tried using these Super Slow Roll figures in a sequence for many years, so no one noticed that the IAC had dropped the rules for them back in 2018!
We need to get this all clarified in the next rulebook, obviously, but for now if you see these figures they must be timed by the Chief Judge. Super Slow Rolls will be given a HZ by the Chief Judge if they are performed too quickly, with the minimum time requirement being at least 5 seconds for each half roll portion.
Therefore, for a full Super Slow Roll, the Chief Judge will start the timer when the roll begins and stop the timer when it ends, and HZ the figure if it takes less than 10 seconds. For Grading Judges, you can treat these Super Slow Rolls like an Aileron Roll. The criteria are identical from your perspective.
