NASTAR Disciplines & Handicap Discounts

Select your discipline when you register with NASTAR. If you race in a different discipline on another day, tell the starter so that the race is recorded correctly. Keep the same NASTAR ID.

Discipline discounts are used for medal and team-point calculations. Your actual race handicap remains on your record; the discount does not change your recorded time.

Discipline discounts

The values below are handicap points deducted for medal and team-point calculations. Use the column for giant slalom (GS) or slalom (SL), as appropriate.

DisciplineGS discountSL discount
Alpine skier00
Snowboard2025
Telemark1323
Snowbike5060
Adaptive Alpine: Sitting3035
Adaptive Alpine: Standing3042
Adaptive Alpine: Visual Impairment4550
Adaptive Alpine: Cognitive Disability3545
Adaptive Alpine: Deaf1520
Adaptive Snowboard: Upper Limb Disability3040
Adaptive Snowboard: Lower Limb Disability4050
Adaptive Snowboard: Cognitive Disability7575
Adaptive Snowboard: Deaf2530

Use the giant slalom medal chart or the slalom medal chart for the race type.

If you need help choosing an adaptive classification, contact NASTAR. For telemark technique requirements, see the telemark turn reference.