Slalom, trick and jump are the three events of traditional waterskiing. The slalom event is performed on a single ski by an athlete attempting to negotiate his/her way around the outside of six buoys in a zigzag course without falling or missing a buoy in consecutive passes.  In the trick event, athletes attempt to perform as many tricks as they can during two 20-second passes.  Each trick has an assigned point value and the athlete who earns the most points wins the event. The object of the jumping event is for an athlete to jump as far as he can.