Each season, NSC will hold a trials to determine the best athletes that will compete. Any athlete that is 15 years of age or older as of December 31 of the current calendar year may enter to earn their spot amongst the elite.

 

 

• With an NSC Pro Card comes exclusive benefits to each athlete in the league. To gain your Pro Card you must qualify as one of the top 28 athletes from NSC Trials. Pro Card holders receive:

   

  • NSC racing suit with name and number
  • Wheels for each event
  • A set of bearings for the season
  • No entry fees on any NSC season event
  • Athlete profile on ProNSC.com
  • Free professional Chiropractic & Massage work

   

  The top 12 athletes in the league recieve a premium benefit. These top 12 spots are dynamic and will change based on the points ranking throuhgout the season:

   

  • Appearance bonus - A check just for showing up to the event

   

  Apart from the benefits you'll receive as an athlete in our organization, you can also appreciate our event structure- a single day, 3 hour show that takes place at night. This means getting off of work or school is much easier and there's no waking up at 5am to race.

   

  • Every NSC event pays prize money for each race; Athletes have the opportunity to earn more based on the amount of spectators

 

 

• Athletes have the option to enter any/all events at NSC trials
• Tie breaker for the sprints will be the 100m time trial; Tie breaker for the endurance races will be the 2000m

• Distances:
  • 100m Standing Time Trial
  • 300m Sprint
  • 500m Sprint
  • 1000m Endurance
  • 1500m Endurance
  • 2000m Endurance
    
    
• In the event of a tie in the time trial, a run-off will be held at the end of the time trial block
• Sprint trials will be held on day 1, Endurance trials will be held on day 2. The order of events will be as follows: Sprints - 100m, 300m, 500m ; Endurance - 2000m, 1500m, 1000m
• Races will be run from heats to finals (A final and B final)
• 6 on the line for the sprints; 8 on the line for the endurance races
• Each athlete is entitled to receive at least 20 minutes rest between the completion of the previous race and the start of the subsequent one
• From the semis, the top 3 athletes move on to the A final, the last 3 move on to the B final
• B finals will be run before the A finals
• Sprint points and endurance points will be tracked separately

• Sprint Points breakdown:
• A FINAL
• 1st – 335
• 2nd – 280
• 3rd – 230
• 4th – 185
• 5th – 145
• 6th – 110
• B FINAL
• 1st – 80
• 2nd – 55
• 3rd – 35
• 4th – 20
• 5th – 10
• 6th – 5
  
  
• Distance Points breakdown:
  • A FINAL
    • 1st - 605
    • 2nd - 530
    • 3rd - 460
    • 4th - 395
    • 5th - 335
    • 6th -280
    • 7th - 230
    • 8th - 185
  • B FINAL
    • 1st - 145
    • 2nd -110
    • 3rd - 80
    • 4th - 55
    • 5th - 35
    • 6th - 20
    • 7th - 10
    • 8th - 5

• After all races are completed, the NSC athletes will be chosen based on the following system:

• The top 12 sprinters and top 16 endurance athletes qualify.
• In the event that an athlete has qualified for both categories, he will be given his choice.
• In the event that 2 separate athletes tie in points in the same category, the time trial will be used to determine highest placement for the sprint category and the 2000m will be used to determine highest placement for the endurance category
• If additional slots need to be filled and no remaining athletes have points, the time trial dictates the next skater in line
  
  
• The first 5 sprint spots and the first 7 endurance spots to be filled will receive their appearance fee for the first NSC event, after the first event, these spots may be filled by different athletes based on the each event's points.