Establishing A Slalom Course

There are two permits necessary to place a slalom course. Following are the steps necessary for application for a slalom permit

1. If your slalom course involves the placement of a structure on the bed of the waterbody, contact the Water Regulation & Zoning Specialist at your DNRoffice who will help you begin the process to obtain a Chapter 30.12, Wis. Stats., permit.
2. Complete Form 8700-58 indicating the applicant's name, names of all riparian owners (owners of property which the course will lie in front of), the number of slalom buoys, and the number of informational buoys marking the boundaries.
3. Obtain the permission/signature(s) of the riparian owner(s) whose property the course will lie in front of. If any of the riparian owners do not agree in writing to the placement of the slalom course, the application cannot be approved.

4. Attach map(s) showing the configuration of the buoys with exact measurements from one or more fixed objects. Also include on the map(s) the property boundaries and owner's names of the riparian properties which the slalom course will lie in front of.

5. Take the Form 8700-58, together with the map(s) and riparian signatures, to the political subdivision having jurisdiction over the waterbed for their approval.

6. Forward the completed, signed application, together with map(s), riparian signatures, and approved Chapter 30.12 permit (for placement of the structure on the waterbed bed), to your local conservation warden for review. The local warden will forward the application through the proper Department channels for review.

Slalom Buoy Size & Shape Requirements

NR 5.09(7)(b), Wis. Adm. Code:

Race course markers including water ski and slalom markers. In order that race course, water ski and slalom buoys are not mistaken for aids to navigation or regulatory markers, they shall:

1. Extend a minimum of 4 inches above the waterline and be yellow, green, florescent red or florescent orange in color;
2. Be spherical or cylindrical in shape with a minimum diameter of 8 3/4 inches and a maximum diameter no larger than 14 inches;
3. Be made of foam, plastic or rubber designed to be used as a water marker.

Please send me an informational packet and buoy application form.