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Thread: Freeride World Tour - 2020
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02-12-2020, 03:36 PM #376
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02-12-2020, 03:36 PM #377
I'd say the judges don't based on the fact the they scored him a 30 for that run which left me scratching my head.
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02-12-2020, 05:01 PM #378Registered User
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02-12-2020, 05:59 PM #379
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02-12-2020, 06:12 PM #380
The men's carnage really saddened me.
As far as scoring, if they're gonna penalize someone for landing on a shark and exploding, wouldn't it make more sense to dock them for line choice instead of control?
At the end of the day however, they're still getting docked for bad luck, and from this perspective, I guess the riders don't care.
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02-12-2020, 08:51 PM #381Registered User
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An inspection lap down the venue on traverse trails or something so as not to track it out would let the skiers know enough to avoid shark related carnage. But then you are fundamentally changing the insane burliness of the current format and maybe you don't want to too that. Or maybe you do...
Kicking Horse this year was reminiscent of an Andorra comp a few years ago (can't remember which year). Cringe worthy on both counts. Sharks and brutal crashes, one after the other.Last edited by Angle Parking; 02-12-2020 at 09:24 PM.
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02-12-2020, 09:24 PM #382
Thought for sure Gorak had a broken arm. Didn't look right.
So so so fucking gnarly.
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02-13-2020, 04:28 AM #383
Gorak said on FB he has a partial anterior leg muscle tear. 6 week recovery.
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02-13-2020, 07:11 AM #384
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02-13-2020, 09:36 AM #385
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02-13-2020, 11:08 AM #386
Agreed. I basically meant if they get dinged for catching a shark, I don't think deducting for control vs. line choice matters to them - assuming it's the same score. Do they?
I think that if a deduction is assessed, a line choice deduction is more in keeping with their implied goal of minimizing excessive risk taking.
Personally, I think they deserve bonus points (not deductions) for "bad luck" landings that they do well to recover from.
Dunno ... I hate the fact that athletes are treated as cannon fodder which was my main point.
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02-13-2020, 12:08 PM #387
^^^ Control score is the most important after line (which has nothing to do with the viability of the line you choose but is more about more gnarl/techy factor). Find and hit/trick as many features as you can in a venue, or go find the huge ones and stomp them. More features = higher line score, bigger features = higher line scores.
Any loss of control whether caused by a rock, tree, edge catch, bad trajectory is a major ding to the score. Agreed the Turdell's was loverly, but his backslap was pretty big and might have been missed by the panel, or they just wanted him to win. Both of those things happen on the FWT, which is what I mean when I refer to 'knowing how the game goes'.
Edit: in the old days of 'extreme' comps landing badly and pulling yourself out of it successfully to finish your line was considered a skill worth rewarding and often was. Largely, that approach has been replaced by the notion that if it ain't stomped it aint good.
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02-13-2020, 12:29 PM #388
My impression was that fell out of favor because it potentially rewards riskier skiing. It seemed like the fwt gravitated pretty heavily towards rewarding clean runs and heavily penalizing any bobble, mistake, or non-stomped landing in an effort to discourage reckless hucking.
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02-13-2020, 12:50 PM #389
Maybe they were more forgiving than normal since three other guys had already eaten shit spectacularly on the same air? Also, they only scored him an 85, a better stomp probably would have pushed that run well into the 90s. The judges definitely would have been in a tight spot if Sasaki doesn't flub the cornice drop.
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02-13-2020, 02:31 PM #390
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02-13-2020, 04:09 PM #391
Other than the top runs...some thoughts --
Carl-Regnier Erickson's run was ultra-smooth. Think he greased everything. He just looked he was moving at half-speed compared to Turdell!
Same with Renvall and Tom Peiffer. Both had solid runs, and I thought underscored.
Tanner...6th? How? Big backflip, but that was basically it.
Sucks about Wadeck's injury - hope there's less carnage at the next comp.sproing!
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02-13-2020, 05:59 PM #392
I went down Ozone where those guys did backies and crashed. Was about 20 ft below the tree that one guy hit. Snow was about a meter deep when i stuck my pole in grip first. Almost looked that area by tree was flatish but really could tell what the slope was where they landed as ended up a bit lower than I had planned.
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02-13-2020, 10:01 PM #393I Like Snow
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Watching the comp live, without any idea who was who, I called Turdells run as the winner. I thought it was the best run and that they would forgive the backslap to give him it considering so many runs were lacking, and with their history of giving backslaps the win.
After rewatching, I don’t think he back slapped. I think it was a massive wheelie. Which is arguably just as bad.
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02-13-2020, 10:13 PM #394
Backslap or wheelie, Turdell flashed that face. And that matters. He was the hands down winner.
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02-14-2020, 12:25 AM #395Registered User
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02-14-2020, 04:57 AM #396
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Never let facts get in the way of an opinion. It's the american way!
Im rooting for Skiboss. Ill always root for Skiboss. Im also now a Yuuge Sasaki fan. Wish his youtube channel had english subtitles. I hope the ski women meet or exceed that super high standard they have now set, its better to watch than mens snowboarding. they need to remove womens snowboard ASAP and give those slots to the ski womens field.
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02-14-2020, 04:52 PM #400
I think we can all agree that Yuuge needs to be his new nickname, right? It certainly can't hurt with the ladies...
I ate at his food truck and had no idea he was such a badass. Good food.
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