Not sure about letting the public vote, but having the competitors vote is a sick idea.
After a day of skiing compile all the footage, and get the competitors to watch it and give scores.
Personally I dont want skiing pipe in the olympics. Look at what all those fuckin FIS regulations did to freestyle moguls and arials... skiing pipe would suck if there were required elements and deductions and shit. Who wants to see twister spreads in the pipe?
Heh, guess the guy at the shop was wrong. I didnt get to try both on since they only had the cross in my size, but when I asked him the difference he said the rampage was shorter.