FWT 2022

14389313:skeirman said:
That became a tragic comedy after the third female got bodied landing on the exact same rocks the exact same way. Each year it seems like its all half the women's field can do to simply ski down without falling.
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I get that it's a comp setting, so maybe they're being a little conservative, but there are a bunch of 18-22 year old girls in little cottonwood who I feel would have cooked that competition and taken 123 based on what I saw out there.
 
Who decided to throw the kicking horse comp in the middle of the olympics?

In BC we had amazing snowfall over the holidays but the past 5 or so weeks have been a bit of a drought with a number of wind events. Course isn't ideal, but it's skiing better than I expected considering.

Too bad Craig couldn't land that flat 3, it would been a winning run.

Props to Max for putting down yet another dub backy!
 
Yeah, considering snow conditions that was insane

14396391:Drail said:
Who decided to throw the kicking horse comp in the middle of the olympics?

In BC we had amazing snowfall over the holidays but the past 5 or so weeks have been a bit of a drought with a number of wind events. Course isn't ideal, but it's skiing better than I expected considering.

Too bad Craig couldn't land that flat 3, it would been a winning run.

Props to Max for putting down yet another dub backy!
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14396395:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
Yeah, considering snow conditions that was insane
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Unrelated to the FWT, but related to the current state of the conditions in Southern BC:

Narural Selection is going down in just over a week here in Nelson. Scary Cherry is about as rough as it gets. Hopefully the event isn't a wash.
 
Wasn’t there for the kicking horse event, but glad they could pull it off.

130km/h winds just scouring the powder off of Ozone is never ideal.

destroyed their production tent that was on the top of the hill, so glad it came together at the end.

they should do it on the backside of Ozone next time. Steel and gnarly back there.
 
14396479:rudager said:
Wasn’t there for the kicking horse event, but glad they could pull it off.

130km/h winds just scouring the powder off of Ozone is never ideal.

destroyed their production tent that was on the top of the hill, so glad it came together at the end.

they should do it on the backside of Ozone next time. Steel and gnarly back there.
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North side of Ozone is so good, I love it. BUT, I'm not sure if there's enough line choices for the FWT. Well, at least from my experience it's mostly just rock walled couloirs until it gets close to the fan where there are cliff options.

Now I'm questioning my own memory so I'm gonna try to find archived photos of North Ozone.
 
14396519:Drail said:
North side of Ozone is so good, I love it. BUT, I'm not sure if there's enough line choices for the FWT. Well, at least from my experience it's mostly just rock walled couloirs until it gets close to the fan where there are cliff options.

Now I'm questioning my own memory so I'm gonna try to find archived photos of North Ozone.
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Ignoring the drawn on lines on the photo: north ozone:

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Maybe there's more options as you go down the ridge maybe?
 
All the other categories besides ski men are becoming painful to watch. I guess Travis Rice has all the best snowboarders at his natural selection gig.

but what a contest for the boys!

Turdell continues to push his skiing to keep up. Holy wow again from Max Palm. I think he should have been on top again.

Ross Tester was so close again as well…

fun!
 
I think they should do it T2, in that zone that’s never opened. It has some big potential. Don’t know how the snow would hold.

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Old photo, lookers right holds a lot of interesting spots.
 
14389388:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
I get that it's a comp setting, so maybe they're being a little conservative, but there are a bunch of 18-22 year old girls in little cottonwood who I feel would have cooked that competition and taken 123 based on what I saw out there.
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Skiing in any comp, especially a venue with visual inspection only, is totally different than ripping your home court where you know every rock and twig.

I think that what you are seeing is just the level of women’s competition skiing. You could put any person there and it would end up looking the same.
 
14396664:Way*Mo said:
Skiing in any comp, especially a venue with visual inspection only, is totally different than ripping your home court where you know every rock and twig.

I think that what you are seeing is just the level of women’s competition skiing. You could put any person there and it would end up looking the same.
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For real, inspection and planning is half of the game. It’s a skill that takes a while to develop and what separates professional comp skiers from the rest.
 
14397954:Chunder_Khat said:
New drinking game. Take a drink ever time one of the announcers says "cross court."
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for real they call literally anything other than straight fall line a "cross court" air
 
Here is Tyler Curle on the back side of Ozone.https://www.instagram.com/p/CZOBJLUrwpK/

She definitely bucks back there and isn't all chute skiing. It is top heavy though. I chatted with the big wigs on the Tour and they think it is too funnelled, pushing everyone into each chute. I think it could go. Euros definitely prefer the wide open runs. I'd like to see venues with different types of terrain that reflect each part of the world, rather than trying to find the same venue at each stop.
 
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