Olympics

[Lkary]

So lately i've been hearing that for the 2014 olympics the canadian board might push for ski halfpipe AND slope! I don't know any more details and nothing is for sure. But the possibility of having ski slope at and pipe at olympics is insane!

 

[deleted5]

dude it 2009 chill

 

[Age]

I doubt that slope would make it in. Pipe is more of a chance because there is already snowboarding pipe in the olympics.

Although Im not sure that pipe skiing in the olympics is necessarily a good thing. The judging would be heavily regulated which means it would turn into a spin to win comp. And, from what I have gained, Newschoolers.com memebers HATE spin to win comps (cos its all about style blah blah blah).

 

[*monsterskier*]

you should remake this thread in about 4 or 5 years

 

[weskisea]

not that switch 1620's aren't dope. but there is a difference between like a pencilly 10 or a styly 7. nawmeen?

 

[klingisking]

hes just letting us know...

 

[WVskiing]

in 2008 x game pipe wen thall was interviewed he said something bout 2014 pipe

 

[strongmark]

yeah but you forgot that the olympics dont care about canada

 

[Relish_man]

who gives, everythings goin down in 2012 anyway...

 

[Pipe_Munky]

not necessarily.

while spins definately up the difficulty rating in a trick, there's still an execution, amplitude and two overall impression judges that need to be impressed as well. i'm an FIS licenced judge who mainly sits in an overall impression spot and it's not always the "spin to win" competitor that takes it.

just checking the Canadian Freestyle website and it looks like halfpipe is growing in the eyes of Canada's governing body. halfpipe has been added to the Canada winter games in 2015 and they awarded Megan Gunning the "rookie of the year" award.

 

[Ignorant]

shit....