Olympic Areals question.

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in Olympic Areals is there a rule about landing backwards? because the sksi they use arnt twin tips and i was wondering if someone came into the competition with twin tips and did 2 backflips and a 540 what would the judges do?

Dec 13 2005 11:27PM

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QuazBotch

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have heart attacks.

Dec 13 2005 11:29PM

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Aenigma

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They'd probably cringe when the guy died. I don't think you could land switch from that high in the air unless you had some sort of god-like powers.

Dec 13 2005 11:29PM

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skisf4x4

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it would rate poorly because most of the field is doing 3 flips with 4 spins and crazy shit like that.

the landing is harshly judged as well, so it would have that working against it. i don't think the difficulty points would outweigh the loss of form.

they are not even on real skis dude, they are like 140s. most of those guys can't/don't ski at all anyway. many are converted gymnasts and divers.

eric b from the US team is one of the only real skiers of the group. a super old freeze (or was it powder?) had him in the park and it was sweet and funny.

Dec 13 2005 11:30PM

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eheath

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dude, the landing hill for aerials is soooo steep and the tanny is soo killer, i had a hard time just riding out that tranny, let alone doign 4 backs and landing from 5 storys up.