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Big mountain comps?

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boyd
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i haven't really got an agenda for next year, i'm just planning on getting passes for cypress mountain and whistler/blackcomb. but one thing i really want to do is enter some big mountain competitions in bc and Washington. i'll hopefully get my drivers licence by the time the season starts, and i really want to try to see if i'm any good before i get to old to be in the junior catagory. can anyone help me out? i looks like it's already to late to sign up for the canadian open. is anyone else in the same situation or my  age (17) that's looking into competing? thanks a lot .

i'm not sure if this should be in the local forums or not, but i though that it'd get a better response and help more people on here.

Jul 13 2009 9:34PM
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backwardsrider
Posts: 543 - Karma: 70
check out http://www.freeskiers.org/ and pm JAMROCK, i know he shreds the ones in bc
Jul 13 2009 10:22PM
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Z_rob
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anyone wanna explain to me how big mountain comps are judged? i really dont get how it could be regulated
Jul 15 2009 1:53AM
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jca
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basically there are 5 categories you can get points in.

Line, Control, Aggressiveness, Fluidity, Technique.  All out of 10

Line- Basically the difficulty of the line you choose to ski.  More/bigger features, dangerous exposure, and technical features give you more points.  This is the most important category because you can only score 2 points higher in the other categories than the line score (so for example someone could ski a really easy line with great control, agressiveness, fluidity and technique, their score woul dbe something like 1 3 3 3 3, whereas someone could ski a crazy line with good contol, agressiveness and mediocre fluidity and their score would be 8 9 9 6 9)

Control- Staying over your skis, no backseat flailing, keeping the skis on edge and turning instead of just straighlining, control in air with stomped landings. (points are docked for falls from this category)

Aggressiveness- "attacking" the mountain, skiing fast, not hesitating on features.

Fluidity- skiing down the fall line, only going out of fallline to get to another feature.

Technique- There's no preferred technique as long as you're a solid skier, generally close to the same as the control category.

As for the thread poster, the Candadian Open registration hasnt opened yet, the stuff on the website is from last year.

heres a list of the IFSA freeski comps, but there are also ones in Kimberly(shitty) Fernie(ok) and Lake Louise (pretty sick)

IFSA NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR FREESKIING EVENTS
Junior Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships, Red Mt, BC
Jan 8-10
http://www.canadianopenfreeskiing.com

Cowboy Up Freeskiing Challenge - Stevens Pass, WA
Jan 30-Feb 1, 2009
http://www.mountainchallenge.org

Junior Extreme Skiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO
Feb 17-22, 2009

Snowbird Junior Freeskiing Open, Snowbird, UT
Mar 9-10, 2009

Targhee Tee-Off Junior Freeride Comp, Grand Targhee, WY
Mar 21-22, 2009
http://www.grandtarghee.com

Silver King Junior Freeskiing Championships - IFSA NA Junior Finals, Crystal Mt, WA
April 1-5, 2009
http://www.mountainchallenge.org

dont be afraid to ask if you have more questions!

Jul 15 2009 2:43PM
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Z_rob
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thanks dude i think that answer deserves some karma
Jul 15 2009 3:07PM
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backwardsrider
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Jul 16 2009 1:53AM
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little_boo
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yup- jamrock pretty much hit it all, especially with the judging criterion.
i'd just add- traversing the mountain is stupid, as is hucking yourself big to get a good line score. i've seen plenty of people score high without launching 30 footers. personal experience.
as for feedback on the junior tour, if you want it:
crystal mountain is such a sick competition. rad venues, rad people... plus it's the championships.
targhee is a sick place to ski, but the competition still relatively new, and they get shit mixed up. i got screwed over this last year, but the skiing's pretty siiiiick.
and snowbird. im perhaps biased, cause im a local, but its amazing. super rad venues, rad snow, rad people, good judging.
i'd suggest going for it- big mountain comps are super sick. good luck, man
Jul 16 2009 2:13AM
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DG.3
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if you trick off cliffs, what category does that go into? or does it give you extra points at all?
Aug 4 2009 3:38PM
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SkierJulie
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check out www.freeskiingworldtour.com
Aug 4 2009 3:59PM
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sdfjklioeur
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i believe it adds points to aggression and style. usually though ive found that it isn't worth the risk since it doesn't give you a whole lot of points. but in some cases it does help alot.

for example josh anderson's lincoln loop on this page brought him from somewhere in the teens or lower to third this last year at the silver king freeride

but in other cases ive seen people huck huge backs, backslap, and get knocked down points so it all depends on the judges.
Aug 4 2009 4:22PM
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sick-as-aids
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whats the age limit on jr comps over there?
Aug 4 2009 6:24PM
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DR.SHRED
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thanks so much 10/10 karma im going to enter the jackson one
Aug 4 2009 6:38PM
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jca
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most are 17 and under

but the Canadian Open and the Fernie one are both 18 and under.

Aug 5 2009 11:00PM
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