| Rulebook Download Rulebook 2011 Important: We have made some changes to the scoring format in 2010 There is no jump or race in the competition. updated 4/1/11 |
| Aspen World Synchro Championships |
Divisions COMPETITION IS OPEN TO TEAMS OF SIX (6) OR EIGHT (8), PLUS ONE (1) SUBSTITUTE. ALL TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN ONE CATEGORY. TEAMS WILL BE REFERRED TO BY THE NAME YOU PROVIDE ON THE REGISTRATION FORM OR THE NAME OF THE RESORT / AREA WHICH THEY REPRESENT, THE NATION OF THE RESORT, OR THE NAME OF THE TEAM'S PRIMARY SPONSOR. Prizes Are Awarded To: 1st, 2nd and 3rd placing teams PRIZE MONEY (2011) IS AWARDED TO: (W-9 REQUIRED) 1ST $700 2ND $500 3RD $300 Competition Format TEAM DEMONSTRATION SKIING / RIDING OR BOTH - 4 RUNS 4 PASSES TOTAL, SCHOOL FIGURE AND 3 OTHERS. ONE OF THOSE 3 CAN BE A REPEAT THE POINT TOTALS ARE ADDED OVER THE 4 PASSES TO PRODUCE FINAL RESULTS Team Demonstration Skiing Requirements TEAMS MUST PREPARE FOUR (4) DEMONSTRATION PASSES (RUNS).
PASSES WILL BE THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL FIGURE.. THE SNOWBOARD TEAMS ARE DOING ONE LESS SET OF SHORT TURNS AND ONE LESS SET OF MEDIUM TURNS. EACH PASS MUST INCLUDE EITHER 6 OR 8 TEAM MEMBERS EXACTLY DEPENDING ON HOW YOU REGISTERED. EACH PASS WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE TOTAL SCORE. THERE WILL BE NO THROW OUT RULE. THERE CAN BE ONE REPEAT PASS. TEAMS SHOULD CREATE A NAME FOR EACH PASS BY WHICH TO IDENTIFY IT, E.G. POP OUT, DOUBLE TROUBLE, TURKISH DELIGHT, ETC.
* TECHNICAL SKIING * OVERALL APPEAL * DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY * FALLS ONE JUDGE SCORES TECHNICAL SKIING; ONE JUDGE SCORES SYNC, ONE JUDGE SCORES OVERALL APPEAL, ONE JUDGE CONFIRMS DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY, ONE JUDGE SCORES DEDUCTIONS OF FALLS, HEAD JUDGE MONITORS ALL SCORES.
1. SYNCHRONICITY: ALL SKIERS MOVEMENTS EXACTLY IN TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER, WITH CONSIDERATION TO THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY OF THE MANEUVER BEING ATTEMPTED. 2. SKI TECHNIQUE: ALL SKIERS MAKING CONTROLLED, AGGRESSIVE, CARVED TURNS WITH AESTHETICALLY PLEASING STANCE, DISCIPLINE AND ECONOMY OF MOTION. 3. OVERALL APPEARANCE: ENTERTAINING, EXCITING CHOREOGRAPHY AND SHOWMANSHIP AS WELL AS DIFFICULTY OF THE FIGURE. Sync Skiing: * TURN SHAPES THAT ARE SIMILAR * LANE LINE UPS WHEN SKIERS POP IN SHORT TURNS * LANE LINE UPS WHEN SKIERS MOVE TO MEDIUM TURNS. * HITTING LANES FROM MEDIUM TO SHORT AND SHORT TO MEDIUM. * MAINTAINING AN ACCURATE FALL LINE FROM FRONT TO BACK. * SPACING AND PASSING INTERVALS IN BOX CARS ARE IDENTICAL.
* Twisted turn through out, (twisted defined as the tail of the ski going faster than the tip) edge set at end of turn, lowest score LOWEST SCORE: SKI PERFORMANCE: ROTARY IS A TWIST, FASTEST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TURN, SLOWS AT THE END, HIGHEST EDGE ANGLE AT THE END OF THE TURN, TRANSITION IS A TRAVERSE. * Twisted to edge pressure without an edge set in later part of turn next highest MEDIUM SCORE: ROTARY IS A STEER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TURN, SOME BEND IN THE SKI, EDGES INCREASE THEIR ANGLE THROUGH OUT THE TURN, STEERING RESULTS IN THE TAIL GOING FASTER THAN THE TIP, SLOWS AT THE END OF THE TURN, HIGHEST EDGE ANGLE IS AT THE END. * Minimum of twist to edge pressure highest score HIGHEST SCORE: SKIS ARE BENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TURN, EDGES ARE AT A MINIMUM, ANGLES INCREASE , HIGHEST ANGLE AT THE MIDDLE, PRESSURE IS ON THE OUTSIDE SKI INCREASING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN, REDUCING NEAR THE END AS THE EDGE ANGLES REDUCE, TRANSITION IS A EFFICIENT TRANSFER OF WEIGHT, PRESSURE AND EDGE ANGLE. * Medium turns judged on complete turn or traverse, traverse receiving a lower score. * The more dynamic turn would include one leg, (outside), more extended that the other, (inside). BODY PERFORMANCE WOULD INCLUDE AN EXTENDED OUTSIDE LEG, A FLEX INSIDE LEG, SEPARATION IN THE UPPER AND LOWER BODY, ROTATION COMING FROM THE LEGS, COUNTER CREATED BY ANGULATION AND ROTATION. * Upper and lower body showing some separation, slight counter. * Blocking pole plant a lower score than a pole touch. Technical Snowboarding Criteria THE JUDGES ARE WORKING ON TECHNICAL CRITERIA FOR SNOWBOARD Overall Appeal: * SPEED OF FIGURE * USE OF THE ENTIRE HILL TOP TO BOTTOM, NOT NECESSARILY SIDE TO SIDE. * TIGHTNESS OF FIGURE. QUICK ACCURATE MOVES FROM LANE TO LANE * PIN POINT STOPS * BOX CARS AND TRAIN WRECKS DEPEND ON SPEED, TURN SHAPE AND COMPETITOR PROXIMITY. * INTERESTING FORMATIONS THAT ARE LESS REPETITIVE. * CROWD REACTION
EVENT; NO LATER THAN THE MORNING OF THE PRACTICE DAY. IF NO DRAWING IS SUBMITTED BY THE MORNING REGISTRATION OF THE OFFICIAL PRACTICE DAY, THE PASS WILL SCORE 3. THE JUDGES WILL ASSES THE FIGURES AND ASSIGN A DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY BASED ON THE CRITERIA STATED ABOVE. AS A WAY OF EXPLAINING THIS, THE JUDGE WILL SCORE THE SCHOOL FIGURE AS FOLLOWS. TO BEGIN, THERE ARE MEDIUM TURNS AND SHORT TURNS.THE SHORT TURNS ARE BASE SCORED AS A 1 AND MEDIUM TURNS ARE BASE SCORED AS A 2. THERE ARE NO SHAPES SO NO ADDITIONS THERE. THE SHORTS ARE AN OP-SYNC SO NO ADDITIONAL SCORE THERE. THEY ARE IN A VERTICAL LINE NO ADDITIONS. THEY MAKE NO LANE CHANGE, NO ADDITIONS THERE. THE MEDIUM ARE IN A VERTICAL LINE WITH NO SHAPES NO ADDITIONS THERE. THE MEDIUMS DO NOT MAKE A LANE CHANGE NO ADDITIONS THERE. AS A RESULT THE SCHOOL FIGURE SCORE IS A 3, THE ADDITION OF THE TWO BASE SCORES AND NO OTHER ADDITIONS. THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY JUDGE WILL WATCH THE FIGURE AND CONFIRM THAT IT IS PREFORMED AS STATED AND CERTIFY THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY. IF THE FIGURE IS NOT SKIED AS DESCRIBED, THE DIFFICULTY JUDGE WILL REDUCE THE DIFFICULTY SCORE BY AS MUCH AS 1 POINT. DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY IS A MULTIPLIER AND COMPUTED AFTER THE THREE SCORES ARE ADDED TOGETHER. Scoring Summary * SCORING USES A SCALE FROM 1 TO 5 WITH .25 USED EXCEPT FOR THE 5 SCORE. * ALL SCORE ARE KEPT. * DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY IS A MULTIPLIER AND COMPUTED AFTER THE FOUR SCORES ARE ADDED TOGETHER. * PENALTIES AND MANDATORY DEDUCTIONS FOR FALLS ETC. ARE SUBTRACTED AFTER THE TOTAL SCORE IS COMPUTED. Team Demonstration Skiing - Judging Panel THE JUDGING PANEL WILL BE MADE UP OF THE HEAD JUDGE AND SIX JUDGES (REPRESENTING AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT SKI AREAS) THERE WILL BE FIVE JUDGES WHO WILL SCORE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS, SYNCHRONICITY, TECHNICAL SKIING, OVERALL IMPRESSION, DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY AND DEDUCTIONS FOR EACH PASS. THE HEAD JUDGE OVERSEES ALL OF THE SCORES. ALL TEAMS WILL BE JUDGED TOGETHER IN ONE DIVISION. DIVISIONS WILL BE SEPARATED FOR PRIZE GIVING AFTERWARD ONLY IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TEAM NUMBERS TO WARRANT SEPARATE DIVISIONS. IE, SNOWBOARDING, WOMEN, TELEMARK. THE POINT SYSTEM FOR SCORING EACH PASS IS AS FOLLOWS: CRITERIA MAXIMUM SCORE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SCORE JUDGE TYPE SYNCHRO 5 33.33% SUBJECTIVE JUDGE SKI TECHNIQUE 5 33.33% SUBJECTIVE JUDGE OVERALL APPEARANCE 5 33.33% SUBJECTIVE JUDGE
POSSIBLE TOTAL OF 75 POINTS. ALL JUDGES WILL SCORE IN INCREMENTS OF (0.25), E.G. 3.25, 4.0, 4.75 ETC. AT THE END OF EACH ROUND OF DEMONSTRATION PASSES, THE RESULTS WILL BE ASSIGNED POINTS AS FOLLOWS: 1ST PLACE - 100 POINTS 2ND 95 3RD 90 4TH 85 5TH 80 6TH 75 7TH 70 8TH 65 etc. THE POINTS FOR EACH DEMONSTRATION PASS WILL BE ADDED CUMULATIVELY TO GIVE A RUNNING TOTAL FROM ONE RUN TO THE NEXT, UNTIL THE FINAL TOTAL OF POINTS IS REACHED AFTER THE 4 PASSES. IF THERE ARE TIE SCORES IN THE FINAL RESULTS AFTER ALL FOUR PASSES ARE COMPLETED, THE HIGHER SCORING TEAM IN THE SCHOOL FIGURE WILL TAKE THE LEAD BETWEEN THE TIED TEAMS. THE ACTUAL JUDGE'S SCORE WILL BE USED RATHER THAN THE POINTS ASSIGNED AFTER RANKING THE TEAMS. IF THERE IS STILL A TIE, THE 2 TEAMS MAY DO A FIFTH REPEAT PASS OF THEIR CHOICE.
PENALTIES ARE SUBTRACTED AFTER THE TOTAL SCORE IS COMPUTED. ALL MANDATORY DEDUCTIONS WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TOTAL OF THE 4 SUBJECTIVE JUDGE'S SCORES. FAILURE TO COMPLETE A PASS WITH ALL 6 OR 8 TEAM MEMBERS - 2 POINTS PER COMPETITOR SLIDING OUT OF POSITION ON A STOP - 1 POINT PER COMPETITOR FALL BY A TEAM MEMBER - 1 POINT PER FALL WITH A MAXIMUM OF 5 POINTS A FALL IS DEFINED BY THE UPPER BODY (ABOVE THE HIPS) IMPACTING THE SNOW UNINTENTIONALLY. HANDS TOUCHING THE SNOW, HIPS TOUCHING THE SNOW, DO NOT INCUR MANDATORY DEDUCTIONS, ALTHOUGH IT IS PROBABLE THAT SUCH OCCURRENCES WILL RESULT IN DISCRIMINATORY DEDUCTIONS. EACH JUDGE WILL MAKE A MANDATORY DEDUCTION OF 3 POINTS FROM THE OVERALL APPEARANCE CATEGORY IF THE SCHOOL FIGURE IS NOT PERFORMED EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE RULEBOOK DIAGRAM. Team Demonstration Skiing - Music Requirements TEAMS MUST ATTEMPT THEIR DEMONSTRATION PASSES TO MUSIC. TEAMS MAY ATTEMPT TO SKI TOTALLY IN TIME WITH THEIR CHOICE OF MUSIC, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED CRITICAL TO ANY OF THE JUDGING CRITERIA. TEAMS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN FULL SIZE MUSIC CD (NOT MINI DISKS) FOR THEIR 4 DEMONSTRATIONS INCLUDING THE SCHOOL FIGURE. (ON ONE CD) TEAM COACH MUST COMPLETE THE MUSIC SHEET PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE (WWW.ASPENTEAMDIVA.COM/MUSICSHEET) AND TURN IT IN AT THE EVENT REGISTRATION. PLEASE HAND THIS IN AS ONE CD BURNED AT SLOW SPEED (4X) WITH EACH TRACK CORRESPONDING TO THE PASS. (PASS ONE-TRACK ONE, ETC.) MUSIC CD'S SHOULD BE CLEARLY LABELED ON THE ACTUAL DISK AND ON THE CASE, WITH TEAM RESORT NAME, DIVISION, PASS NUMBER, (1, 2, 3 OR 4) (PASS #2 IS THE SCHOOL FIGURE) AND TRACK NUMBER AND SONG NAME TO BE PLAYED. PLEASE KEEP MUSIC TRACKS G-RATED, IE: NO PROFANE OR INDECENTLY SUGGESTIVE LYRICS. Team Demonstration Skiing - repetition TEAMS MAY SKI THE SAME DEMONSTRATION TWICE. Team Demonstration Skiing - substitutions ONE RESERVE SKIER MAY BE SUBSTITUTED INTO A TEAM AT ANY TIME AT THE DISCRETION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM COACH OR CAPTAIN. (TEAMS CONSIST OF 9 MEMBERS WITH 8 SKIERS/RIDERS IN EACH PASS OR 7 MEMBERS WITH 6 SKIERS/RIDERS IN EACH PASS ) THE SUBSTITUTE (9th PERSON OR 7TH PERSON) MAY ALTERNATE IN AND OUT OF THE TEAM ANY NUMBER OF TIMES. THE SUBSTITUTE (9th PERSON OR 7TH PERSON) MUST BE THE INDIVIDUAL LISTED ON THE OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM. TEAMS ATTEMPTING TO SUBSTITUTE PERSONS NOT ON THE SUBMITTED LIST AND OVER THE NUMBER ALLOWED FOR EACH TEAM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. TEAMS WHICH SUFFER ATHLETE INJURIES LEAVING THEM WITH ONLY FIVE FIT MEMBERS MUST RETIRE FROM THE COMPETITION FOR THE PURPOSES OF RANKING. THEY MAY STILL PERFORM THEIR PASSES FOR SHOW BUT THEY WILL NOT BE SCORED. General Rules:
START ORDERS FOR THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD DEMONSTRATION PASSES WILL BE DETERMINED BY 3 DIFFERENT RANDOM DRAWS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE COACHES MEETING THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION. THE FINAL PASS WILL BE SEEDED IN ORDER OF LOWEST TO HIGHEST TEAMS NOT PRESENT AT THE START IN GOOD TIME FOR THEIR RUN WITHOUT GOOD REASON MAY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION. Competition Hill Dimensions HILL DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY CHANGE ACCORDING TO SNOW CONDITIONS AND GENERAL LOGISTICS, AS MAY THE ACTUAL RUN NAMED AS THE COMPETITION HILL. THE PRACTICE DAY IS PROVIDED SO THAT TEAMS MAY REFINE THEIR DEMONSTRATIONS TO FIT THE ACTUAL COMPETITION HILL. TEAMS PRACTICING ON THE HILL BEFORE THE START TIME AND AFTER IT IS CLOSED WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION. THERE MAY BE A NEED TO PRESERVE THE SNOW, DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. TEAMS MUST NOT PRACTICE ON THE COMPETITION HILL ON THE COMPETITION DAY. THE ASPEN NORTH AMERICAN RUN FAIRLY FLAT ON TOP, BECOMING GRADUALLY STEEPER REMAINING A FAIRLY CONSTANT PITCH (AVERAGE BLUE SLOPE) UNTIL IT IS QUITE FLAT BY THE BOTTOM FENCE. TOTAL LENGTH OF RUN IS APPROXIMATELY 270 METERS, 35 METERS WIDE TEAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DO A SLIP AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EVENT COMMITTEE. AGAIN SNOW AND WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY WARRANT IT.
PROTESTS WILL BE REVIEWED ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING TWO CIRCUMSTANCES: 1. UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCES, E.G. SPONSOR BANNER FLIES INTO THE PATH OF A TEAM DURING DEMONSTRATION SKIING 2. SHOW MECHANICS, E.G. MUSIC CD SKIPS IN DEMONSTRATION SKIING. PROTESTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR EQUIPMENT FAILURE OR ERRORS DUE TO SNOW OR WEATHER CONDITIONS. PROTESTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE TEAM COACH TO THE HEAD JUDGE AT THE JUDGING PLATFORM NO LATER THAN 15 MINUTES AFTER THE RUN IN QUESTION.
THE TEAM COACH OF IT'S DECISION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE JUDGE'S DECISION IS FINAL. TEAMS MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO DISCUSS PROTESTS OR ANY OTHER MATTER WITH THE JUDGING PANEL AT ANY TIME OTHER THAN THROUGH THEIR COACHES AT THE COACHES MEETING AND DURING A PROTEST. TEAMS MAY NOT APPROACH OR DISCUSS ANY MATTERS WITH THE JUDGES. TEAM COACHES WILL HAVE ACCESS WITH THE JUDGES DURING THE COACHES MEETING AND WITH THE HEAD JUDGE DURING A PROTEST. ATTEMPTS WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION. TEAM MEMBERS PHYSICALLY OR VERBALLY HARASSING A JUDGE OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING STAFF WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION AND ASKED TO LEAVE THE HOST RESORT IMMEDIATELY. Safety
EVENT. TEAMS ARE REMINDED THAT HISTORICALLY, A MORE SIMPLE, SAFER, DEMONSTRATION RUN EXECUTED WELL MOST OFTEN SCORES HIGHER THAN A MORE DIFFICULT, HIGH RISK PASS EXECUTED POORLY. ALL TEAM MEMBERS ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN ENTERING THIS EVENT THAT TEAM DEMONSTRATION SKIING IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS BY IT'S NATURE AND THAT ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE HISTORY OF THIS EVENT. ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST SIGN LIABILITY WAIVERS AT REGISTRATION, CONFIRMING THAT THEY WILL HOLD HARMLESS THE ORGANIZERS, HOST RESORT, ASSOCIATED SPONSORS AND ALL OTHER PARTIES OTHER THAN THEMSELVES. |
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