ASPEN WORLD SYNCRO CHAMPIONSHIPS SYNC SKIING SCORING SINCE 2010
4 passes total, school figure and 3 others. One of those 3 can be a repeat
There are five judging categories:
- Sync
- 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.
Technical Skiing criteria
- 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
- Twisted to edge pressure without an edge set in later part of turn next highest
- Minimum of twist to edge pressure highest score
- 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).
- Upper and lower body showing some separation, slight counter.
- Blocking pole plant a lower score than a pole touch.
Degree of difficulty score:
- Short in op-sync 1.
- Follow the leader 1.
- Box cars 1.5
- Short in sync 1.5
- Short with pop to short 1.75
- Short to medium to short in center 2.
- Short to medium to lane change 2.5
- Medium sync 2.75
- Medium op-sync 3.
- Degree of difficulty after 3. is awarded prior to the competition at the discretion of the event committee.
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 (?)
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.
- If there is an identifiable figure that is repeated, the figure looks identical.
- Spacing and passing intervals in box cars are identical.
- Scoring uses a scale from 1 to 5 with .5 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 for falls are subtracted after the total score is computed.
I do not have that criteria and will insert it when I get it.
Teams will send a diagram of each maneuvers to the event coordinators prior to the event; No later than the morning
of the practice day.
The judges will asses the figures and assign a degree of difficulty based on the criteria stated above.
The degree of difficulty judge will watch the figure and confirm that it is preformed as stated and certify the degree of
difficulty.
The event committee reserves the right to change any of these provisions with notice to the team captains in a timely
manner.