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EDIT: Around 2:16:16 the audio is fixed in the replayQuote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Drew is just tremendous in the booth!
I hope they have a seat for him when he’s done competing.
Just started watching replay. Drew is excellent as a commentator! Also better venue than Andorra
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Yep strange one. Beautiful skiing from Chabloz and taking on the big backy at the end was ballsy. Lourdel seems to have been rewarded for the bigger cliffs and solid landings.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Yeah but then Theo Cheli outdid him right after plus a 360.
Cheli’s run was faster and more fluid but I think Lourdel took slightly more direct/bigger lines on the cliffs. Chabloz clearly the winner for me - so stylish and that last backy was the hardest air of all to land on the hard snow at the bottom. At only 19 he’s got to be on the main tour next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Look at the main event air in the middle they both did. Cheli was much more fluid direct and fast and landed a full 2-3 ski lengths further with a super styly 50' airplane turn.
It could go either way, but no way Lourdel was 11 points in front of Cheli.
And I agree Chabloz was the winner
Big Cheli fan - he’s a local guy so will take that.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Videos here if anyone wants a look. The snow is properly shit at the moment which doesn’t fully show. The standard is outrageously high
https://www.freerideworldtour.com/ev...daz-freeride-4
I only watched ski men (as usual..) which event did Alto sit in for? Will definitely go back and check it out.
He was there for ski men. seems the video is gone now
Here it is. Audio sync is still off for the first part of ski men.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjiT2njiKI
Haven't seen it on the FWT site yet but Fieberbrunn is saying they will be hosting two comps similarly to andorra. The resort is saying 10" over the last couple days plus a couple more tonight. Not sure how that translates to the wildseeloder face but it sounds encouraging
Oh they chose the wrong week.... It's going to be maximum dumpage next week. And then cold blue bird later
Isaac Freeland hurt his knee and is dropping out of the rest of the tour. Mega bummer
Oh no.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Nolan312
such a bummer...
Now I have to change my picks.
That sucks he's been a favorite since the beginning of last year.
Confirmed for tonight (friday) at 11 pm pacific (8am saturday CET)
Lock yer bets ladies and gentlemens
By a lot IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by nordekette
Insane line choice by Navarro. Tester very clean but kinda boring on this face.
For the sake of entertainment they should organize a three way ski out with Barkered, Navarro and Bimboes on the Wildseeloder.
Anyone know which skis Drew was on? I haven't been looking super close this year, but I am guessing a full custom variant of one of the praxis with basically full rocker?
So so good.
Couldn't believe Reine's run. Should have won imho.
Agree that Reine run should’ve won. Really wish Navarro would’ve pulled the gap off. His run was the winner for sure. That top air was the gnarliest thing I’ve seen on tour in a while. Tester has a good run but IMO it was pretty boring, judges are rewarding freestyle tricks more than charging. I don’t even think Tester’s run was worthy of podium.
Reine and Navarro were the only runs that had me yelling at my screen. Reine's bottom air was surprisingly large, and landed in a mine field.
Super bummed for Navarro - that was a winning run if he'd stuck the bottom air.
Per usual though, great comp. Lots of really entertaining skiing.
Well, the other Swedes, Turdell and Eriksson, delivered as well. Funny how Turdell looks like a desk clerk if not on the screen. Met him once in Engelberg. Watching him skiing IRL outside of a contest is utmost impressive and a lesson for a perfect freeride style.
Curious as to what Tester will be able to pull off at the Bec.
I rarely comment on judging. I’ve held the equations in my hand and know how an athlete can slip through the cracks.
It’s not a perfect equation but it’s quite evolved. It’s the best we have.
Unfortunately it still doesn’t account for General Impression.
That podium is not right.
Fairly certain it's the FRSQuote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
Tester’s line obviously wasn’t as terrifyingly impressive as the Swede’s (Navarro was next level) but he was perfect where others faltered, and seems to know how to max out the current judging criteria without putting his life on the line. Smart.Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
Tester has 2 wins in his first three events ever. Clearly the kid has something figured out.
Just amazes me that his line score was so high. He avoided the last feature ( said so after) and skied a tame line but was smooth and tricked it .Judging has certainly gone towards favoring tricks over speed and big air. It’ll be interesting to see how it works out on the Bec as traditionally that’s more speed and big air, and what I associate with big mountain comps, hope the top gate is the starting gate and central is good to go. I really wish Navarro would’ve pulled it off. That would’ve really pressured the judges. Glad he qualified for the Bec. He’s going to be one to watch, although I might be actual scared to watch him.
The Bec is plastered. 1m of fresh this week, cold temps and sun coming for the weekend. Conditions will be all time!Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
Is the list of qualifiers released? Supposed to be top ten for the men but Tabke announced that he got a wild card.
Yeahhhhhh!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bobinch
Nice!!
Now let’s get Gorek in there
When I was involved (competing, coaching, judging) in the late 90s, line score created a hard limit on every other category, and wouldn’t have rewarded a run like Tester’s. However the current criteria, which when I read them:Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
https://www.freerideworldtour.com/si...g_handbook.pdf
.....still seem like voodoo, but I’ll accept that it’s an evolved system, explicitly intended to make it possible for widely varying interpretations of free riding to win, and that they presumably make sense to those that apply them. These guys are all incredible skiers, but it’s Tester that has laid down two perfectly executed runs which put him on top of the podium. Respect.
He’s 10th so in. I think Freeland is injured so maybe Tabke taking his place. Shame Raussis and Renval out given they are Verbier locals.Quote:
Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy
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Yeah. Guess in my mind I’m still stuck in the old line score being determinant on all other score system that I was familiar with.Quote:
Originally Posted by kootenayskier
I somewhere still have a copy of linescore
It's like they are doing two different sports. I love watching the big mountain chargers (Swedes, Navarro, Bimboes). The jibby stuff is cool, but it doesn't get me fired up like those dudes. I feel like Tabke and Pollard are a good mix of the two. Tester's run didn't get me excited at all. On the other hand, if I had kids doing that stuff, I'd want them to ski like Tester:)
Tao Kreibich also in Attachment 367470
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Tester's run was smart. He skied into some tricky snow, tricked off of and into it and made relatively quick work of it. His knock is skipping the bottom air.
Reine's run was wild. His eagle section was sick, he held on. The air past the photogs and then the one off the roller were great, the roller though doesn't get scored high. They may have also left room on that side for anyone looking to get over to the gap.
Both really fun to watch for me. I can see preferring the hard charging style, but Tester's run was a good mix of big mountain and style, which is where the sport is right now. I honestly think the pendulum swung a little too far to the freestyle there for a few years and it seems to be coming back right now.
I might be the only one saying this anywhere but I actually thought Carl regner eriksson deserved the win. Exact same line as reine’s with a big 360 added hit. Zero errors. Aymar was obvious winner if he stuck bottom air.
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