Jump to content

gjohnson

Baller
  • Posts

    337
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by gjohnson

  1. @E_T I don't understand how mixing the sexes of a sport , in your words, "is quite boring" will attract more regular viewers. My point was from a slalom enthusiast’s perspective. It doesn't get any more exciting than watching Whitney & Regina compete at such a high level. Amazing skiing.
  2. I think this is about as exciting as slalom gets. Whitney tied the WR earlier this year. Regina moved the bar a couple times last weekend. Both are incredible skiers and seem to be pushing each other towards slalom greatness. It's fun to watch. I'm not sure we need any gimmicks to make it more exciting.
  3. For records, a special committee looks at video and scrutinizes the set to make sure everything is ok. I don't believe they'd have access video, or photos for that matter, from the angle the picture was taken above.

     

    I don't understand how it can be a miss when the front foot hasn't crossed the X-Y access? Maybe the next few frames would provide that information, but in the above photo JT hasn't reached the point where it can be scored zero, 1/4, 1/2, or 1.

  4. The front foot is used as the reference point for determining whether a skier missed or grazed the buoy. In the photo of JT, his front foot has yet to reach the point of judgement, X-Y axis points. So calling it a miss is a little premature. You can speculate but as Horton said, tie goes to the runner. Calling it in real time is difficult. The skier gets the benefit of the doubt.
  5. @Razorskier1 For some reason, I don't ski aggressively in a drysuit. I tend not to wear any neoprene, besides a vest, if I can stand it.

     

    I hear you on the inconsistent 35's. We've been struggling with an electrical issue with ZBOX, big swings in rpms, that has made skiing really difficult so far. 28's were hard. Fortunately, it was fixed on Sunday and now we can dial it in and worry about skiing. Crazy. I'm not expecting great results, but will have fun @MS tourney.

×
×
  • Create New...