What is slopestyle skiing?

Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks.

How is slopestyle skiing judged?

How Is Ski Slopestyle Scored? Slopestyle skiing is scored very similarly to halfpipe, with a panel of either five or six judges awarding overall “impression” scores from one to 100.

How long is a slopestyle course?

about 1,600-feet long
The Slopestyle course is about 1,600-feet long with six features and a vertical drop of 280 feet.

What is the difference between slopestyle and halfpipe?

The jumps in slopestyle tend to be bigger than those in the halfpipe. The top men in slopestyle are likely to perform twisting triple flips, while their halfpipe counterparts will try to win with multiple doubles in their routines.

How fast do slopestyle snowboarders go?

How fast do snowboarders go? Snowboard events like halfpipe, big air and slopestyle are more about tricks than about speed. But snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom are about speed. Snowboard cross (and ski cross) competitors reach top speeds around 60 mph, according to an analysis by The Washington Post in 2014.

How is slopestyle scored?

All runs are scored on a scale of 1 to 100 by a panel of 8 judges using the Snowboarding Live Scoring System (SLS) judging criteria for Slopestyle and Overall Impression (OI) for the Modified Halfpipe. Judges will be video judging from one location. One heat of 6 women.

How many runs is slopestyle?

Each athlete will have three runs, with their best score counting towards the final standings.

What is big air vs slopestyle?

Slopestyle / Big Air. These are two separate but closely related disciplines, with ski big air appearing on the Olympic program for the first time. In slopestyle, skiers go down and over a series of rail and jump features, while big air features a single trick off a kicker.

How many runs do you get in halfpipe?

How is halfpipe scored? A snowboarder’s score is determined by a panel of six judges, who will rank the halfpipe run on a scale that goes up to 100. The lowest and highest scores from the judges are removed, and the remaining four scores are averaged together to give the athletes their score for that run.

What’s the fastest anyone has skied?

Official world records

• Men-Ivan Origone (Italy) 254.958 km/h (158.424 mph).
• Women—Valentina Greggio (Italy), 247.083 km/h (153.530 mph).

Slopestyle involves riders taking it in turns to go down a course consisting of obstacles such as rails, jumps, and various other park features. Points are scored for originality, amplitude, and the execution of the tricks. The UK’s Jamie Nicholls hits the slopestyle course at the Sochi 2014 Olympics. Photo: Nick Atkins

When are the Olympic ski slopestyle qualifiers and finals?

Ski slopestyle qualifiers and finals will be held on the same day in Pyeongchang, with the women’s ski slopestyle qualifiers kicking off at 10.00 Korean time (1.00am in the UK) on 17th February, followed almost immediately by the finals. The men’s ski slopestyle qualifiers and finals are start at the same time on the following day (February 18th).

Who won the women’s ski slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics?

And Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru earned the bronze, her nation’s first Winter Olympic medal in a sport other than cross-country skiing. See below for On Her Turf’s preview of the women’s slopestyle final, as well as live updates and results as competition unfolded. 8:32pm ET: And we are underway with the first run of the women’s ski slopestyle final.

What are the different types of Slopestyle tricks?

Slopestyle tricks fall mainly into four categories: spins, grinds, grabs and flips, and most tricks done in competition are a combination of these. Slopestyle is one of the freestyle disciplines, along with moguls, aerials, cross, and half-pipe.