USA Powder 8 -2007!
Information and Rules
2006 Powder 8 Skiing Championship Contestants
Entry fee will be $250 per Powder 8 ski team. This fee includes a two-day lift pass and competitor’s prize package. Competitors will apply to one of three alpine divisions.
Masters, both team members must be at least 40.
Women’s, both team members must be women.
Open division is open to all other alpine competitors.
Day one: Combined score of two groomed runs for seeding into the head to head elimination brackets. Head to head elimination rounds in the Aspen Highlands bowl to select the final four teams from each division that move to the final.
Day two: Aspen Powder Tours snowcat skiing with the final selected USA Powder 8 competitors. Head to head elimination brackets are developed from a seeding based on the scores during the elimination runs of day one.
Outcomes
Crown a USA Powder 8 Champion from a men, women, and masters division. All of which would be awarded a sponsored trip by Mike Wiegele
Scoring will be made up of three categories; skiing synchronization, dynamic skiing, and roundness/symmetry/line of ski descent. Each category will be scored with a possible fifteen (15) points. Four judges will score resulting in a total possible score of 180. Ties will be determined by dropping the low score until there is a break.
The Powder 8 ski teams that advance to the second day will be reseeded based on their scores from the elimination rounds.
Judging Criteria
Synchronization relates to the skiing and turning behavior of both partners between the start and finish line. The movements of each partner must be made in time with each other, both from the perspective of front to back and side to side.
Dynamic Skiing relates to the utilization of the skis design through powerful efficient movements. The greater the dynamics the faster, round turns are achieved.
Roundness/symmetry/line of descent is a marriage of three elements to direct an overall straight path from start to finish with the use of consistently round turns.
Start Procedure; red course ready, blue course ready, “GO”.