The newest World
Cup discipline.
In Half Pipe
or "Pipe" skiers fly off the side of a Half Pipe built
with up to 6-metre high walls and perform a multitude of flips spins
and grabs. (A competitor can usually manage to complete 5 or 6 jumps
(hits) in a run.)
Judging
A panel of five
or seven judges award marks for Degrees of Difficulty (DD), Air,
Style, Variety and fluidity.
Competition
Format
Competitions
are either:
- Single run
qualification round followed by a top 12 final or;
- Best Run of Two.
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