Friday, January 17, 2014

Can freestyle skiing ever stand-up to alpine?

I promised to share my ideas in order to pull freestyle from the ski ditch and hoist it into alpine glory. A tall order? You bet! Clearly, freestyle suffers from it subjective judging versus the clear-cut aspect of speed timing that rules alpine. This said, there might be some room in bringing the two types of events together.
Picture this: A slalom race with some freestyle moguls and aerials in between each run, or the same with GS and adding slope-side event for example. This would made for continued entertainment and might finally expose freestyle to a larger public.

The idea goes back to my concept of mini Olympic weekends at major ski resorts throughout winter. Folks like festivals, no stand-alone ski events. What do you think?

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