Comments on: Mammoth Grand Prix: Slopestyle Finals

By: Daniella Hawkins

Daniella Hawkins — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:57:34 +0000

My point exactly! Couldn’t agree with you more…You are right, the more talented girls had trouble with their landings on the big jumps because they were the ones who spun or did styled out/grabbed straight airs…it would have been most definitely a much better podium with any of those girls. Those girls have been around, I’ve seen their names come up a lot of times in big comps & they’ve done well too. The big jumps & big tricks is what separates the ones who are one-trick ponies to the ones who are slowly but surely making their way to the top by being consistent & progressive in their riding.

Well…I hope you do a write up on the Burton US Open…we’ll see how the womens slopestyle event pans out there…hopefully something more exciting.

By: Shay

Shay — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:55:15 +0000

Daniella, good point for sure and not sure why there was the option of the small jump in such a major competition. I don’t think women should be getting the same prize money for an obscenely huge difference in riding tricks. We’ll see…I guess. Women’s pipe was good, Kelly really holds it down for the women.

Boardistan had a good quote about women’s slopestyle, “We were secondarily surprised at how embarrassingly shallow the women’s slopestyle pool really is. The women’s finals were made up of Jamie Anderson and seven girls who could barely 50-50 and straight air their way down the course. In their defense it was a big course and some of the more talented girls had some trouble with their landings, but no-grab straight airs should not get anyone on a podium at a “national” competition.”

By: Daniella Hawkins

Daniella Hawkins — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:28:30 +0000

sorry but a more few things….bigger tricks on big jumps should equal to higher scores (or podium) and not mediocre tricks on the small jumps. That is just plain unimpressive & unworthy. Of course it has to be a clean run let’s not forget
about that. The other girls were breaking themselves off by sending their tricks on the big jumps & to me that’s progression. At least they tried & didn’t take the easy way.

By: Daniella Hawkins

Daniella Hawkins — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:16:49 +0000

Shay…yes there is a big difference between the riding of men & the ladies but what I’m trying to point out is that this was supposedly a big competition and with that comes the expectation that the should competitors be able to at least hit the big jumps…its not an extreme sport for nothing right? I’m not saying the ladies should start throwing 1440’s but come on! They should not even have a small side in big comps like this. How are the ladies supposed to progress if they can’t even hit big jumps which is like the norm in any big comps…this is the only comp where the prize money is the same for both men & the ladies SOOO…the ladies who compete should all be able to hit the big jumps to be fair to everyone. If they can’t spin the big jumps then they are not ready for this level of competition. Just my 2 cents….but like you I cannot wait until the ladies start stepping things up =)

By: Shay

Shay — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:34:50 +0000

Daniella, the ladies were rough to watch. Huge difference from the men’s to the women’s riding and from Jamie’s to the other girls. I can’t wait to see women’s riding in contests be on the same level as men for tricks. If you want the same award money, it should be the same level of riding.

By: Daniella Hawkins

Daniella Hawkins — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:40:33 +0000

I heard that the ladies comp was whack. Higher scores for hitting the small side jumps. They should really consider taking out the small side jumps on big comps like this. No credibility & no competition for Jamie Anderson since they favoured riders who do not push themselves to even hit the big side.