296: Winter Olympics Special #3 | Ed Leigh on Freestyle Tricks

BBC’s Ed Leigh explains the terms used to describe freestyle tricks, as well as how the judges come up with their scores, in the third of our Winter Olympics special episodes.

With Kirsty Muir competing in the final of the Women’s Ski Slopestyle tomorrow (Mon 09 Feb) and Mia Brookes taking part in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air qualifying today (Sun 08 Feb) and, hopefully, the final tomorrow, there’s no better time to get up to date with all the key terms.

SHOW NOTES

Direction of spin (1:30)
Axis of Rotation (2:15)
Number of rotations (3:00)
Type of grab (5:00)
The scoring system in slopestyle (8:45)
PAVED = Progression, Amplitude, Variety, Execution, Difficulty (9:15)
 
Listen to our previous Winter Olympic special episodes, including our downhill preview with Graham Bell and exclusive interview with Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards. 

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