From:	INTERNET:adam_pickos@earthlink.net
To:	"Jeffry Armstrong", [73602,662]

Date:	09/11/2003  8:23 AM

RE:	Cory's Tricks Proposal


Dear Jeffry,
Per our conversation, I am going to give you some of my thoughts about the
direction or point changes we should take in tricks. At the Masters a group
of us met, including Bob Corson, and discussed tricks. We all agreed that a
full overhaul or a big change was unneccessary and really wouldn't change
things in a more positive way. I firmly agree that each two years we  take a
look at the trick event and correct three or four trick values that seem
really unfair. The following are areas I think could be discussed.

W7B's: I believe the W7's are difficult and have the added danger of the
handle pass and rotation. Not many skiers are doing them any more and I
think they could go up to 550.

SLO's and SLBB's: I don't agree with the comments I have heard about
bringing SLBB down in points. I think SLBB is a difficult trick especially
for your women skiers, it has the extra time elelment of a position trick
front and slack which takes time. The reverse of the trick is also very
hard, so you really have one SLBB compared to two SLO's.
I think it makes alot more sense to simply bring up the point values of the
SLO's to 450 points.

T7F: I see alot of skiers work on this trick for many years and still have
difficulty with consistency and hesitation, the trick is not extremely fast.
I think this trick could go up 50 points to 500.

Flip points: I think flip points should stay exactly where they are. Theback
flip Front to backs seem weighted a little heavy, but the back flip FB to
the reverse back wrap is extremely difficult for the women and your average
skier. They have already been working hard on this trick for three or four
years and they still are not doing them. I think moving the points down will
kill the girls moving forward with flips. All of the flip guys are talikng
they need more points in flip, but I firmly disagree that they need more.
They already have a huge advantage within the point system which I don't
completely disagree with because they are exciting and add to the event, but
I do disagree with giving them an even bigger advantage. Take a look at how
many new flips skiers are doing at the current point values and remember
they are not adding more rotational tricks. Russell started his run at team
trials with a Flip 540 and did Mobe FF at the Masters and Pan Ams. Nick is
starting his hand pass with two Mobe BB's. Joel Wing has been doing Mobe FF
for two years. Aaron Rathey is all of 16 and is starting supposedly with
flip 540 and doing two Mobe BB's. If these tricks were not enough points
these skiers would not be doing them. Any time a skier gets 800 points or
more for a trick it is huge.

Front Flips: The front flip issue is one that I feel strongest about. The
trick is worth 800 points which is alot and worth every point, if you do a
true front flip. Many skiers are not doing front flips, they are doing front
rolls or half back rolls kind of mixed with fronts. I propose to add a Front
Roll under the same point # in the book as front flip, so that you can do
either a front roll or a front flip, but not both. The front flip would stay
at 800 points and I would put front roll at 500 points. It is quite simle
when skiers do a correct front flip end over end they would get 800 points
and all of the blended front flips would be 500 points. The front roll is
twice as easy and much faster and is extremely unfair to those skiers doing
it correctly.