Ehhh

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As you guys know Missy DNFed (did no finish) her run yesterday, and didn't start today.

 

Yesterday I finished 34th...I was going for a 30th place so I wasn't too happy, but ehh what can ya do.

Today I was having a pretty good run, and I strattled (or think I strattled) the 2nd gate in a flush. So by the time I stopped and looked at the gatekeeper (who was clueless) then hiked back up and started down again...well it was a good 15ish seconds...Which really only did one thing...Put me in DFL for the first run... Uhh if you don't know what that means...dead ****ing last.

 

 

Anyway I guess now I just need to ski faster at blue.

 

 

Ohh and uhhh stupid gatekeepers

[Ski]

Some parents are nightmares when it comes to gatekeeping. They get 20 seconds of instruction, then are sent out to watch for something to happen at their assigned gates. And some gatekeepers feel a need to "see an error". So if your shinning a gate, they'll automatically DQ you. Shinning, btw, is what Bode does perfectly, which is cut the gate off at the boot tops by taking the perfect, legal line.

 

Hey, 'Dude, I don't know the quota, but two more 34's and aren't you a lock for Finals? Great job!

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I thought you needed atleast one top 30 finish in all 4 races...

[skigurl]

it looked like a fun course today...standing at the window watching isn't as good as skiing it

[sibhusky]

If the gatekeeper didn't see you miss it, why did you hike, he should have either cleared you (in which case you go down) or told you to hike (in which case you hike). If they are unsure, they are supposed to give you the benefit of the doubt, which means they should have told you to go down.

[Ski]

I thought you needed atleast one top 30 finish in all 4 races...

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No, that would eliminate all the best racers that crash out of a single run. I forget off hand, but that's definitely not the case. I'll look it up...Sib would remember, if she were around...

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He didn't even know...But I was thinking if he didn't see, and I stopped, then went down he would have assumed I missed a gate...Which now that I think of, he still wouldn't know what gate.

 

Either way he didn't say anything to me.

 

 

I was told by Mr. March that if something like that happens, you should ski over to the gate keeper, and tell him your bib number, and that you weren't sure if you missed a gate or not, and since he (gatekeeper) wasn't clear about what you had to do, then you are taking a rerun....Its probably worth a try if it happens again...as you are pretty much out of a race from when you stop.

[sibhusky]

He didn't even know...But I was thinking if he didn't see, and I stopped, then went down he would have assumed I missed a gate...Which now that I think of, he still wouldn't know what gate.

 

Either way he didn't say anything to me.

I was told by Mr. March that if something like that happens, you should ski over to the gate keeper, and tell him your bib number, and that you weren't sure if you missed a gate or not, and since he (gatekeeper) wasn't clear about what you had to do, then you are taking a rerun....Its probably worth a try if it happens again...as you are pretty much out of a race from when you stop.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Sounds good, but you ask the guy did you make the gate, if he doesn't know, you head down. Later if he decides you MISSED it, you tell them HE TOLD YOU HE DIDN"T KNOW at the time. He can't change his mind later. He either saw it or he didn't. The rules say if they aren't sure, you get the benefit of the doubt. It's written on the gatekeeping card.

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Yes, but if they guy has to think about it..."Hmm I think you missed it, nooo you can go, umm actully hike up) etc, then he is wasting my time, which is screwing me over...therefore I am going to try and get a rerun. After all even if you don't get a rerun, being a good 15 seconds behind the back of the pack of people, that won't help you at all.

[Ski]

'Dude, if there are 175 total J1/2 racers (both male and female), then there will be about 100 racers invited to Finals. Because of the higher percentage of males, 59 will be guys and 32 girls---and 9 discressionary spots.

 

Two ways to get to Finals: First, be in the top 30 to 35 guys through the four Cup races; secondly, it's the best finishes in one less than half of all races held in the East and Northeast---that will include the Cup races at Blue.

 

So it'll turn out that the top 65 or so guys out of the 100 J1/2's will make Finals.

 

34th is a very good finish.

[Ski]

Okay, 'Dude, here's what's for sure. Two ways to get in. First, through the statewide PA Cup results. The top 30 will definitely go. That's the top 30 having scored by the World Cup point system.

 

That is: 100 points for first place in a race. 80 for second, 60 for 3rd, down to 1 point for 30th.

 

That gives you the "automatics".

 

Then come the regional qualifiers. For you, that's any races held in the East or NE region, including Cup races. This year, it's just the two GS races at Blue and the slalom at Jack Frost. For this qualification, they go by each run. That'll be 6 total runs. ONE LESS THAN HALF of 6 is 2. Got it? Half of 6 is 3. One less than 3 is 2.

 

Now, look at your results for those two runs versus other kids only in your Northeast region. If you finish 34 overall at Blue in run one, take out all the Western, Central, and East kids. Say there are 20 NE boys. And you finished, say, 6th among them. You'd get 40 World Cup points.

 

If you do that well twice, you'd stand at 80 points.

 

So you take all the boys in just the Northeast Region and the 17 with the two best runs in NE qualifiers will go to Finals. That's also the 17 best AFTER the automatics are taken out. So the best racers on CAT, for instance, will be invited because they are among the top 30 automatics. It's then the next best 17 that qualify through Regional races.

 

A lot go, 'Dude. So if you can hang around the top 40, then your chances are GREAT. It's a lot of math and is rarely decided until the final run of the last race.

Edited January 24, 2005 by ski999