One thing that was brought up, and got my attention, is that there could have been items to be used as part of the freestyle event.
Perhaps a logjump that could have been BR & BF'ed over, or subbed under.
Maybe a couple of buoys to do tricks around.
I found the top half dozen fun to watch, but the lack of different tricks, seemed to make them repetitive.
Like I said before, the unique tricks would not have to be very hard, or very technical, just unique.
It seemed like all the was done was BFs, BRs,and Subs, with a front ride on the ski thrown in here and there.
I do understand that the conditions made it more difficult than normal, but then, in most cases, I would not expect glassy conditions. Glass is a rare condition, from what I have seen of freestyle events, but perhaps I have just not seen enough different videos.
Also, it seemed the riders were making a good bit of chop themselves, by riding around in circles back and forth through the area.
Still, I found it entertaining, and fun to watch, espically the top 3.
It did look as though the runs were not very planned out, except for the winner's, but once again, that might have a lot to do with the conditions, as was pointed out earlier, and guys throwing out some of the tricks from their routine because of it.
If someone was reading through this thread, to pickup ideas on how to improve their freestyle runs, the common points I have seen are:
1) do a set number of the basics, but have a unique trick
2) have a planned out run
3) try to link tricks
4) try not to do to many of the same tricks over and over
comments on how poor you thought they performed are just unhelpful, but actual comments on how to improve a freestyle run, might be helpful to all freestyle riders, and of interest to everyone in general.
