1983 - 2005 - Canadian Freestyle Ski Association

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LEXICON ON MOGULS SINGLE MOGULS Olympic discipline Speed, turns and air... Mogul skiing is probably the most accessible of the Freestyle disciplines and is one of the most exciting and spectacular of all winter sports. Everyone who skis has had to negotiate bumps or moguls at some point and knows how challenging they can be. The incredible skill, athleticism and courage of the world’s top mogul skiers makes it look easy, as they race straight down the fall line at lightning speeds. The top skiers are covering as many as four moguls per second!!!! The Course Average length is between 200 and 270 metres with an average steepness of 26 degrees. Moguls are set approximately 3.5 metres apart. Course includes two Air bumps which are used as take-off for jumps/ aerial manoeuvres. Judging Competitors rip down the 29-degree (give or take a degree or two) mogul course and launch themselves off two jumps on the way down under scrutiny of a panel of seven judges. Marks are awarded for the technical quality of the skier’s turns (50%), the two upright aerial manoeuvres (25%) and speed (25%). While speed is a factor, the fastest skier across the finish line does not necessarily win. Competition Format Competitions are either: a) Qualifying round with a single descent, followed by a final featuring the top 12 from the first round. b) Best of two runs. DUAL MOGULS World Championship discipline Head-to-head action... In Dual Moguls, competitors race head-to-head in knock-out rounds. The added adrenaline of racing side-by-side means skiers often push themselves beyond their limits, resulting in either spectacular crashes or some of the most awesome bump skiing you will ever see. Results from the Dual Moguls competitions on the FIS World Cup tour are combined with Single Moguls results to determine the overall World Cup Mogul Champion at the end of each year Judging As with Single Moguls, a panel of seven judges award marks for turns, speed and air, deciding by a show of panels who will go forward to the next round. Again the fastest skier over the finish line is not necessarily the winner. Competition Format Competitions are either: a) Single run qualification round (as per single Moguls) to seed the Duals, which would usually be sixteen pairs of Duals or; b) Elimination rounds of the entire field of competitors based on seeding from either the results of a prior Dual competition or a prior Single Moguls competition. Lingo • Back scratcher: Skiers scratch their backs with parallel tails of their skis. Knees bend under torso (ski tips drop under body), and hips lean forward with a countermotion of the shoulders (as if feet are trying to scratch the back). • Daffy: Splits — legs are widely spread, one in front, one behind. Front ski tip up, back ski tip down, with skis parallel. • Iron cross: Ski tips cross as skier remains upright. Tips drop, but heels are kicked to either side. • Spread Eagle/Spread: Starting position for making snow angels: arms extended and legs split, usually 90 degrees or more to the side. • Twister: Skis twist 90 degrees to one side of the body, while hands and arms may 8
counter the twisting skis — with core of body remaining upright and facing down the hill. • 360: Upright aerial spin of 360 degrees often called a helicopter or chopper. 720 = Double helicopter. (when viewed from the side). • Mute Grab: 360 with an Iron Cross Back Scratcher in the middle (often referred to as a “Heli-Mute”). • Off axis: A true flip is one that turns around the horizontal (zero degree) axis. A true spin is one that turns around the vertical (90 degree) one. An off-axis spin or flip is one that deviates from these norms. • D Spin: A back flip with an off axis full twist • Back full: A back flip with a full twist both true to the "normal" axes • Lincoln Loop: old school brought into new school - a sideways flip • Grab: Any part of the ski or binding that is grabbed by the hand - there are Tail, Mute, Japan and Toxic grabs in addition to a whole mess of others, all which add "flavour" to the tricks. • Rodeo: Backwards initiated off-axis flip • Flat Spin: Another off axis trick where the skier looks like they are spinning like a horizontal wheel. • Mysty: Forward initiated off axis flip • Corked: This is when a flip and spin are kind of blended into one. A trick becomes Super corked when the feet go above the horizontal plane of the head. • Switch: Taking off a jump backwards • Fakie: Landing backwards Mogul Stars of Today Men Jeremy Bloom, USA. 2005 World Cup mogul Champion. Bloom dominated the circuit last season achieving 8 podiums in 10 starts, 6 of which were wins. Bloom leads a strong US men’s mogul team that includes Nathan Roberts, who captured the 2005 World Mogul Championship title and finished 3rd overall in men’s moguls last season, and Toby Dawson who is the 2005 dual mogul World Champion. Janne Lahtela and Mikko Ronkainen, Finland. Lahtela is the 2002 Olympic Champion and 1998 Olympic silver medallist. Lahtela has been a leader in men’s moguls since his breakthrough silver medal performance at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, and has captured the World Cup mogul title an impressive 4 times. Team-mate Mikko Ronkainen (2001 and 2003 World Champion) finished 4th on the 2005 World Cup circuit and has proven to be a threat year after year, Marc-André Moreau, Canada. A rookie on the Canadian mogul squad, Moreau captured his firstever World Cup win in Tremblant, Quebec in 2004 to join the ranks of Canadian mogul legends like Jean-Luc Brassard, Stéphane Rochon, and PA Rousseau. Last season, Moreau went on to capture a silver medal at the 2005 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships, establishing himself as one of the top mogul skiers in the world. Dale Begg-Smith, Australia. A former member of Canada’s mogul development team, Begg-Smith now skis for Australia under the coaching of former Canadian team mogul coach Steve Desovich. Begg- Smith finished 2nd on the 2005 World Cup mogul tour and captured the bronze medal at the 2005 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships. Women Jennifer Heil, Canada. 2004 and 2005 World Cup overall women’s mogul champion. Heil made history in 2004 by becoming the first Canadian woman ever to capture a World Cup mogul title. In 2005, Heil was on the podium 6 times, with a total of 5 World Cup wins. Heil also captured gold in dual moguls at the 2005 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships. She placed 4th at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, missing the podium by 1 one-hundredth of a point. Kari Traa, Norway. 2002 Olympic Champion, 2003 FIS World Freestyle Ski Champion, and ranked #1 in the world from 2000-2003. Traa has finished 2nd behind Heil for the past two World Cup seasons, managing a total of 5 podium performances. Known for her aggressive style of skiing and her impressive air manoeuvres in the mogul course, Traa has been credited as the female competitor who has pushed women’s moguls to the next level. Hannah Kearney, USA. 2005 FIS World Freestyle Mogul Champion. Kearney has been the top US female mogul skier for two consecutive World cup seasons, finishing 4th overall and achieving 4 podium performances. Stéphanie St-Pierre, Canada. Bronze medallist at the 2003 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships, marking the first Canadian women’s World Championship single mogul medal since Bronwen Thomas in 1993. Won silver last season in Italy on the site of the 2006 Olympic mogul course. Margarita Marbler, Austria. Claimed the 2003 World Cup dual mogul title, and placed 3rd in the World Cup single mogul standings for the last three consecutive seasons. Marbler’s season included 4 silver medal performances. 9
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Provisional Calen
Page 5 and 6: MESSAGE FROM THE CEO Peter Judge Wi
Page 7 and 8: newcomer Marc-André Moreau landed
Page 9: Canada Freestyle Olympians Moguls A
Page 13 and 14: Lingo • DD: Degree of difficulty.
Page 15 and 16: The next wave - Moguls Audrey Robic
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Page 39 and 40: COACHING STAFF MOGULS Bob Aldighier
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Page 43 and 44: RESULTS 2004-2005 Canadian Team Res
Page 45 and 46: OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS 1988 - 2002 Mogul
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