Air & Style Contest 2012
Round 1:
Round 1 stays true to the famous Air & Style head-to-head format. Each of the 24 riders in Round 1 get 2 runs and the maximum score for each run is 100 points. The rider with the highest single run score advances, so 12 of these riders will win a spot in Round 2 based on their head-to-head battle win. An additional 4 spots in Round 2 are open to the highest scoring losing riders from the head-tohead battles in Round 1. We call these 4 riders, the "Lucky Losers."
Round 2:
The 12 battle winners from Round 1, and the 4 lucky losers make up a field of 16 riders that pair off and battle head-to-head for the 8 spots available in the Semi Final round. Each rider gets 3 runs, and only their best scoring run counts.
Semi Final Round:
8 Riders head-to-head in this round narrows the field to the 4 riders who will battle it out in the Super Final.
Super Final:
Each of the 4 riders in the Super Final get 3 runs to put up the highest one run score they can, and these scores determine the riders final rankings, and of course the winner of the Air & Style Ring of Glory!
Setup
total length: about 150m
start height: 50 m above level zero
length
inrun: 75m
gap: about 9.5m
leap: about 30m
drop height:
17m
landing height: 15m
width inrun: 8m
width landing: 18m
slope
inrun: 42°
construction time: about 20 days
Judging
One Head- and three overall-impression-judges decide on the riders’ advancement to the next round. The following criteria will be taken into consideration: amplitude, trick difficulty, landing and overall execution of the trick.
Each judge can attribute a score of 100 points per run.
90 % of the points are based on the Big Air, 10 % on the 2nd obstacle.
Riders can only perform a trick twice per round. If they do the same trick a third time, that third score will not count.
Ring of Glory
The Ring of Glory is one of the most valuable trophies in snowboarding and only the winner of the Oakley and Shaun White present Air & Style Beijing 2012 will get it. The 825-sterling sliver ring is a handcrafted custom product with a colorit imprint.