Intermountain Freestyle
Competition Starts Here.
Ever wanted to work out while serving our athletes? Chopping may be for you! Choppers ensure that landing areas are properly chopped with shovels. At appropriate times during a competition, choppers stand in a line at the bottom of a landing area in a line, and chop the snow while gradually working their way up to the jump. When the shovel goes deep into the snow, the landing areas become soft and smooth for our athletes, so use both hands and drive that shovel deep into the snow!
If you have volunteered for the Start position, here is some information to review.
(we will provide)
Control the Start. If training needs to be paused, you will be notified by radio. Tell the athlete to stop. Once the course is cleared, training can resume.
Between you and the Assistant Starter, visually check that the next 3 athletes are ready.
NOTE: You and the Head Judge both have Start Lists.
Head Judge: “Proceed with the next competitor”
Starter: “Bib 22. Competitor Ready. 3, 2, 1, Go!” Say “Go” when the athlete’s boots cross the Start Line. Might be “Competitor Ready. Go” or might be “Competitor Ready. 3, 2, 1, …delay… Go”
“Go” signals the Backup Timers to start their stopwatches.
Head Judge: “Proceed with the next competitor”
Starter: “Bib 22 is a DNS. Bib 46 is in the Start.”
Head Judge: “Proceed with Bib 46.”
Please return this to Scoring at the end of the event
Thank you for volunteering for this important position!!
Materials
Primary and Secondary Backup Timing will be positioned at the Finish Line.
You start the stopwatch when the athlete crosses the Start Line and stop the stopwatch when the athlete’s boots cross the Finish Line. Record the time on your steno sheet.
Over the radio, the Starter will say *Competitor Ready… 3, 2, 1, Go!”
“Go” is your signal to start the stopwatch. The Starter will say “Go!” as the athlete’s boots cross the Start Line. You may hear “Competitor Ready… Go!”, or ”Competitor Ready… 3, 2, 1, …delay…Go!”, or 3, 2, Go. Start your stopwatch when you hear Go regardless of what words are said before Go, and regardless of whether there is a long delay between the countdown and Go.
Stop your stopwatch when you observe the athlete’s boots cross the Finish Line. Record the time.
There may be 2 backup hand timers. One primary and one secondary.
If the Head Judge calls for “Hand Time” over the radio, read the primary time over the radio. If the primary hand time was missed, read the secondary time over the radio. If both are missed, report “Backup Timing Not Available.”
Please return this to Scoring at the end of the event
