WOF 2015#04: Air + Style Tour 2014/15 - Innsbruck (AUT)
Big Air Snowboarding: Back to the roots!
Air + Style Tour 2014/15
Innsbruck (AUT), January 2015
Air + Style is back with a bang! In a sensational
development, the world’s most legendary snowboard contest will grow into
a world-spanning series with stops at Beijing (CHN), Innsbruck (AUT),
and Los Angeles (USA).
The second stop of the Air + Style Tour will be
held at the place the event was born in 1993: at Innsbruck, Austria. In
Bergisel Stadium, the qualification will take place on Friday, January
16, 2015. 24 athletes will fight for the 16 starting positions in the
final on Saturday evening. Several Bands and DJs will provide the
perfect sound. One of the top acts is popular German rapper CRO. The
ramp set-up is the same as in Beijing. The Innsbruck stage provides a
special thrill as it will decide which 16 riders will qualify for the
finals in Los Angeles.
The contest format and judging-system for the Air
+ Style Innsbruck – Tirol 2015 have changed: The Qualification on the
16th of January won’t be held in a head to head format anymore. The 24
competing athletes will get 3 runs each. The 16 athletes with the 2 best
run scores qualify for the main contest on Saturday. Each jump is worth
a maximum of 50pts. 40pts are allocated to Score and 10pts are
allocated to Style points. The 2 best run scores will be added together
with a maximum score of 100 points. The same applies for the main
contest on Saturday, where 2 athletes will compete in a head to head
duel, the best 4 will fight for victory in the Super Final.