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To the - Members of the Committee for Freestyle Skiing Sub-Committee for Freestyle Rules & Officials For information to: - National Ski Associations - Interested Parties - Gian Franco Kasper - Sarah Lewis

Oberhofen, November 4

th, 2016

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Provisional Minutes - FIS Freestyle Skiing Committee Meeting

Hotel Hilton Airport Zurich (SUI), 30.09.2016

Dear Freestyle Skiing Friends,

Please find enclosed the “Provisional Minutes” for the meeting of the Committee for Freestyle

Skiing in Zurich (SUI).

We would also like to take the opportunity of informing you that the minutes and other presentations are available on the FIS Cloud: https://cloud.fis-ski.com/index.php/s/7ae592aba5bb1610021cd0d465decfa1 Please send any remarks or objections to the FIS Office in Oberhofen. We wish to thank you for your help and support in the development Freestyle Skiing at the international level.

With kind regards, INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION

Chris Robinson Joseph T. Fitzgerald Chairman FIS Freestyle Ski Coordinator

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Provisional Minutes for the meeting of the FIS Freestyle Skiing Committee 30.09.2016 2

INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Committee for Freestyle Skiing

Provisional Minutes – for the meeting of the FIS Freestyle Skiing Committee

Friday, 30.09.2016, 08.00 – 16.00 hrs, Conference Room “La Place A+B”

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Opening Remarks 1.1 Identification of Voting Delegates 1.2 Approval of Minutes from last meeting 1.3. Approval of Agenda 1.4 Report on the Proposals to the FIS Council (June 2016) 1.4.1 Status of Freestyle Skiing proposals from Spring Meetings 1.5 Items from FIS Council regarding Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding 1.5.1 FS SB Re-Organisation 1.6 Items to other Committees

1.6.1 Equipment Committee 1.6.2 Medical Committee

- IOC/FIS injury prevention meeting

2. Previous and Tabled Business and Postponed Items 2.1 Dual Moguls - Revisions 2.2 Number of Single Rooms for WC Teams - Report 2.3 BA World Cup – Quota City Event 2.4 Nations Cup – BA, HP, SS 3. Proposals from FIS

3.1 Proposals from the FIS Office 3.1.1 Exchange rates World Cups 2016/17

3.1.2 Definition of Different Jumps in Big Air 4. Proposals from the Coordinating Group

4.1 Rules and Officials Chairman’s Report 4.2 Proposals Aerials Advisory Group 4.3 Proposals Ski Halfpipe / Ski Slopestyle / Ski Big Air Advisory Group 4.4 Proposals Moguls Advisory Group 4.5 Proposals Ski Cross Advisory Group 4.5.1 Report on Ski Cross Working Group under direction of Michel Vion, FIS

Council 4.6 Proposals from National Ski Associations 4.7 Proposals Judges Advisory Group 4.8 Proposals TD Advisory Group 4.9 Proposals Major Official Competition assignments 4.9.1 Officials OWG 2018 4.10 Report Youth & Children’s Sub-Committee 4.11 Report on Proposals from the FS SB Coordinating Group 4.12 Homologation Applications


5. Reports 5.1 Freestyle Ski Committee Chairman’s Report 5.2 Sponsorship World Cup 5.2.1 Ski Cross Title Sponsor 5.2.2 Title Sponsorship World Cup 5.3 Data Service and Results / Timing Booklet 5.4 Television, Internet and Multimedia, Infront / FIS 5.4.1 Distribution and News Project - Season 2016/17 5.4.2 Freestyle Skiing Promotions Group 5.5 Video Server Report 6. Athlete Representatives Report

7. FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup 7.1 Season 2016/2017 Report 7.2 Draft 5 Season 2017/2018 7.3 Draft 1 Season 2018/2019 7.4 Long-term Calendar Planning (Season 2019/2020) 8. FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 8.1 2017 Sierra Nevada (ESP) 8.2 2019 Park City (USA) 8.3 2021 Beijing (CHN) 8.4 FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships - 2017 WJC Valmalenco (ITA) 9. Olympic Winter Games 9.1 2018 PyeongChang (KOR) 9.2 2022 Beijing (CHN) 9.3 Youth Olympic Games - YOG 2020 Lausanne, SUI 10. Other Presentations 11. Next Meeting – New Structure FIS Calendar Conference Portoroz (SLO) 24th – 28th May 2017 Appendix 1: Report from Jay Simson, USA Appendix 2: AE/MO/HP/SS/BA Athletes Survey


ITEM 1

Welcome and Opening Remarks

As each meeting of the Freestyle Committee approaches I spend time giving thought to matters of interest to our Freestyle community along with issues to be dealt with at the committee table. My intention with the opening remarks has always been to highlight key items and stimulate some thought coming into the meetings. It has been difficult to know exactly how to approach the opening remarks for the upcoming meeting in Zurich given the structural changes coming to FIS Freestyle and Snowboard over the next year. In a formal sense, the 2016 fall meeting marks the end of an era for the FIS Freestyle Committee and this will be our final meeting. However, I see this not so much as an ending but more as an evolution of our sport structure that we hope will lead to growth and many new opportunities in the future. Many people who have contributed to our committees and various advisory groups will continue on under the new structure. Some will be saying farewell and to those people moving on I want to express sincere thanks and appreciation on behalf of the FIS Freestyle Committee for your hard work and dedication to the sport. Although our workload has become heavier in recent years and a complex structure has evolved, the scope of work done and success realized has been immense. When I became Chairman in the fall of 1999, Freestyle was a much smaller part of the FIS family. The challenges we faced at that time led to an ambitious agenda for growth and development that has seen us increase from two events on the Olympic programme in 2002 to five events in 2014. Where things go from here remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding will now work together to map out the future for our respective disciplines. The blending of committees and cultures will no doubt take some time to adjust to. However, I believe the opportunities far outweigh the challenges. With this being the last meeting of the Freestyle Committee in its current form, I also want to take this opportunity to recognize my predecessor, John Johnston. Johnny was the driving force behind Freestyle’s bid to join the FIS family. He laid the foundation for the 40 years of work that has brought us this far in an evolving story that is entering a new chapter. There are many, many people who have been part of the journey that Johnny set out on... While I would like to be able to recognize everyone individually, I will humbly say it has been my honour to work with all you during my time as Chairman. What has been achieved has been made possible through the collective efforts at our semi-annual gatherings, supported by so many others in our National Associations and of course all who contribute to making the sport happen on the snow. We can all be proud of how far Freestyle Skiing has come. My work as Chairman has also been professionally supported by the hard work of Joe Fitzgerald and Kathrin Hostettler. My sincere thanks to both for their tireless contributions over the past 16 years. Joe’s vision and commitment to Freestyle Skiing has of course been second to none and he will continue to play a key role in the future of the sport.


The Freestyle Skiing Committee agenda for Zurich is lighter than recent meetings with relatively few proposals to be considered. So, as we look towards the future, I believe an important task for the meeting at hand is to start laying out the agendas for the new committees to take the reigns next spring. As Joe might say at a time like this – ‘Onwards!’ I look forward to our discussions and taking the Chair for one last time.

Respectfully submitted,

Chris Robinson

Chairman, FIS Freestyle Skiing Committee


1.1 Identification of Voting Delegates

Ordinary Members

Chairman Chris Robinson CAN present Vice-Chairman Walt Hiltner AUS present Members: Todd Schirman USA present Valentino Mori ITA present Roman Kuss AUT present Alexey Kurashov RUS present Rémi Sella FRA present Anders Olofsson SWE present Henri Rohner SUI present Frode Saeter NOR present Tina Sundekvist-Tanaka JPN present Heli Herdt GER present Yang Dong CHN present Jyrki Säämänen FIN present Iain Mackay GBR present

Conference:

Eduardo Valenzuela ESP present Marek Polan SVK absent Vadym Korovytskyy UKR present Jorge Mandru CHI absent Nikolai Kazeko BLR absent Matevz Stanovnik SLO present Augusta Vladimir CZE absent Tom Willmott NZL absent Ioannis Theodorou GRE absent Visa Carles AND absent Toby Dawson KOR absent Andrey Obyskalov KAZ present Lode Nolf BEL present Pedro Cavazzoni BRA absent Lyuba Klenova BUL absent Coordinator: Joseph Fitzgerald FIS present SX Race Director: Martin Fiala FIS present Honorary Members: John Johnston CAN Peter Judge CAN Gianfranco Collinassi ITA Sub-Committee for Freestyle Rules and Officials Chairman: Michael Kennedy AUS present Vice Chairman: Todd Schirman USA present Stian Eriksen NOR absent David Mirota CAN present Michel Roth SUI present Joar Batelson SWE present Tina Sundekvist-Tanaka JPN present Sabine Wittner AUT present Tom Willmott NZL absent Stephen Fearing RUS present


Timo Kanninen FIN absent Iain Mackay GBR present Marek Polan SVK absent Fabien Bertrand FRA present Toby Dawson KOR present

Athletes Representatives: Lydia Lassila AUS absent Alex Fiva SUI absent


1.2 Approval of Minutes from last meeting

Proposal FS 1609-01

To approve the minutes from the Cancun (MEX) meeting.

Proposed by and seconded by Anders Olofsson SWE and seconded by Jyrki Säämänen FIN. The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the minutes. 1.3 Approval of Agenda

Draft No. 1 of the agenda was distributed August 16th 2016 with a request to the Committee members to send in any possible viewpoints and wishes. Draft No 2 are these “Comments on the Agenda”. Proposal FS 1609-02

To approve the Agenda. Proposed by and seconded by Jyrki Säämänen FIN and seconded by Heli Herdt GER. The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the agenda as presented. 1.4 Report on the Proposals to the FIS Council (June 2016) See the FIS Freestyle Skiing Provisional Minutes. They have been distributed to all the Members on June 24th, 2016. 1.4.1 Status of Freestyle Skiing proposals from Spring Meetings All proposals were approved. 1.5 Items from FIS Council regarding Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding 1.5.1 FS SB Re-Organisation Dean Gosper (AUS) spoke about the structure and the gave remarks about the restructuring. It is a transition or per an evolution. In indicated that it is perhaps it is good-bye to Freestyle committee structure and Hello to the new structure with the same persons. The organizational structure is different, but the common interests like courses, spectators and resorts remain the same. The new nominations are being considered now and will they will confirmed considered by the FIS Council in the meeting in November.


He indicated that the positions of the technical committees (Judges and Technical Delegates), they will considered after the development of main committees and sub-committees. This means it Dean thanked the Chairman and Coordinator for their support and contributions to the process. New Structure of Committee This information has been sent on August 2nd, 2016 to the National Ski Associations. As we have already informed you in the Short Summary of the most important decisions of the FIS Council Meetings in June 2016 in Cancun (MEX), the structure of the Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard Committees has been revised as part of the restructure of the organisation of both disciplines (see Short Summary FIS Council Meetings, Cancun, pages 109 – 111). The new Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski Committee and Sub-Committees are as follows: Committee for Snowboard Freestyle and Freeski - Sub-Committee for Park and Pipe - Sub-Committee for Cross - Sub-Committee for Moguls and Aerials - Sub-Committee for Snowboard Alpine - Sub-Committee for Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing Youth & Children’s Questions (Committee composition confirmed by FIS Council in Cancun remains valid) Proposals for members of the Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski Committee and the four new Sub-Committees have to be submitted by the National Ski Associations by 30th September 2016, using the FIS Committee Member Manager tool. Membership of the Committees and Sub-Committee will then be confirmed by the Council at its next Meeting in November 2016 in order that the new structure and members are in place during the competition season and can function at the FIS Technical Committee Meetings in spring 2017. In the meantime the existing Committees will continue to handle matters arising and at the Technical Committee Meetings in September in Zurich. The chairman spoke about the 1st thing that was done in 2000, was to consider the development of new events. He spoke about the staff members of Martin Fiala for ski cross and Marcel Looze who working marketing structure for the two disciplines. 1.6 Items to other Committees 1.6.1 Equipment Committee The proposal concerning the helmets for Freestyle Skiing was reviewed by and agreed to by the Equipment Committee. The Equipment Rules have been updated with these remarks.


1.6.2 Medical Committee The FIS Council approved a proposal from the Medical Committee steering group to fund a study on Ski Cross and the IOC has approved funding for a Slopestyle project. The Coordinator provided an update. He indicated that the slopestyle project has been confirmed by the IOC and that the FIS has provided some support for the ski cross project. ITEM 2 Previous and Tabled Business and Postponed Items The Coordinating Group reviewed the text that had been prepared and the revised version is enclosed below. To be added in the FIS Judges Handbook: ‘We, the judges promise to judge all competitions with complete impartiality; respecting and abiding by the rules and regulations We promise to officiate at all competitions giving no favour based on nation, gender, competitor’s ranking, or previous performances in this or any other competition. We will judge each run solely on the merit of the observed performance without preconceptions or expectations.’ Proposal FS 1609-03 To approve the introduction words in the FIS FS Judges Handbook. Proposed by Tina Tanaka JPN and seconded by Iain Mackay GBR The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the introduction words in the FIS FS Judges Handbook.


2.1 Dual Moguls - Revision A report was presented at the R and O Meeting. Fabien Bertand, FRA reported that they discussed with Judges Advisory Group about the proposal. It was determined that there will be testing occurring over the coming winter with results being presented in the spring. 2.2 Number of Single Rooms for WC Teams – Report The Coordinator provided a verbal report at the meeting concerning the rooming needs and requirements for the World Cup. The Coordinator provided an overview of several competitions he studied and it is his recommendation that the rules remain as they are in place now. The committee confirmed that it would not consider changing the rooming rules. 2.3 BA World Cup – Quota City Event In order to establish quotas for the so-called “City Competitions’, it was an agreement between the staff for Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding to adopt the Snowboarding procedures to limit the quotas for City competitions to 60 competitors. Outlined below are the rules to be used:

7.7 Special Entry for Ski Big Air City Competitions

7.7.1 Entry procedure Ladies and Men’s Ski Big Air events

A special procedure has been developed to limit the quotas for the Ski Big Air City competitions.

7.7.2 Maximum Numbers of Competitors and Heats

Total of 60 competitors:

40 men (2 heats)

20 ladies (1 heat)

3 spots for men and 2 for ladies as a waiting list in case that a competitor(s) are not able to participate in the qualification

If one gender does not reach the allocate number (40M / 20L) at the 30 day deadline for entries, then the remaining spots can be shifted to the other gender.

7.7.3 Entry System Procedure

The Competition Invitation will be available 3 months prior to the first competition day. (WC 7.6.1)

After the Provisional Entries (WC 7.6.3) and 30 days prior to the 1st competition day, FIS will produce a ranked Entry List. Provisional Entries that are not made within these deadlines will not be kept in consideration. (WC 7.6.6)

Ranking List for Competitors

All competitors entered will be sorted according to the highest rank between the FIS Point List for Slopestyle and Big Air.

The top 40 men and top 20 ladies within the generated ranking list will be granted a personal spot by name and nation. The respective nations are allowed to replace two competitors per gender.


Confirmation of Spots

The names / nations will be confirmed to the NSAs, 28 days prior the competition. NSAs should communicate to FIS/OC, 14 days prior the competition day if any competitor that has been granted a spot will not be able to participate. This will allow reallocating the open spots.

Reallocation of Spots

Within the 14 days period, all the open spots will be reallocated to the next competitors entered and ranked as described above.

Once allocated and confirmed the top 40 men and 20 ladies entered there will still be the possibility to send the next 3 men and 2 ladies on the ranking list. Such competitors will be allowed to train and forerun if there are withdrawals during the training sessions. These competitors will be announced once entries are forwarded.

Reallocation before the Draw

Before the draw the NSA can change one competitor based upon their allowed entries. If competitors are withdrawn, then additional competitor(s) on the waiting list will be added.

We also had to establish entry standards for these competitions and to create quotas. Since this event is new and in order to establish a flow between Big Air and Slopestyle we have noted that skiers can use slopestyle or big air FIS points to participate in either of the World Cups. 13.1.4 Minimum FIS Point Standards to Participate in FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup Events The minimum FIS point requirements per FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup event are:

Standards/

Requirements MO FIS Points

AE FIS Points

SX FIS Points

HP FIS Points

SS FIS Points

BA FIS Points

FIS Points 50 50 100 10 25** 25*

* or Slopestyle Points ** or Big Air Points

Proposal FS 1609-03a To approve the introduction wording for the City Rules for Ski Big Air Proposed by Iain Mackay GBR and seconded by Walt Hiltner (AUS). The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the rules City Competitions for Ski Big Air. 2.4 Nations Cup – SS, HP, BA The staff had established a Nations Cup for the best team performance for the events of Slopestyle, Halfpipe and Big Air. This is based upon the WC rule 11.3.4.


ITEM 3 Proposals from FIS 3.1.1 Exchange rates World Cups 2016/2017 On proposal of the FIS Finance Commission, the Council decided to fix the applicable foreign exchange rates on 14th October 2016 for the duration of the competition season.

Nation Rate = CHF 1 Equals

Belarus Ruble 20'296.4200 BYR

Bulgaria Lew 1.8000 BGN

Canada Dollar 1.3270 CAD

China Yuan 6.7955 CNY

Croatia Kuna 6.8649 HRK

Czech Republic Koruna 24.8692 CZK

Euro Euro 0.9204 EUR

Japan Yen 105.2100 JPY

Korea Won 1'147.5400 KRW

Norway Krone 8.3017 NOK

Poland Zloty 3.9683 PLN

Rumania Leu 4.1502 RON

Russia Ruble 63.5348 RUB

Sweden Krone 8.9264 SEK

Switzerland Franc 1.0000 CHF

Turkey Lira 3.1205 TRY

USA Dollar 1.0098 USD


3.1.2 Definition of Different Jumps in Big Air There were some discussions at the first Big Air World Cup of the season concerning the definition of repeating of a jump. There were some previous discussions concerning the BA competition held in Boston last year about a definition. We understand that the method used there was based upon the rule from Snowboarding. This item was not on the agenda during the spring meeting so decisions could not been made. There were several different proposals and the text below was used during the competition. The nations were informed that this would be brought to the Freestyle Skiing Committee for consideration and agreement for the rest of the season. Different Jumps in Big Air are defined as: Men 2 out of 4 directions

Ladies 2 out of 4 directions

Proposal FS 1609-04

To approve the wording different Jumps allowed for Ski Big Air. Proposed Anders Olofsson SWE by and seconded by Valentino Mori ITA The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the different Jumps for BA.


ITEM 4 Proposals from the Coordinating Group 4.1 Rules and Officials Chairman’s Report Michael Kennedy AUS gave a report and remarked about the discussions the last meeting that was held yesterday. He thanked several person; Jay Simson USA and Iain Mackay GBR in particular for their great effort and work. He indicated the new structure enhance and continue the work that has been be done. The Chairman thanked ‘Kenno’ for his work and the committee agreed with the applause. 4.2 Proposals Aerials / Advisory Group Report A report will be given during the meeting. Mich Roth SUI spoke about the report provided yesterday. He thanked D K RUS for his work on developing the user interface for judge score entry system. The Freestyle Committee was in agreement that the work needs to continue in this area. 4.3 Proposals Ski Halfpipe / Ski Slopestyle / Ski Big Air Advisory Group No report was provided during the meeting.


4.4 Proposals Moguls / Advisory Group Report Fred Weiss SUI reported during the meeting and he looks forward to the new government structure. He indicated that they had been working to develop further the several charts and wording for the definitions of different ‘jumps’. He gave an over view and provided a report. He indicated that the MOAG had a full agreement on the diagram and wording.


Proposal FS 1609-05

To approve the different Jumps allowed for Moguls. Proposed Henri Rohner SUI by and seconded by Jyrki Säämänen FIN The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the different Jumps for the Mogul events.


4.5 Proposals Ski Cross / Advisory Group Report A meeting was held on September 29th, 2016. 4508 Contact 4508.1 Definition of Contact and Blocking

Intentional contact by pushing, pulling or holding another competitor’s arm, leg or pole or other means, which causes another competitor to slow down, fall or exit the course is not allowed and is an automatic disqualification. A competitor is not allowed to bring their arm, leg or ski pole in front of another competitor’s body to avoid being passed. Blocking, by intentional movements of the body or leaving the natural skiing line is not allowed. The “natural skiing line” is defined as the fastest way between the features and around the gate line. All contact infractions will be at the discretion of the gate judges and the Jury.

4508.1 Intentional Interference

Interference is often a complex offence, given that contact in Ski Cross is common. The Jury and gate judges have to determine whether the contact or interference was intentional or not. Intentional contact or interference between two or more competitors will be penalized, as laid down in article 4508.2.

4508.1.1 Intentional Actions

A competitor shall not force another competitor out of the course, nor intentionally cause them to slow down, lose balance, or crash. A competitor shall not cause any part of his body or skiing equipment to come into contact with another competitor's body or skiing equipment during a race with the intent of impeding that competitor's progress for the purpose of overtaking or causing them to be overtaken by another competitor.

4508.1.2 Obstruction on Obvious Straight Lines

The leading competitor shall have the right to choose his line on the course and through the corners. When on a straight section of the course, a competitor shall not intentionally block another competitor from passing.

4508.2.3 When a competitor receives a 2nd DIC in a series within one competitive season, the

Jury is re-quired to refer the competitor to the Appeals Commission pursuant to Rule 224.13competitor shall be Not Permitted to Start (NPS) in the next competition within the same series. For this purpose a competition series is defined as the FIS World Cup or one of the FIS Continental Cup series.


Card System Ski Cross:

Slowing Imbalance Crashing Forcing out of the course

Blocking on Straight

Action by hands (pushing, pulling, holding, grabbing…)

DIC (RED)

DIC (RED) DIC (RED)

DIC (RED) DIC (RED)

Action by body (behind)

Warning (YELLOW)

Warning (YELLOW)

DIC (RED)

DIC (RED) -

Action by body (sideway)

Warning (YELLOW)

Warning (YELLOW)

Warning (YELLOW)

Warning (YELLOW)

-

Blocking Warning (YELLOW)

Warning (YELLOW)

Warning (YELLOW)

Warning (YELLOW)

Warning (YELLOW)

DIC (RED) Handled as described in 4508.2

Warning (YELLOW) ● 2 warnings in one comp. lead to DIC (223.1.1)

During the finals, a system of colored cards is used by a jury member or the race director at the finish corral. This decision must be confirmed by the jury. Cards must be shown to the respective competitor and must be officially communicated. Proposal FS 1609-06 4508 Contact Proposed by Heli Herdt GER seconded by Remi Sella FRA The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the further definition contact and penalties for the Ski Cross events. Proposal FS 1609-07 Card System Ski Cross Proposed by Heli Herdt GER seconded by Walt Hiltner AUS The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the introduction of the card system for issuing penalties in the Ski Cross events.


4.6 Proposals from National Ski Associations No proposals have been sent in. 4.5.1 Report on Ski Cross Working Group under direction of Michel Vion, FIS Council Martin Fiala reported on the agenda and discussions that occurred in the meeting. Chris Robinson indicated its importance of the group and support in the development of ski cross. 4.7 Proposals Judges / Advisory Group Report Please see Appendix 1 for the report from Jay Simson, USA Judges Upgrade requests fall 2016 Name Firstname Nation Moguls Aerials Halfpipe SS / BA Remark

Lebedeva Anna RUS B to A A - -

Kossov Evgenii RUS - - C to B C to B

Gafner Bumann Nicole SUI ? ? ? ?

Remarks: Lebedeva Anna, RUS: Denied – needs more complete application materials, needs

assist, needs more experience Kossov Anna, RUS: Referred to Slope/Pipe Gafner Bumann Nicole, SUI: Denied – needs assist and acceptable clinic results 4.8 Proposals TD / Advisory Group Report The Minutes from Iain Mackay, GBR can be found here: https://cloud.fis-ski.com/index.php/s/7ae592aba5bb1610021cd0d465decfa1



4.9 Proposals Major Official Competition Assignments 4.9.1 Officials OWG 2018 Moguls / Aerials Judges - OWG 2018

First Name Last Name Nation Selection

Scott Lounsbury USA (HJ)

Ian Hutchings CAN

Bruno BERARD FRA

Midori TAKANO JPN

Petr Knyazev RUS

Zoe Jaboor AUS

Zhaoyi Qiu CHN

Jürg Müller SUI

Mogul / Aerial Technical Delegates OWG 2018

Frist Name Last Name Nation

Iain Mackay GBR

Halfpipe/Slopestyle Judges OWG 2018

First Name Last Name Nation

Lao Chazelas FRA

Ole-Kristian Strøm NOR

Urh Bulc SLO

Arnaud Cottet SUI

Steele Spence USA

Proposal FS 1609-09 To approve the proposed officials for the Olympic Games Proposed by Walt Hiltner AUS and seconded by Jyrki Säämänen FIN The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the proposed officials.


4.9.4 Jury member OWG 2018 Technical Delegate Aerials/Moguls: Iain Mackay, GBR Technical Delegate Cross: Markus Malsiner, ITA Technical Delegate Pipe and Slope: Roman Arnold, SUI Head Judge Aerials / Moguls: Scott Lounsbury, USA Head Judge Halfpipe/Slopestyle: Philippe Bélanger, CAN 4.10 Report Youth & Children’s Sub-Committee A Report will be provided during the meeting. Jyrki Säämänen FIN reported about the Junior Championships and Youth Olympic Games. The FIS Snowpark Rules were reviewed. Knowledge transfer about sport development was exchanged. 4.11 Report on Proposals from the FS SB Coordination Group Chris Robinson discussed some aspects of the meeting. The focus was on the new structure. 4.12 Homologation Applications Henri Rohner reported on the development of the courses with over 30 years of proposals. A review was made of the courses in Changbiashan Mountain CHN and it is the opinion of the inspector that it is possible to stage a Moguls competition on this course. Therefore, the homologation should be approved. Additionally two courses in BLR have been reviewed. Proposal FS 1609-10 To approve the homologation for Changbiashan Mountain (CHN), Minsk and Raubichi in (BLR)

Proposed by Henri Rohner (SUI) and seconded Walt Hiltner AUS The Freestyle Skiing Committee unanimously agreed to approve the homologation for Chanbiashan Mountain (CHN). The Chairman then introduced the FIS President Gian Franco Kasper to the meeting and gave him a welcome. President Kasper thanked the Committee Members for their long term work in the development of the Freestyle Skiing discipline. He recalled some of the first work from John Johnston CAN. GFK spoke about the new structure.

Nat Place Course Course name Nr. Type Place and Date

BLR Minsk AE Freeestyle Olympic Training Center 7294.002.16 full Zurich (SUI), September 2016

BLR Raubichi AE Aerials Jump Hill 7295.003.16 full Zurich (SUI), September 2016

CHN Wanda Changbaishan MO Dasuhai 7293.001.16 full Zurich (SUI), September 2016


ITEM 5 Reports 5.1 Freestyle Skiing Committee Chairman’s Report Chris Robinson indicated his report was provided in his opening remarks. 5.2 Sponsorship World Cup 5.2.1 Ski Cross Title Sponsor Audi has agreed to continue their sponsorship until the end of the season 2017/18. ‘FIS Cross Alp Tour’ Presentation will be presented by Martin Fiala at the meeting. Martin Fiala provided a report. 5.2.2 Title Sponsorship World Cup Marcel Looze provided a report at the meeting. He indicated that a Korean based Tire company NEXEN will be a sponsor for the Ski and Snowboard Big Air World Cups. 5.3 Data Service and Results / Timing Booklet There’s been some work of two booklets, one for Scoring and Results and the other is a Timing Booklet. The Timing booklet can be found under this link: http://data.fis-ski.com/media/freestyle-skiing/2016/freestyletimingbooklet-v1-01-e.pdf 5.4 Television, Internet and Multimedia, Infront / FIS 5.4.1 Distribution and News Project – Season 2016/17 Infront provided an outline for the TV distribution for the season and provided some details on the development of the so-called FIS App. 5.4.2 Freestyle Skiing Promotions Group The committee is referred to the comments and the minutes of that meeting.

http://data.fis-ski.com/media/freestyle-skiing/2016/freestyletimingbooklet-v1-01-e.pdf


5.5 Video Server Report After some work with the FIS IT department a video server was set up and is operational. Videos of different skills competition runs have been uploaded and classified on this system. There are presently videos from mogul skiing, aerials, ski cross and slope style. Access is by a password, using the same passwords and email addresses as used on the FIS member section. ITEM 6 Athlete Representatives Report Please see Appendix 2


ITEM 7 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup 7.1 Season 2016/2017 Report

Date Day Site NAT MO AE SX HP SS BA Remarks September 16

02.-03. Fri-Sat El Colorado CHI 02-03 November 15

11. Fri Milano ITA 11 Night December 16

02. Fri Mönchengladbach GER 02 Night 08.-10. Sat-Sun Val Thorens FRA 08-09/10 Tour Start 10. Sat Ruka FIN 10 12.-13. Mon-Tue Arosa SUI 12-13 SX Tour 16.-17. Fri-Sat Montafon AUT 16-17 SX Tour 15.-17. Thu-Sat Copper USA 15-17 17.-18. Sat-Sun Beijing CHN 17/18 21.-22. Wed-Thu Innichen ITA 21/22 SX Final January 17

13.-14. Fri-Sat Lake Placid USA 13 14 14.-15. Sat-Sun Watles ITA 14-15 13.-14. Fri-Sat Font Romeu FRA 13-14 21.-22. Sat-Sun Megève FRA 21-22 21. Sat Val St. Come CAN 21 28. Sat Calgary CAN 28 26.-28. Thu-Sat Seiser Alm ITA 26-28 February 17

01.-04. Wed-Sat Mammoth USA 01-03 02-04 02.-04. Thu-Sat Deer Valley USA 02/04 03 MO/DM 04.-05. Sat-Sun Feldberg GER 04/05 09.-12. Thu-Sun Quebec City CAN 12 11 10.-18. Fri-Sun Bokwang KOR 11* 10* 18 *Night 11.-12. Sat-Sun Idre SWE 11/12 18.-19. Sat-Sun Tazawako JPN 18/19 MO/DM 24.-25. Fri-Sat Sunny Valley RUS 24-25 25.-26. Sat-Sun Thaiwoo CHN 25/26 Final 25. Sat Minsk BLR 25 March 17

03.-04. Fri-Sat Silvaplana SUI 03-04 Final 04.-05 Sat-Sun Blue Mountain CAN 04-05 Final 04. Sat Moscow RUS 04 Night/Final 07. Tue Tignes FRA 07 Night/Final

06.-19. Mon-Sun Sierra Nevada ESP 08/09 10 18 16-18 17-19 WSC

24.-25. Fri-Sat Myrkdalen-Voss NOR 24/25* Final/*Team

Locations 32 / Nations 16 / Competitions 92 11/11 7/7 14/14 4/4 5/5 5/5


7.2 Draft 5 Season 2017/2018

Date Day Site NAT MO AE SX HP SS BA Remarks

August 17

11.-12. Fri-Sat El Colorado CHI X 19.-26. Sat-Sat Cardrona NZL X X September 17 30. Sat Bern SUI X

December 17

02. Sat Mönchengladbach GER X 04.-09. Mon-Sat Copper USA X X 09.-10. Sat-Sun Val Thorens FRA XX 09.-10. Sat-Sun Ruka FIN X 12. Tue Arosa SUI X 16. Sat Montafon AUT X 16.-17. Sat-Sun Beijing CHN XX 17. Sun Méribel FRA X 20.-21. Wed-Thu Innichen ITA XX

January 18

06.-07. Sat-Sun Font Romeu FRA X 06.-07. Sat-Sun Calgary CAN 06 07 07. Sun Watles ITA X 08.-14. Mon-Sun TBD USA X X 10.-12. Wed-Fri Deer Valley USA 10/11 12 13.-14. Sat-Sun Idre SWE XX 15.-21. Mon-Sun Mammoth USA X 17.-20 Wed-Sat Lake Placid USA 17 19/20 21. Wed-Sun Val St. Come CAN 21 21. Sun Blue Mountain CAN X

February 18

09.-25. Fri-Sun PyeongChang KOR X X X X X OWG

March 18

02.-03. Fri-Sat Silvaplana SUI X 03.-04. Sat-Sun Feldberg GER XX 03.-04. Sat-Sun Tazawako JPN XX 10.-11. Sat-Sun Tignes FRA X 17.-18. Sat-Sat Megeve FRA X X Locations 27 / Nations 13 / Competitions 84 10/10 5/5 13/13 6/6 5/5 3/3

7.3 Draft 1 Season 2018/2019 Draft 1 will be included in the prepared for the spring meeting. 7.4 Long-term Calendar Planning (Season 2019/2020) A first draft will be distributed during the Spring meetings in Portoroz (SLO)


ITEM 8 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 8.1 2017 Sierra Nevada (ESP) A presentation was provided by the organiser. https://cloud.fis-ski.com/index.php/s/7ae592aba5bb1610021cd0d465decfa1 8.2. 2019 Park City (USA) A short update was provided by the Eric Webster Organiser. https://cloud.fis-ski.com/index.php/s/7ae592aba5bb1610021cd0d465decfa1 8.3 2021 Beijing (CHN) A short update will be provided by the Organiser. 8.4 FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships 2017 WJC Valmalenco (ITA) The program is outlined below:

03.04.2017 Chiesa in Valmalenco

ITA 8335 Aerials L WJC


ITA 8336 Aerials M WJC


ITA 8337 Moguls L WJC


ITA 8338 Moguls M WJC


ITA 8339 Dual Moguls L WJC


ITA 8340 Dual Moguls M WJC


ITA 8341 Slopestyle L WJC


ITA 8342 Slopestyle M WJC


ITA 8345 Ski Cross L WJC


ITA 8346 Ski Cross M WJC

The Halfpipe will be held in Silvaplana (SUI)

19.04.2017 Silvaplana

SUI 8343 Halfpipe L WJC

19.04.2017 Silvaplana

SUI 8344 Halfpipe M WJC




ITEM 9 Olympic Winter Games 9.1 2018 PyeongChang (KOR) A presentation was be given by Yeonwoong Chae https://cloud.fis-ski.com/index.php/s/7ae592aba5bb1610021cd0d465decfa1 9.2 2022 Beijing (CHN) Lee Yang CHN, provided an update: https://cloud.fis-ski.com/index.php/s/7ae592aba5bb1610021cd0d465decfa1 9.3 Youth Olympic Games YOG 2020 Lausanne (SUI) A presentation was not provided by the organizers.




ITEM 10 Other Presentations WC Organiser Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup Sunny Valley (RUS) – Evgenia Sedelnikova provided a report. The Chairman gave some closing remarks and thanked everybody for their participation. He wished everyone success in the future and expressed his sincere appreciation for the hard work and support from all Committee members during the years of his Chairmanship. All of the committee members and those in attendance rose and gave him a standing ovation. Next Meetings – New Structure FIS Calendar Conference Portoroz (SLO) 24th – 28th May 2017

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