Night Events

Night events typically have many more spectators because snow-sport fans are usually participating in their own sports during the day. These can also be safer and have a higher lever of performance because wind is usually more calm and, with proper lighting, visibility both of the takeoff and landing hill can be far superior.

However, it can be more dangerous to hold night events if critical conditions such as the speed of the in-run are significantly effected by changing temperatures and sun exposure during training, competing or especially during a break between performing high degree of difficulty tricks. For example working one's way from easier to the most difficult tricks on a sunny, slushy & slow in-run &/or kicker then taking a break and trying to pick up where one left off with the most difficult tricks but now on a shaded, icy, fast in-run &/or kicker is dangerous. This schedule encourages potential career ending injuries to occur. It is much safer to hold training and competition jumps for semifinals in consistent temperatures, break while temperatures change and hold another training session in temperatures likely to be consistent with those during the final competition jumps.

2002 EB at DV Gold Cup

  

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