How Olympic Snowboarding Is Scored
A Complete Guide to How Olympic Snowboarding Is Scored, Just in Time For the Beijing Games
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Slopestyle is one of the more complicated snowboarding events, from a judging perspective. According to NBC Olympics, a panel of nine judges is divided into four groups for this event: three pairs, each of whom judge tricks on an assigned portion of the course, and one group of three who evaluate the overall run. Sixty percent of the final scores — which are out of 100 — are based on trick scores, and the other 40 percent is based on "overall impression." Judges evaluate the following: