U.S. OPEN QUALIFYING

 

SLALOM

4 EVENTS WILL BE USED FOR FINALS @ DISNEY

#1 WHITESTONE LAKE ESTATES      TALKING ROCK, GEORGIA

#2 LAKE JEPAWHIT                            FENTON, MICHIGAN

#3 EMERALD LAKE                             AKRON, OHIO

#4 MIRROR LAKE                               CATAWBA, NC

 

THE BEST 3 AVERAGE PLACEMENTS OUT OF THE 4 EVENTS WILL ADVANCE THE TOP 6 MEN AND THE TOP 4 WOMEN TO THE DISNEY FINALS. EACH SKIER MUST

PARTICIPATE IN 3 EVENTS TO QUALIFY

 

EACH EVENT WILL HAVE 2 QUALIFYING ROUNDS ON SATURDAY

12 SKIERS WILL ADVANCE TO SUNDAY’S FINALS

TOP 8 SCORES WILL ADVANCE AND WILL BE SEEDED #1 THRU #8

IF A TIE EXISTS FOR SEEDING, REFER TO BACK-UP ROUND. IF A TIE STILL EXISTS, REFER TO ELITE LIST

 

#9 THRU #12 WILL BE DECIDED ON A CUMULATIVE SCORE FROM BOTH QUALIFYING ROUNDS

IF A TIE EXISTS, REFER TO ELITE LIST.

 

DURING SUNDAY’S HEAD TO HEAD COMPETITION- THE TOP #4 SEEDS WILL RECEIVE A BYE THE 1ST ROUND

 

EXAMPLE: #5 WILL SKI AGAINST #12

                    #6 WILL SKI AGAINST #11 AND SO ON

 

2ND ROUND #1 WILL SKI AGAINST #8

                     #2 WILL SKI AGAINST #7

                     #3 WILL SKI AGAINST #6

                     #4 WILL SKI AGAINST #5

 

 

 

 

 

JUMP    

2 EVENTS WILL BE USED FOR THE JUMP QUALIFYING

 

LA. NITE JAM                 TRI LAKES ZACHARY, LA.    OPEN MEN & WOMEN     

EMERALD LAKE             AKRON OHIO                       OPEN MEN ONLY

 

OPEN MEN

6 SKIERS WITH THE BEST 2 AVERAGE PLACEMENTS FROM THE 2 EVENTS WILL ADVANCE TO THE DISNEY FINALS

 

OPEN WOMEN

LA. NITE JAM

TOP 4 WOMEN JUMPERS WILL ADVANCE TO DISNEY

 

 

TRICKS

 

COREY PICKOS SUPERSTARS EVENT

 

THERE WILL BE TWO ROUNDS OF COMPETITION

 

THE HIGHEST SCORE FROM EITHER ROUND WILL BE THE SKIER’S US OPEN QUALIFYING SCORE. THE SCORE WILL ALSO BE USED TO DETERMINE THE SUPERSTARS PLACEMENT

 

TIES FOR PLACEMENT WILL BE BROKEN BY USING HIGHEST SCORE FROM SKIER’S OTHER ROUND

 

IF A TIE STILL EXISTS, THE APPOINTED OFFICIALS WILL DETERMINE THE BEST METHOD OF BREAKING TIE

 

TOP 6 OPEN MEN WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 2008 MASTERCRAFT US OPEN @DISNEY ON SEPTEMBER 13TH

 

TOP 4 OPEN WOMEN WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 2008 MASTERCRAFT US OPEN @ DISNEY ON SEPTEMBER 13TH

 

OVERALL

 

COREY PICKOS SUPERSTAR’S WILL HOST THE EVENT FOR THE U.S. OPEN OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP

 

MEN & WOMEN

 

THE OVERALL CHAMPIONS WILL BE BASED ON THE BEST ROUND OF EACH EVENT

 

THERE WILL BE 2 ROUNDS OF COMPETITION

 

1ST AND 2ND PLACE WILL BE RECOGNIZED

 

OVERALL PAYOUT WILL BE THE SAME AS 2007