Every year about this time I start thinking about who I think the “BallOfSpray Skiers of the Year” are. This involves me calling
@MattP to ask where the scores are and what really happened. Without fail at this point I complain about the standings lists. The basic IWSF ranking list (whatever that list is really called) favors the highest scores at any record event. The Elite List is weighted by the amount of money on the line at specific events.
Both lists have their detractors.
Some would say the standard list favors the skiers who look to ski as many record events as possible and are shopping for perfect conditions and the best drivers. (Most Ballers would say this sounds like a lot of fun.) If a high level skier hits 20 or 50 rounds and gets 3 magic scores, that is his or her score for the list. It is a ranking of lower pressure and more casual scores done under record rules. This is basically the same as the AWSA ranking list.
The Elite List assigns a value to cash prize events largely based on the amount of the cash prize. The purpose of this list is to show who can win in adverse conditions and when the pressure is on. In theory this is a more important list. It is more of a “Pro Ranking”. The problem is that the amount of cash to be won is not always an indicator how adverse the conditions are. With a limited number of Elite events and with varying point values the end results may or may be influenced by more than a dash of chance. Some years this list make perfect sense and some years it is just wacky.
If you were to rank the worlds best and have to defend your methods how would you do it?
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one way is to assign a point value to every major tournament based on prestige, then take their raw score/average and multiply them together
for an example: a victory at Moomba or the masters garners a score of 5 second is a 4
Where a victory at a smaller pro tournament might only garner a 2.5 for first and 2 for second.
ten meet total might be a 43 points then multiply it by 111.7 or whatever their buoy average is
then you get a total score and the winner is?
Same guy, 2nd in Moomba behind Nate by 1/2 buoy, ranking goes way up. It's done in ski racing. It's a mathematical equation . The hills (difficulty) have a factor as well. Moomba, masters could have a 1.2 factor or whatever ( take a percentage based on course records).
Idea: create a committee (think like NCAA football , basketball) (maybe we can get Condi LOL).
Establish a ranking factor like 1-10. The committee votes for a factor for each pro event.
Multiply the placement with some formula by the event factor and add them up and you have a score.
Any event that provides prize money counts. Event has to be sanctioned at least 30-60 days in advance to the committee has time to award a factor number.
Idea #2: Tax every cash prize event like 10% of the purse. That amount goes into a pot that establishes an end of year prize purse for the top 3 ranking list winners in each event. Eventually after a few years you might be able to attract a "tour" sponsor.
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I'm always baffled when you make sense
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I am starting with the 2013 data to see how different my results will be from the Elite list.
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For fun I have done a quick analysis on all 34 mph skiers in the world based on a 3 score average from ELR tournaments. This is draft data and I need to triple check it but it looks right. A few notable names. The ladies are in bold.
1 Rogers
2 Mapple
3 Newbey Ricci
4 Leach
5 Halt
5 Miller
7 Raley
8 Ross
9 Favret
9 Jaquess
11 Badal
12 @skidawg
15 McClintock
16 @Chad_Scott
20 Stinky
22 Shaw
23 @matthewbrown
25 @Kevin Bishop
28 KLP
42 Truelove
43 Coble Eller
44 @MrJones
45 @Dirt
49 Hensley
52 @Sethski
71 DUMALA
77 @schroed
85 Costard
110 Haw
118 Goode
127 @Horton
135 @Bruce_Butterfield
159 @richarddoane
168 @MS
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The winners are your skiers of the year.
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If you have a blister, pop it, pour some lemon juice on it, and then add salt. -Andy Mapple
AM has a 4, a 5 & and a 6 at 10.25 (41) (70 + 71 +72= 213)
JR has a 4.5 , a 5 & and a 6 at 10.25 (41)(70.5 + 71 +72= 213.5)
If you think I have the data wrong please say so. We ( @MattP and I) are going over the data a number of time to make sure we have it right.
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If you have a blister, pop it, pour some lemon juice on it, and then add salt. -Andy Mapple
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If you have a blister, pop it, pour some lemon juice on it, and then add salt. -Andy Mapple
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Bottom line (i think)
AM has 3 scores of 1 @ 43 (73 +73 + 73 = 219)
JR has a 2 @43 a 1.5 @ 43 & a 6 @ 41 (72+73.5+74 =2.19.5 )
I will TRIPLE check and reissue the whole list this week. @mike_mapple thanks for finding the error
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