Big Air ( eng. Big-Air - "big air", also eng. Straight Jump )
- Competitions (or demonstrations) in which a skier, snowboarder or skateboarder accelerates and jumps from a large springboard, performing various stunts in flight. Flight length is approximately from 5 to 30 meters [1] . Olympic discipline from the 2018 games in Pyeongchang [2] .
- Big springboard .
| Big air | |
|---|---|
| Kind of sport | Snowboard |
| Characteristic | |
| Inventory | Snowboard |
| First competition | |
| Olympic Games | 2018 |
| World Championship | Year 2003 |
| International Federation | |
| Title | FIS |
| Year of foundation | 1924 |
| Head of federation |  Gian Franco Casper (since 1998) |
| Web site | www.fis-ski.com |
The greatest spectator interest is the type of snowboard competition called Big Air (“big flight”). For the competition is preparing a special springboard and slide with a platform for landing. The jump is carefully calculated so that it is protracted and spectacular, but at the same time the least dangerous for an athlete. Big Air is categorized as a technical freestyle. The performances of the participants are judged by the complexity of the tricks, the dynamics, the “purity” and the beauty of the performance. The final stage of the Big Air World Cup in 2007, 2008 and 2009 [3] was held in Moscow, on the square in front of the Moscow State University on the Sparrow Hills .
The world champion's Cup in the discipline of Big Air is the Crystal Globe [3] .
History
In 2015, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee at the meeting in Lausanne ( Switzerland ) included in the program of the Winter Games big air since the Olympic Games of 2018 . [four]
Sources
- ↑ Snowboard. Big Air . Association of ski sports in Russia. The date of circulation is January 10, 2012. Archived May 31, 2012.
- ↑ IOC included four new disciplines in the program of the Winter Olympics
- ↑ 1 2 Finals “BIG AIR WORLD CUP 2009” on the Sparrow Hills // TheBestPhotos.ru portal, March 11, 2009
- ↑ Russian Olympic Committee: Parallel slalom in snowboard is excluded from the program of the Olympic Winter Games