I think the trick to tricking is not falling.  Seriously, I have no idea what goes on with tricking and needed a better title than something normal.  After the slalom events on Thurdsay, the tricking competition went into place.  After a slow start, and middle, and most of the end the trick event consumed a huge amount of the afternoon, which I unfortunately had to leave the site for.

I did however get to snap some photos before I had to leave and watched how the officials work to score the event.  The judges actually invaded Jim’s deck, where I had the webcam setup, because it had the best overall view of the tricking area. There is an audible sensor up on the deck (something Jim created), which signals the start of the run.  Meanwhile on the water, the skier goes through a series of tricks.  Each judge sits there watching intently, and records the actions in a narration of the event before their eyes for future review. Some of the judges were given scribes or other people to help them write out the score sheets, and the scores were collected on paper while somebody ran them down to the main collecting judge.