Just curious if anyone has a video example of a blatant edge change between jumps in a combination? I'm having a hard time thinking of a skater who intentionally does that as part of his/her technique."Changes of edge in between jumps in a combo will now incur a -1 to -2 GOE reduction."
If I understand the rules correctly, there is only an change of edges if there is a change from the inside edge to the outside edge and vice versa and not to a flat edge - at least that's the rule for spins. How is this for jumps?
If that is the case, I don't think this rule will have any real effect on the scoring and if anything will extend the time to score. And even with slow motion or stills it's often not clear to judge if the camera perspective is not perfect - even more so if it's not a huge event. I'm curious how that will be handled.
I do recall, though, watching a video of a workshop by Brian Orser, in which he explained a technique of slightly flattening out the landing edge before loading for the second jump. However, that's not a change of edge; it's still the same edge but with different curvatures. The flattening and re-deepening aids in flow and power between jumps, a double power pull without the edge change, if you will.
Also, a reminder, GOE reduction does not involve video replay. It is the judges, not tech panel, who are responsible for GOE. Judges are typically very swift in entering their marks.