Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular on Sunday

[Johar]

This is always on when I have to go somewhere. What are the odds? Anyhow, I hope Dominique Moceanu will be there.

Who is scheduled to skate and do gymnastics?

 

[iluvtodd]

Check your local listings for this one (Our local listings say "Bull Riding" ). It was supposed to be aired this afternoon, but according a poster at the SOI board, it will be aired on 2/9/08.

Here's a link to a review at FSU (hopefully you'll be able to view it).

http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=53313

 

[Johar]

I get bullriding, also. Thanks for the correct info.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Who wants to miss BullRiding? Is it judged on performance as well as staying power?

2pd

 

[laceup]

 

[Mathman]

Who wants to miss BullRiding? Is it judged on performance as well as staying power?

Yes, absolutely. The higher the bull bucks the more points you get (tech).

Then you get a presentation score based on things like "matching your body movement to the bull's).

If you are unlucky and draw a dud bull that won't buck, then you get a do-over with a different animal.

The total score possible for a bull ride is 100 points. Half of that total is based on the performance of the bull and how difficult he is to ride. Judges look for bulls with speed, power, drop in the front end, kick in the back end, directions changed and body rolls. A body roll occurs when a bull is in the air and kicks either his hind feet or all four feet to the side. The more of these characteristics a bull displays during a ride, the higher the mark is for the bull. Judges are allowed to award a cowboy a re-ride if they feel the bull did not perform at the level of other bulls in the competition and, therefore did not give the rider a fair chance to earn a high score...

The other half of the ride is determined by the rider's ability to match the moves of the bull beneath him. Judges look for constant control and good body position throughout the ride. Spurring the bull is not required but extra "style points" are awarded for doing so. The rider must stay aboard the bull for eight seconds. The clock begins when the bull's shoulder or hip crosses the plane of the bucking chutes and stops when the bull rider's hand comes out of the rope or he touches the ground. The bull rider must ride with one hand and is disqualified if he touches himself or the bull during the eight-second ride.

 

[momjudi]

The date of the skating and gymnastics was changed because a certain website that we're not allowed to mention here is showing it this weekend as their featured video.

 

[KwanFan1212]

FYI: Dominique Moceanu just had a baby this past Christmas day so she is not part of this year's skating/gymnastics show. She and her doctor hubby had a baby girl that they named Carmen.

 

[momjudi]

The date of the skating and gymnastics was changed because a certain website that we're not allowed to mention here is showing it this weekend as their featured video.

now i'm told this is last year's show but I thought the site said 2007 so I'm totally confused.

 

[iluvtodd]

Here's the updated schedule - http://heatherw.com/mk/sch.htm

 

[skamper23]

The date of the skating and gymnastics was changed because a certain website that we're not allowed to mention here is showing it this weekend as their featured video.

That website is showing the 2006 skating and gymnatsics show...not this years show. I guess bullriding trumps iceskating.....

 

[merrybari]

Hey - at least you all got bull riding - all I got was "paid promotional programming."

Glad to see it has been rescheduled. Maybe I'll get to see it after all.

 

[Winnipeg]

That website is showing the 2006 skating and gymnatsics show...not this years show. I guess bullriding trumps iceskating.....

hmm............and bull riding doesn't even have any scandals to speak of, e.g., wacking a competitor's bull's knee, placing a burr under the saddle, etc