worldcupranking.com

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:29 pm

i found that page yesterday after my friend christoph baumann pointed me there.looks really good and reflects the races in a very objective way.
go there to check it out.
what an interesting site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ramón Königshausen · Post by **Ramón Königshausen** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:38 pm

huh, know where he got that link from?

Know where I got it from?

Soundster

rmn

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:12 am

Seems it comes from Germany, but you got more hints about who is behind?

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:46 am

not from germany
wrong guess

Patrick Allan · Post by **Patrick Allan** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:28 pm

Sweden!

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:01 pm

Donald Campbell wrote:not from germany
wrong guess

The internet registrar is apparently from Germany but it's true that it means , but I've also seen a strange Swedish face... does it mean something?

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:58 pm

what should it mean?
i know the guys involved are supercool and maybe they'll tell the world soon enough who they
are,i think they should.
it's all for a good cause,we'll start advertising on that page.
i support that idea,i like it!

Patrick Allan · Post by **Patrick Allan** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:37 pm

However I don't really get the ranking system... is it only pro and open category competitions?

Schaf · Post by **Schaf** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:40 pm

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is it only pro and open category competitions?

Yeah it looks like. I think it's a good idea. Maybe this encourage all am skater with pro level to sign in as pro.

Chris Barker · Post by **Chris Barker** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:31 pm

I like that the WCR factors in strength of field, but...

The WCR is partial towards Euros...
It is missing a major North American race...
It does not even seem to follow it's own criteria...

Criteria from the WCR website:

Major in Europe, 12 European and 6 American Top 16 racers
Major in America, 12 American and 4 European Top 16 Racers
Main in Europe, 12 European/American Top 16 racers
Main in America, 12 American/European Top 16 racers
Prime in Europe, 6 European/American Top 16 racers
Prime in America, 6 American/European Top 16 racers

When was the last time that 4 top-16 Euros came to the USA???
Sadly, more top North Americans travel to Europe than the other way.

Only Brixlegg counted as a Major last year.
If you didn't attend that one race you don't get big points.

The biggest race in USA according to the WCR was Buckeye (16 Pros) in Ohio.

The ISSA Major (US Nationals) only counts as a WCR Prime for 2006 even though there were 16 pros in attendance. That is a joke!

Hood River (11 Pros) does not even show up in the WCR rankings.

Dixie Cup (13 Pros), US Nationals (16 Pros), and Encinitas (15 Pros) only count as Prime even though criteria say 12 Top-16 make it a Main.

Maybe I am missing something...
Maybe I am just another dumb American...

Karl Floitgraf · Post by **Karl Floitgraf** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:28 pm

I checked and it only gave me points for Texas even though I was in Brixlegg and Latvia.

Guillaume Saint-Criq · Post by **Guillaume Saint-Criq** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:29 pm

Did the slalom scene grow big enough that we need two dual ranking system (slalomranking & worldcupranking)?
I don't understand.

Ramón Königshausen · Post by **Ramón Königshausen** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:20 am

Guillaume Saint-Criq wrote:Did the slalom scene grow big enough that we need two dual ranking system (slalomranking & worldcupranking)?
I don't understand.

It's a different system. On one I am 5th(season) or 7th (strange kind of 4-year whatever ranking), on the other I am 3rd. I agree on the second. - haha!

A worldranking shall be from "today" one year back and continuously updated. That's the only way that makes sense!

Other perspectives?

rmn

Stefano Bellingeri · Post by **Stefano Bellingeri** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:47 am

I agree with you Ramon.
Moreover there should be a prize money (or a a cup if you do not like to make it money-related) at the end of the season, for the three top riders. This would give a boost to all the partecipants.
Anyway, I would like to suggest for each rider to show his/her best end of the year (with frozen ranking) career position.
This is missing I guess.
CU soon,
Stefano

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