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I think 10 seconds per pole would be fine, but I’d still be fine with just assigning 30th place to anyone that misses a pole. With what these riders go through to qualify now days, getting 0 points at the end of the weekend is nuts. Especially with how few factory spots there are now days and how much a riders overall standings could play into a contract. If you drop in and make it to the finish line you should get 30 points or whatever. Also think the hiking back up thing is just dumb and dangerous. What happens...

I'll happily die on the hill that the current rule sucks, and has always sucked. A time penalty, that's based on per-incident circumstances, has always made more sense to me. Let the rider continue pushing on their run, and let the governing body of the race do their job and dish out penalties at their discretion. Nothing looks more ridiculous than a rider pushing up the hill in a downhill race to enter the course where they exited. #endpolegate

Strong disagree. The rule is actually the same as it always was when there was tape: the tape was not the marker, it only mattered if you went around a pole. - caveat: I understand that having the tape makes it easier to know when you might have missed a pole Most sports have defined boundaries with hard rules. Ski racing is exactly the same as this: you miss a gate, you either hike back up the hill, or you take the DQ. American football: if you so much as touch the line, even if nobody is near you, you...

It is kinda bogus that you get disqualified and get no points. Especially in the case of something like Lachie who had no idea he missed a pole, or when asa crashed real hard this year and probably had no idea which pole he missed and needed to hike back up to and got 0 points. Those 31 points he would have got for last place would be pretty huge rn. This happened to Finn toon I think if you finish the course you should at least get 30th place points. If multiple people miss poles give them all 30th...

I'm with you mate. 10 Seconds missed per pole missed.

I actually think that "x" second penalties based on the severity of leaving the course would be a good thing. It seems wrong to disqualify someone given all the hard work and money spent to be there, but make the time penalty count for something. For example Lachie's mistake, given that it was quite minor, could be a 5sec penalty. He gained nothing by going outside.

Thanks for this.

Well done Sir!

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