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Originally Posted by craigwd
I disagree with Powderjunkie. Absolutely the sliding track would have to be completely torn down and rebuilt. It doesn't have to be "more dangerous" but it does need to be faster and more technical. Right now it's known as pretty much the easiest track on the circuit by the IBSF.
You mention that Worlds were held here in 2006, yet in the interim I think nearly all of the major tracks have had upgrades and in some cases, significant redesigns to bring them up to par.
Wins port just upgraded the mogul hill at COP to make it a better World Cup stop. We haven't held an aerials event in about 4 or 5 years but I suspect they would do the same to that part of the hill and put the facility right next to the moguls hill.
Rather than a new Ski Jump location I suspect wind screens would be added to the existing part of the hill. There were plans for that a few years ago.
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Good to know - it sounds like a track upgrade is required regardless of Olympics then. I imagine this would be one of the cheapest projects anyways. Is Calgary still the main training hub for sliding, or has it moved out to Whistler? I would think that having an 'easy' track wouldn't be a bad thing for getting new participants into the sport, and I wonder how profitable the blue bullet thing is for COP? In which case a brand new more advanced course might make just as much sense.
I'd never heard of the wind screens - that is a cool idea. Are the existing jumps and runouts suitable for this day and age though?