The judges thought that he had performed better than the rest of the competitors, and gave him first place and a fat twenty five hundred dollar check. Each competitor does two jumps. The judging is on overall performance of both jumps. The Halfpipe judging has more standards that the judges look for than the racing and the Big Air contest. The judges look for four things.
Agility is crucial in the pipe, and how smoothly the maneuvers are executed counts.
The difficulty of the tricks is one of the most important components that the judges look for. They award higher scores to the riders who perform the more difficult tricks such as 360 grabs, 720s, and flips. The last thing that the judges look for is height. The higher out of the pipe a rider goes, the higher the score. To obtain a good score, a rider must get many hits while getting huge air and doing tricks and landing them smoothly.