At 13:14 07 February 2018, Justin Craig wrote:
At 18:45 06 February 2018, John Cochrane wrote:
"SGP is a sport designed to be exciting to watch. It is designed fo
spectat=
ors, not for participants. Well, it is designed for participants who wan
the fame of winning something in front of a lot of spectators, but it i
not
designed to be a wide-participation version of the sport, or for
participa
nts to enjoy cross country soaring. As such, it is quite sensible that SG

have a lot more crashes".

Wrong....The SGP is designed for both participants and spectators.

Please elaborate on why you think it is "is quite sensible that SGP
have a lot more crashes". What an absurd statement.

Let’s not confuse the format with the mountains.

Take the mountains out of the equation, why is it no less safe than
standard format comp?


Because the risk reward equation is different and that drives different
behaviours by encouraging the taking of more risk.