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Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics.It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and boxes on their skis.
The state of Utah, in coordination with the US Ski Team, built their water ramp in 1993, [1] in preparation for the 2002 Olympics. [2] Now called the Utah Olympic Park, the facility hosts U.S., Australia and other national ski teams for Freestyles Aerial skiing and Mogul skiing, as well as various snowboarding and Freeskiing athletes. [3]
Freestyle skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics, with moguls, aerials, and ballet events. Moguls became an official medal sport at the 1992 games, while aerials and ballet were still demonstration events. At the 1994 games, aerials also became an official medal event and the ski ballet competition was dropped
Performing a somersault on skis has origins in 1906 with the development of "stunt skiing", [6] [7] [8] while aerials as a discipline was popularized in the 1950s by Olympic gold medalist Stein Eriksen. [9] [10] [11] Aerials events have featured since the first FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in 1980 and FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in 1986.
A total of 13 freestyle skiing events were held. [ 1 ] In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added three events to the Olympic program: big air for men and women, along with a mixed team aerials event.
The 2023/24 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS), is the 52nd World Cup in freestyle skiing for men and women. [1]The season started on 19 October 2023 in Chur, Switzerland and will conclude on 24 March 2024 in Silvaplana, Switzerland.
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