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Special thanks...
to everyone who has helped and supported
me in making the US Ski Team. |
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Upcoming Events
It's the short "off-season". I'm
working on this website and sponsor relations, and
preparing for the upcoming training season in Park City.
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About
Freestyle Aerials |
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Freestyle skiing is an
international and Olympic sport
of two disciplines, moguls and
aerials. Moguls were added to
the official Olympic program of
the Albertville Games in 1992,
and aerials were added at the
Lillehammer Games in 1994.
The sport’s name comes from the
1960s when skiers established a
freer style of skiing that
contrasted to the traditional
racing events of alpine skiing.
Originally a mix of alpine
skiing and acrobatics, freestyle
skiing developed over the
decades into today's sport as
freedom of expression led to new
and exciting skiing techniques.
Freestyle skiing continues to
grow and evolve every year.
In freestyle aerials, a skier
speeds towards a specially
fabricated snow ramp, or
“kicker", at 25-30 miles per
hour and is launched 50-70 feet
above the snowy landing hill.
While the athlete flies through
the air, she performs acrobatic
flips and twists before landing
and skiing away.
The aerialist is judged on how
she moves in the air, her form
or body position, and her
landing. These three elements
are judged according to
execution. The sum of the three
scores is then multiplied by the
jump's degree of difficulty to
get a jump score.
Competitions consist of two
jumps. Both jump scores are
combined to equal a total
score. The skier with the
highest total wins the gold!
Before even attempting these
unbelievable acrobatics, each
aerialist begins serious
training in the springtime. The
athlete trains on trampolines to
create and perfect the flips and
rotations. To help ensure
safety, training includes
performing each jump numerous
times by skiing down special
plastic "kickers" and landing in
a pool. Each jump must be
qualified by certified judges
before it is allowed on snow.
There are two state of the art
training facilities located in
the United States -
Park
City, Utah
and
Lake Placid, New York. |
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