aerial skiing
Acrobatic winter jumping
Aerial skiing is a freestyle skiing discipline in which competitors launch off ramps and perform acrobatic maneuvers—flips, twists, and spins—while airborne, then land on a steep slope.
Judges score the jumps on takeoff, form, and landing.
The sport became an Olympic event in 1994.
- jumpsPushes off ground
- aerialistCircus performer aloft
- flipsQuick rotational motions
- full twistComplete rotation midair
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
acrobatics · twists · somersaults · laid out · maneuvers · competition · moguls · Olympic event · tricks · Winter Olympics · inverted · scoring system · judges · takeoff · landing · crash landing · ramp · slopestyle
skiing discipline type
aerial skiingcross-country skiing
Self-propelled snow travel sport
Nordic skiing · downhill racing · alpine skiing · slalom · giant slalom
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