Aerial skiing

Aerial skiing
Skier performing an aerials jump during the 2010 Winter Olympics
Highest governing bodyInternational Ski Federation
Characteristics
TypeFreestyle skiing
Presence
Country or regionWorldwide
Olympic

Aerial skiing or aerials is a freestyle skiing discipline where athletes ski down a slope to launch themselves off a kicker (a vertically inclined ramp) and perform multiple twists and flips before landing on an inclined landing hill.[1] Aerialists are scored on their jumps based on air, form and landing with their score multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the jump they performed.[2]

Internationally, the sport is contested at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, and the Winter Olympic Games.

  1. ^ "The FIS Disciplines". International Ski Federation. June 27, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Freestyle Skiing 101: Scoring". NBC Olympics. October 12, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2022.