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Freestyle Skiing Moguls

Moguls are naturally formed bumps caused by skiers piling snow while they ski. Moguls racing uses this concept in its course construction, but usually through artificial production, and the course ends up being cross-hatched with small mounds of snow (taking on the appearance of a puffy quilt). The Freestyle Skiing Moguls discipline comprises a 250m (273 yards) race that has two jump sections. There are two qualifying rounds that decide 20 finalists. After more qualifying, the field is narrowed down to 12, and then to 6. A group of 7 judges decides the scores for Mogul races, and their scoring is composed of 50% turning technique, 20% air maneuvers, and 20% speed.

Freestyle Skiing Aerials

Aerials are an event in which Freestyle skiers propel themselves off jumps to perform tricks. Each participant gets two jumps per round, and there are 3 rounds that narrow the field from 12 competitors to 4.In the Freestyle Skiing Aerials discipline, there are 5 judges who use a 10-point scale based on air performance, form, and landing.

Freestyle Ski Halfpipe

The Freestyle Ski Halfpipe is a skill-based competition in which the athletes glide down a halfpipe and perform various established tricks. Five judges grade the performances based on jump height, peak turn, overall technique, and degree of difficulty. Each competitor gets two runs to post their best score (on a 100 point scale), and there are two rounds: the qualifier and the final.

Freestyle Ski Cross

Freestyle Ski Cross groups together four individual athletes who then compete on a designed course with difficult obstacles like banks, rollers, spines, and jumps. It’s a straight up race, so whoever finishes first wins. 36 athletes enter the contest to begin, and after various seeding races and official heats, the final race is held between the best four highest scoring remaining skiers.

Freestyle Ski Slopestyle

Freestyle Ski Slopestyle is a race comprised of obstacles that are chosen by the athletes themselves, much in the manner that ice skaters pick their own routines. Five judges grade the performance on a scale up to 100 points. They look at the height, turn, technique, and difficulty. 24 men and 12 women advance to the finals, and each skier performs twice, with their highest score of the pair of runs being their final marks. The best overall score wins the Olympic Freestyle Ski Slopestyle Gold medal.