Aerial Skiing
Ski off a huge 4 m kicker and rotate through triple flips with quad twists — judged on air, form and landing.
👥1 per team🌤outdoor
What is Aerial Skiing?
Aerial skiing is a freestyle Olympic event in which athletes launch off a large upright kicker and execute multiple flips and twists (up to a quintuple-twisting triple back-flip) before landing on a steep snowbank. Judges score air (form off the kicker), form and landing; the difficulty of the trick is a multiplier on the total.
Quick facts
Category
Winter Sports
Type
Individual
Players
1 per team
Where played
outdoor
Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Estimated origin
1960s American freestyle; Olympic since Lillehammer 1994
Olympic
Yes
Popularity
major
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified