Collect
Check out my collection
0
Useful +1
Freestyle skiing, is a ski and ski poles as tools, in a special ski resort, through the completion of a series of regulations and optional movements and a kind of snow sports. It is developed on the basis of alpine skiing, is composed of aerial skills, snow skills and snow ballet three independent items.
[1]
Freestyle skiing originated in the United States in the 1960s, and since 1992, men's and women's moguls have been included in the Winter Olympics. It was included in the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992.
[2]
The highest organization for freestyle skiing is
International ski federation
It is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland. The highest organizational body of China is
Chinese ski association
Headquartered in Beijing.
[3]
2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics
Added snowboarding skills for men and women's pairs of 1 item each
[21]
.
- Chinese name
- Freestyle skiing
- Foreign name
- Freestyle Skiing
- class
- athletics
- Representative figure
- Li Nina , Han Xiaopeng , Xu Annian
- Origin time
- In the 1960s
- Place of origin
- America
Freestyle skiing originated in the United States in the 1960s.
In 1926, the first book on snow ballet, The New Potential of Snowboarding, was published in Germany by Dr. Fritz Roehr. In this book he described for the first time the complex maneuvers of a snowboard.
In 1928, American skier John Carlton was the first to perform a snowflip in front of an audience while wearing skis.
[4]
In 1958, a young Swiss ski instructor, Art Feurel, made great achievements in achieving the somersault and twist in the ski jump, and formed a ski skill group to tour around the country, which further developed freestyle skiing.
[4]
In 1966, the first snow ballet school was established in Colorado, USA. Its leader was the famous alpine skier and theorist Doug Pfeiffer; In the same year, the first freestyle ski event was held in Wolle Valley, New Hampshire.
[4]
In 1971, the American Dolphifer organized a freestyle skiing competition in New Hampshire.
[4]
In 1972, the second freestyle skiing competition was held in Colorado.
[4]
In 1975, the World Cup of Freestyle Skiing began.
In 1978, the International Ski Federation took the emergence of freestyle skiing as a new sport seriously and resolved differences in the interpretation of the rules.
In 1979, the International Ski Federation held an international Youth freestyle ski competition.
On March 28-30, 1980, the first International Ski Federation Freestyle World Cup was held in Whistler, Canada.
In 1986, the first freestyle skiing championships were held in the town of Tien in the French Alps.
In 1988, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee decided to include freestyle skiing in the Winter Olympics.
[4]
In 1989, China officially started freestyle skiing aerials.
In 1992, it was listed as an Olympic Winter Games event, and the events include men's and women's moguls (included in 1992), men's and women's aerial skills (included in 1994), and men's and women's snow ballet were listed as Winter Olympics performance events in 1988 and 1992.
In 1994, for the first time, China sent two female athletes to participate in the Lillehammer Winter Olympics and won the 17th and 18th places respectively, which was the best result of China's snow events in all the world competitions.
In 1998, China's Xu Nannan won a silver medal at the Nagano Winter Olympics.
In 2002, when Li finished fifth at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the Chinese men's team sent its first athletes to the Winter Olympics, and Han Xiaopeng became the first Chinese men's freestyle skier to compete in the Winter Olympics.
In 2006, Han Xiaopeng won the gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics, which was the first gold medal in the snow event in the history of the Winter Olympics for Chinese athletes, the first gold medal in the freestyle skiing event, and the first gold medal won by Chinese male athletes in the Winter Olympics.
In 2010, the Vancouver Olympics will include a men's and women's fun pursuit for the first time.
[5]
In January 2022, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in Genting Ski Park freestyle skiing event.
[20]
In 2022, the IOC Executive Board in Lausanne, Switzerland, approved the programme and athlete quotas for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics
Added snowboarding skills for men and women's pairs of 1 item each
[21]
.
Freestyle skiing
The length of the ski shall not be shorter than 140 cm for men and 130 cm for women, and the height of the ski shall not exceed 170 cm for men and 160 cm for women may be shortened by 10 cm.
Snow skill skis, men shall not be shorter than 190 cm, women shall not be shorter than 180 cm, men and women less than 160 cm height allowed to shorten 10 cm.
There is no limit on the length of the aerials. All ski retainers should be safe and reliable and have an automatic shedding system.
[4]
Acrobatic ski poles shall not exceed the height, and there are strict requirements for the parts of the hands holding the pole, and the upper part of the athlete's hand shall not exceed the lower part of the end top 1 cm.
[4]
-
moguls
The moguls course is 200-270 meters long and 15-25 meters wide, with a slope of 24-32 degrees. The skis used by the athletes are not shorter than 1.90 meters for men and 1.80 meters for women.
-
Ballet on snow
The snow ballet is 200-240 meters long and 35-45 meters wide, with a slope of 12-15 degrees. Skis must not be shorter than 81% of the athlete's individual height.
-
Obstacle pursuit
The elevation difference of obstacle chase field 130-250 meters; Length 1050 m (±150 m); Average inclination 12 degrees (±2 degrees); The slope is 40 meters wide; Runway width 6-16 meters.
[6]
-
halfpipe
Halfpipe court inclination 17-18 degrees; Length not less than 150 meters, recommended length 170 meters; The half cylinder is 19-22 meters wide and 6.7 meters high.
[6]
-
Slope obstacle
The elevation difference of slope obstacle field shall not be less than 150 meters; The average slope of the slope must reach more than 12 degrees; The width shall not be less than 30 meters; No less than 6 meter obstacle options; There shall be no less than 3 jumping platforms.
[6]
Freestyle skiing is a competition in which competitors compete for artistry by flying down the slopes, also known as snowfield acrobatics. Unlike alpine skiing, which is a competition for speed, its biggest feature is to enjoy the gorgeous aerial skills of the competitors, such as backflips and spins. In the Winter Olympics, there are five events: moguls, aerials, halfpipe, slalom and slopestyle.
Aerial Skills (AE)
Freestyle skiing aerials is a competition in which the skis take off from the jump platform and demonstrate aerial movements, similar to the vault competition in gymnastics.
After 2 rounds of preliminary selection, the top 12 contestants are selected to enter the final, which is divided into 3 rounds. Players who placed 1-8 in the first round of the finals advanced to the second round, while players who placed 1-4 in the second round advanced to the final third round.
Players can choose jumps of different difficulty according to tactics, but each jump has a specified basic movement. Competitors can add other aerial tricks to the basic movements.
Freestyle skiing illustration
Freestyle skiing illustration
The five judges were awarded a score of 20% of the air (take-off, height of the air), 50% of the movement (finishing attitude and difficulty), and 30% of the landing score, out of 10 points.
After the highest and lowest scores are excluded, the remaining three scores are added together and multiplied by the difficulty factor to obtain the final score.
Obstacle Pursuit (SX)
The freestyle ski slalom chase is a race in which four riders race on a course consisting of various terrain obstacles, and the order in which they cross the finish line determines the final standings.
In the preliminary round, 32 to 36 contestants were selected through two time records to reach the final. In the finals, the four players will be divided into groups, and the top two from each group will advance to the next round until the final.
Halfpipe Skills (Ski-HP)
Freestyle skiing halfpipe is an event that involves sliding down an inclined semi-cylindrical slope and displaying aerial skills such as jumping and turning.
Five judges will give a total score of 100 points based on height, turn, skill and difficulty, and the average score will be the final score. The contestant may perform 2 times, the higher score of which will determine the final ranking.
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing
Slopestyle (SS)
Freestyle ski slopestyle is a competition on a course consisting of various obstacles such as rails, tables, boxes, walls and jumps. Players can choose from a variety of obstacles.
Five judges will give a total score of 100 points based on height, turn, skill and difficulty, and the average score will be the final score. The contestant may perform 2 times, the higher score of which will determine the final ranking.
Through the qualifiers, a maximum of 24 men and 12 women can enter the final.
[6]
Referee score
Normally, a panel of six judges will be assigned points according to the performance of the contestants. The score is calculated by removing one of the highest and one of the lowest scores and taking the average of the remaining scores. The judges will score the contestants on the following six dimensions.
Amplitude: the height of the player's jump. The more difficult the tricks are, the higher the score will be.
Difficulty: Focus on the rotation Angle in the jump, the way to jump, the way to land, the difficulty of the board and other actions, the more difficult the action will be scored higher. More, the score of the combo of consecutive difficult moves is also higher;
Variety: Focus on the variety of movements in the slide. For example, the repetition of the same extremely difficult movement in the slide is not even as good as the continuous combination of movements;
Progression: Trying to create your own style of skiing, or doing moves that no other skier has ever tried before, will result in high scores, because the skier's attempts to move the whole sport forward;
Execution: Focus on evaluation criteria, including the length of grabs in the air, Smooth Landing movements, and Hand-drag;
Combinations or Flow: Focus on the consistency of an athlete's movements as a whole, such as losing points if the athlete is forced to slow down or restart a complete movement.
[7]
|
Men's event
|
Women's event
|
Mixed item
|
|---|---|---|
|
aerials
|
aerials
|
Aerial skill mixed group
|
|
moguls
|
moguls
|
-
|
|
Obstacle pursuit
|
Obstacle pursuit
|
-
|
|
Halfpipe skills
|
Halfpipe skills
|
-
|
|
slopestyle
|
slopestyle
|
-
|
|
Big platform
|
Big platform
|
-
|
Reference materials:
[8]
Item icon
World ski Championships
An important event in the world of ice and snow sports. Founded by the International Ski Federation in 1925, it is generally held once a year. The Second World War was forced to end, and after the resumption in 1948, it was changed to every two years, and stipulated that when it overlapped with the Olympic Games, it would be replaced by the Olympic Games.
[9]
Ski World Cup
In 1966, the International Ski Federation founded the World Cup of Skiing, which is dominated by alpine skiing events. In the form of a series of competitions, from December of the first year to March of the second year, the annual winners are selected according to the comprehensive results of multiple competitions. Once a year.
[10]
Skiing at the Winter Olympics
The most important ski competition in the world and replaces the World Ski Championships in the year it is held. In 1924, skiing became an official event at the first Winter Olympic Games. In 1936, a women's event was added.
[10]
Asian Winter Games
The Asian Winter Games (referred to as the Winter Asian Games) are hosted by the Olympic Council of Asia (referred to as the Olympic Council of Asia) every four years. The first was successfully held in 1986.
[11]
World University Games
The World Comprehensive Games is established by the International University Federation to promote the development of university sports in various countries and enhance the friendship between university students in the world. The first University Games were held in Turin, Italy, in 1959, and have been held every two years since then.
[12]
People's Republic of China Winter Games
The national Winter Comprehensive Games are held every four years. In February 1959, the first National Winter Games were held in Shenyang and Jilin City.
[13-14]
University Games of the People's Republic of China
China National University comprehensive Games. It is jointly organized by the Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Sport of the State, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Students' Federation and the All-China University Students' Sports Association. The games are held in provincial capitals every four years, and the first University Games were held in Beijing on August 10-19, 1982.
[15]
International Ski Federation: The International Ski Federation is the largest official organization of the international ski industry, and the ski associations of 160 countries around the world are its members, headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.
[3]
International University Federation: FISU is headquartered in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
[12]
The Olympic Council of Asia is responsible for coordinating sports activities among Asian countries and regions in Asia to promote the Olympic ideal and ensure the smooth holding of the quadrennial Asian Games, headquartered in Kuwait.
[16]
Ski Association of the People's Republic of China is a national amateur sports organization under the jurisdiction of skiing recognized by the All-China Sports Federation and the Chinese Olympic Committee, and is located in Beijing. Ski associations or other systematic ski organizations of all provinces, autonomous regions and the Chinese People's Liberation Army shall be group members of the association.
[3]
Li Nina
She is the first Chinese freestyle skiing World Cup final champion, the first female athlete to win the world aerial skills ranking first, and the first female athlete to win the World Championship.
[17]
Han Xiaopeng
The first Chinese male athlete to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, and the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal in the snow event at the Winter Olympics.
[18]
Hsu Nannan: It is famous in the world for its high quality of movements and good landing stability, and the difficulty of movements is also ranked in the top 10 in the world. Since 1996, he has won 1 champion and 7 runners-up in World Cup, Winter Olympics, Asian Games and other competitions.
[19]
