The USA ski and snowboard team flew to Almaty to participate in the FIS World Cup 2020 Freestyle World Cup. The World Cup was held in 2 disciplines: parallel mogul and ski acrobatics. So what is freestyle? Freestyle skiing includes aerials and moguls competition and consists of a skier performing flips and spins and while jumping, or skiing down a mogul-covered trail. Aerial skiing was popularized in the 1950s by Olympic alpine gold medalist Stein Eriksen. The International Ski Federation recognized freestyle as a sport in 1979, and the first FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was staged in 1980, with the first FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships following in 1986 in Tignes, France. Freestyle skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Mogul skiing was added as an official medal event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville as American Donna Weinbrecht won the first freestyle skiing gold medal in women’s moguls. Aerials were to the Olympics at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer.
A team of ski acrobats held their meeting at American Space on February 29, the day after their competition. They shared their personal experience of participating in the FIS Freestyle World Cup 2020 in Almaty, and also talked about their life as professional extreme sports athletes. AUPET students with a teacher Sergeeva L.D. from the Department of “Languages Studies” took part in the event, asked their questions, received autographs and took pictures with the team.
Learn more about the team: Usskiandsnowboard
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