Freestyle Skiing
Sochi 2014
Popular Athletes
Lead in women's Moguls
Men's Skiing Winner
History of the sport
How is it played
Players
History
Equipment needed
Events
Medals and Results
First: Jean- Frederic Chapuis
Second: Arnaud Bovolenta
Third: Jonathan Midol
Women's Ski cross:
First: Marielle Thompson
Second: Kelsey Serwa
Third: Anna Holmlund
Men's Half-pipe:
First: Louri Podladtshikov
Second: Ayumu Hirano
Third: Taku Hiraoka
Women's Half-pipe:
First: Kaitlyn Farrington
Second: Torah Bright
Third:Kelly Clark
Men's Ski slope style:
First: Joss Christensen
Second:Gus Kenworthy
Third: Nicholas Goepben
Women's slope style:
First: Dara Howell
Second: Devin Logan
Third: Kim Lamarre
Men's Moguls:
First: Alex Bilodeau
Second: Mikael Kingsbury
Third: Alexander Smyshlyaev
Women's Moguls:
First: Justiene Dufour-Lapointe
Second:Chloe Dufour-Lapointe
Third: Hannah Kearney
Tricks
Grab- While in the air, the skier grabs a part of their ski.
Rudy- A skier performs a flip and with one and a half or more spins.
Backscratcher- The skier touches their back with both of their skis. Their skis are parallel.
Zudnick- The skier moves their body toward their skis, keeping their skis close together.
Daffy- The athlete spreads their legs apart with one in front of their body and one behind. The ski in the front points up and the one in the back points down.
Spread Eagle- The skier extends their arm or legs while keeping their body straight and their skis parallel or perpendicular to their body.
Cross- The skier crosses their skis into an "X".
Citations
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Freestyle_skiing_jump2.jpg
Freestyle skiing: What you need to know
Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_skiingFreestyle skiing
"Freestyle skiing: What you need to know - Sport - NZ Herald Videos." 2014. 6 Feb. 2014 <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503077&gal_cid=1503077&gallery_id=140688
Freestyle skiing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." 2003. 6 Feb. 2014 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_skiing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_skiing_at_the_Winter
Freestyle skiing Equipment and history
http://skisport.by/en/freestyle/
2014 Sochi Winter Olympics: Breaking Down the Freestyle Skiing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_skiing_at_the_Winter_Olympics
http://www.olympic.org/freestyle-skiing-equipment-and-history?tab=history
http://www.google.com/search?q=mens+ski+cross+results+for+sochi&aq=f&oq=mens+ski+cross+results+for+sochi&aqs=chrome.0.57j62.21360j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&surl=1&safe=active#q=+Womens+ski+cross+results+for+sochi&safe=active&surl=http://www.google.com/search?q=mens+ski+cross+results+for+sochi&aq=f&oq=mens+ski+cross+results+for+sochi&aqs=chrome.0.57j62.21360j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&surl=1&safe=active#q=+Womens+ski+cross+results+for+sochi&safe=active&surl=1