Freestyle is the ballet of the Olympic skiing disciplines. With booming music and huge crowds all there to see the spectacular performances of the men and women who love to display their jumps and aerial twists.

Moguls is a popular event, where competitors race each other down a specially constructed slope with a multitude of bumps. Points are awarded for technique, speed and the quality of the two jumps required.

Aerial freestyle appeared at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer and soon became a crowd pleaser. More akin to gymnastics, competitors go one at a time and perform two jumps.

The freestyle skiing discipline of ski cross was added to the Olympic Programme following the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games and therefore makes its debut in Vancouver.

Click here to view information on the venue for this sport at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.