FREESTYLE

Freestyle comprises three main disciplines: the Olympic disciplines of Moguls and Arials and New School (Half-pipe, Slopestyle and SkierCross)

Moguls - the skiers' style, aggression and speed down a bumps line account for 50% and 25% of the overall marks respectively with the other 25% is based on the two tricks or jumps that are required as part of the descent.

Aerials - competitors performs spectacular twisiting somersaults from large snow ramps. The scoring system marks competitors on take off, form in the air, landing and degree of difficulty.

New School - New School follows formats devised for snowboarding via skateboarding. Big Air involves manoeuvers such as grabs, rotations and holding stylised positions whilst airborne. In skiercross up to 8 competitors ski head to head down a marked run with gates, jumps and other obstacles. Half-pipe events mirror those for snowboarding.

In Scotland Mogul competitions are held on snow and Big Air events are held both on snow and on artificial slopes.

Freestyle is an exploding discipline concentrated around the new artificial freestyle slopes springing up around the country, including SNO!zone, Bearsden, Bellahouston, Hillend and Garthdee. The Highlander and Lowlander series which has been adopted by TTR should see the sport gain even more credibility world wide.

Competitors progress through Scottish events and English artificial slope events to reach a level where an international license is awarded for National Competitions, Continental Cups, World Cup and Olympic Games.