aerial skiing

English

Noun

aerial skiing (uncountable)

1. (skiing) A freestyle skiing discipline where athletes ski down a slope to launch themselves off a kicker (a vertically inclined ramp) and perform multiple twists and flips before landing on an inclined landing hill.

   Synonym: aerials

   • 2022 February 16, Lauren McCarthy, “After winning medals in men’s aerial skiing, a Ukrainian and a Russian athlete embrace.”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine took second in men’s aerial skiing on Wednesday, earning the country’s first medal of the Beijing Games.

Related terms

• aerialist
• aerial skier