Freestyle skiing began in the 1960s. America was at a time of change, and the desire for freedom prompted the emergence of a new and exciting skiing sport. Originally a combination of alpine skiing and acrobatics, the sport has evolved in recent decades into what it is today.
The world's first official freestyle skiing competition was held in New Hampshire in 1971. World Cup freestyle skiing has been held since 1975. The first freestyle skiing championships were held in The French Alps in The town of Thien in 1986. Since 1992, it has been listed as a Winter Olympic Games event, including men's and women's moguls (included in 1992), men's and women's aerial skills (included in 1994), and men's and women's moguls ballet was listed as a performance event of the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992. Vancouver 2010 will be the first winter Olympics to add men's and women's fun pursuit. Currently, there are 13 freestyle skiing events in the Winter Olympics. They are: men's and women's aerials, moguls, halfpipe, slopestyle, slopestyle, big jump and mixed team aerials.
