aerial skiing

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounaerial skiing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehobbiesA 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.

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

    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

    Synonyms: aerials

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

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aerials
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Chicago

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